1. Training workshop – Agricultural Census The ENPI Programme for Armenia
EU Twinning Project
Forwarding Armenian Statistics Through Twinning
Training workshop – Agricultural Census The ENPI Programme for Armenia
Chkalovska, September 2011
Thomas Bie
Resident Twinning Advisor

2. Cooperation in Europe – an overview
The European Union was originally founded in 1950 under the name ”European Coal and Steel Union” with the fundamental aim to secure peace in the region
After several enlargements - in 1973, 1981, 1986,1995, 2004 and the European Union today consists of 27 countries
The European Neighbourhood Programme (ENP) of 2004 involves 16 neighbours, including Armenia
Three aims of the ENP:
Peace and stability incl. human rights and democracy
Shared prosperity through sustainable development
Improve mutual understanding in the region

3. ENPI National Programme for Armenia
ENP Action Plan for Armenia was agreed upon in 2006
Approximately worth 100 millions euro
Principial objective is to develop an increasingly close relationship between the EU and Armenia
Three strategic categories for support:
Democratic structures and good governance
Regulatory reform and administrative capacity building
Poverty reduction

4. The Twinning concept
An equal co-operation between partners from ENP region and EU
Transfer and exchange of best practices and methodologies
Project description (”fiche”) is worked out by the beneficiary and, if accepted by the EU, put out for tender
EU Member State (MS) institutions take part in tender, and eventually one project proposal is chosen for implementation

5. Twinning Project on statistics
Forwarding Armenian Statistics Through Twinning
Implementation period Jan Jan. 2013
NSSRA main partner is Statistics Denmark, and all in all six MS countries are involved: Denmark, Germany, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden
Six components of the project
Quality Management, Business Statistics, National Accounts, Agricultural Census, HICP, ICT Statistics
Mandatory result for Agricultural Census
The census should be planned and brought into the field

6. Training workshop
Training is one very important aspect to obtain sustainable results
The involvement of regional agencies of NSS through training is all-important for a successful agricultural census
Training is exchange of information and knowledge sharing, discussions and agreement on concepts, definitions, and working methods
HAVE A GOOD AND FRUITFUL WORKSHOP!