1. "How countries from Central Asia can benefit from the recent experience of TurkStat" UNDA 9th tranche: Kick-off meeting December 2014, Kazakhstan Dr. Gürdal GEDİK “Head of International Cooperation and EU Coordination Group” International Relations Department

2. Recent experience of TurkStat
Global Assessment in 2002 and Peer Review in 2011
3 International programmes / projects
Upgrading the Statistical System of Turkey (USST) Programme; January December 2014
5 Eurostat Multi Beneficiary Programmes (MBPs)
Phare 2005; MBP 2006; IPA MBP 2009; IPA MBP 2011; IPA MBP 2012
Active involvement in cooperation activities as technical assistance provider
international programmes/projects
Financial support of approximately 30 Million Euro
IT equipment of approximately 3 Million Euro
Implementation of projects on several statistical areas to reach the international standards and EU Statistical Acquis
Implementation of more than 30 data collection projects
Consultancy service of more than Working Days
Project/Programme Evaluation Reports by independent experts
USST Programme of TurkStat received the highest grade in the Evaluation Report of EU Programmes:
“the best EU Project implemented in Turkey”

3. Strong will of TurkStat for Cooperation
Philosophy of TurkStat: Acting both as a beneficiary and technical assistance provider/donor simultaneously
Central Asia: Special area of interest
Main reasons:
Cultural and historical ties
Central position in Eurasia
Experience in international cooperation
Deep-rooted statistical culture dating back to Ottoman Empire era

4. Main features of TurkStat’s cooperation approach
In line with Turkish foreign policy
Demand based
Oriented to needs of demanding NSO’s
Program based
Flexible
Result oriented
Program based (protocols, MoUs)

5. Headlines/subjects of Cooperation activities
Supporting the set up of a modern statistical system
Establishing a sound coordination mechanism
Improvement of Capacity Building
Project Management
Subject matters of statistics; namely National Accounts, Agricultural Statistics and Surveys, Business Statistics, Register based Population and Housing Census

6. Cooperation activities of TurkStat
Completed Programmes ( ):
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Macedonia, Mongolia, Moldova, Tajikistan
Completed Programmes in 2014:
Mongolia, Tunisia, Palestine
Planned programmes/activities in 2015
Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Niger, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Somalia,
Bilateral cooperation activities
Kosovo, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, South Korea, Iran, Mauretania, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Uganda, Malaysia, Oman, Albania, Kuveyt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh
Completed Programmes ( ):
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan,Turkmenistan ( )
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( ) and ( )
Georgia ( ) and ( )
Makedonya ( )
Mongolia (1999) and ( )
Kazakhstan ( )
Kyrgyzstan (
Moldova ( )
Tajikistan ( )
Turkmenistan ( )
Azerbaijan ( )

7. Main source of funding and channel
Turkish International Cooperation Agency – TICA:
“Main cooperation channel”
From the beginning of 1994 until today:
535 TurkStat experts provided consultancy in the NSO’s of the related countries.
Consultancy services of 1200 Working Days by TurkStat Experts
710 experts of the beneficiary countries participated in the training programmes organized in TurkStat.
International organizations: World Bank, UN
Regional organizations: SESRIC, ECO,
Regional: Eurostat as well … in the context of presentation of best practises

8. Thank you for your interest…
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