© Statistisches Bundesamt, International co-operation CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES IN THE ECO REGION Federal Statistical Office of Germany Ringo Raupach Head of Section “International Cooperation“ Ankara, 13 September 2013

© Statistisches Bundesamt, International Co-operation 2 Cooperation with international organisations © iStockphoto.com/Tom Nulens

© Federal Statistical Office of Germany Destatis and the world We are creating Europe and more precisely the EU Statistical System. Participation in international statistical committees to ensure data comparability and reliability. Ongoing World Bank-Project with the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Statistics (ARKS) 3

© Statistisches Bundesamt, International Co-operation 4 Why is Destatis actively involved in international capacity building? National bases Economic and trade agreements Bilateral agreements of Destatis European bases EU regulations International bases Bilateral agreements UN resolutions Other international commitments

© Statistisches Bundesamt, International Co-operation 5 Mandate of international statistical cooperation at Destatis To support the German European Foreign Economic and Development policy through sustainable harmonisation of the statistical systems of our partner countries with European standards (EU accession and neighbourhood countries) International standards (developing and newly industrialised countries).

© Statistisches Bundesamt, International Co-operation 6 Forms of cooperation Twinning Statistical cooperation Bilateral projects Service contracts Ad-hoc requests

© Statistisches Bundesamt, International Co-operation 7 Funding sources Destatis is providing services (expertise, project administration). Project implementation is based on external funding. National funds GIZ Destatis budget EU-Level European Commission International Level The World Bank (WB) Asian Development Bank (ADB) Other potential donors Contributions from recipient countries

© Statistisches Bundesamt, Co-operation with other Countries 8 Cooperation concept Agriculture statistics Price statistics Environment statistics Household surveys Population census National accounts Demogra- phic statistics Industry statistics Institutional capacity Ad-hoc activities Integrated approach for improvement of statistical areas Focus on  primary statistics  Accounts  Support processes  institutional capacity building

© Statistisches Bundesamt | Statistik-Kooperation 9 Beneficiary Agency for Statistics Leader Destatis Consortium National statistical offices of Finland, partners Russia, Korea, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic Duration Topics Institutional capacity building Statistical and IT infrastructure Subject matter statistics World Bank Twinning Kazakhstan

© Statistisches Bundesamt | Statistik-Kooperation 10 Overall objective for National Accounts Complete the implementation of the SNA 1993 and to create the methodological framework for the transition to SNA 2008 Sub areas: Current accounts Accumulation accounts and satellite accounts Supply and Use tables (SUT) and Input-Output Tables (I/O) Balance sheets World Bank Twinning Kazakhstan

© Statistisches Bundesamt | Statistik-Kooperation 11 Beneficiary Turkish Statistical Institute Leader GOPA Consultants (USST III) Consortium Destatis partners Netherlands, Czech Republic and others Duration since 2004, USST III: Topics Institutional capacity building | National accounts | Business statistics | Business register | Environment statistics Turkey (USST I - III)

© Statistisches Bundesamt | Statistik-Kooperation 12 Beneficiary Pakistan Bureau of Statistics Donor Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development Germany Lead GIZ (German Society for International Cooperation) Duration since 2005 Topics National accounts | Price statistics | Health accounts | IT infrastructure GIZ Pakistan

© Statistisches Bundesamt | Statistik-Kooperation 13 NA objectives and developments  Annual computation of the gross domestic product to be supplemented by quarterly calculations  Data for price statistics recorded electronically  Data gaps filled  Calculation of expenditure on health care GIZ Pakistan GIZ is also implementing a World Bank-funded project in Afghanistan (AFGHANSTAT).

© Statistisches Bundesamt | Statistik-Kooperation 14 Beneficiary State Statistical Office Leader Destatis Consortium Bulgaria (junior partner) partners Lithuania, Czech Republic Duration Topics National accounts | Non-observed economy | Business statistics | Business register | Price statistics EU Twinning Azerbaijan

© Statistisches Bundesamt | Statistik-Kooperation 15 NA main results Calculation of new elements of the National accounts or improvement of the existing ones Improved Supply-Use Tables (SUT) and balancing Annual and Sector Accounts elaborated in more details Use of the double deflation method Calculation of gross investment at constant prices compatible with European standards Higher proficiency in national accounts terminology and nomenclature in the English language EU Twinning Azerbaijan

© Statistisches Bundesamt | Statistik-Kooperation 16 Beneficiary Statistical Agency Leader Destatis Consortium National statistical offices of Sweden, partners Denmark, Czech and Slovak Republic Duration Topics Institutional capacity building | Subject matter statistics World Bank Twinning Tajikistan

© Statistisches Bundesamt, International Co-operation 17 Publications Newsletter “Statistics Across Borders” Flyer “Statistical Co-operation” Flyer “Statistical Capacity Building” Flyer “Twinning” Destatis Website

© Statistisches Bundesamt, International co-operation thank you for your attention! Ringo Raupach