1. UNECE Technical Cooperation Activities
Steven Vale
UNECE

2. UNECE technical cooperation activities:
UNECE Principles
UNECE technical cooperation activities:
Are output oriented
Are demand-driven
Respond to UN priorities (SDGs, Modernisation)
Support all UNECE member countries, with a focus on the less developed statistical systems
Build on established partnerships with UN agencies, international organisations and bilateral partners

3. Benefits of a Coordinated Approach
Improving synergies and interactions among projects and programmes
Effective mobilisation of human and financial resources from international and bilateral donors
Efficient use of human and financial resources from beneficiary countries (absorption capacity)
Improving sustainability and visibility
Better value for money all round

4. Good Practices and Tools
Adapted Global Assessments - conducted jointly by Eurostat, EFTA and UNECE
Formal and informal meetings and events
High-level seminars
Ad-hoc workshops
SPECA Thematic Working Group on Statistics
MGSC / PGSC
also contribute to the coordination of capacity building activities

5. Coordinated Follow-up Strategy
AGA (recommendations)
Master Plan – NSDS – Strategy
Light review/assessment
Work programme (annual)
Self-assessment survey (annual)
Fund raising / Technical cooperation
Donor questionnaire (annual)
Feedback

6. New ideas and approaches
Looking forwards
New ideas and approaches

7. Activities, processes and capabilities
An activity is something we do
A process is how we do it
Capabilities are what allow us to do it

8. Capabilities – A tool to identify needs?
Capabilities require a combination of people, processes, methods, systems and standards

9. Capability Framework
Business Capabilities Model developed by ESS Enterprise Architecture Task Force
“summarizes the key capabilities required for producing official statistics. It provides a framework to view which capabilities are already sufficiently present … versus those on which development effort is needed”

10. Maturity by Capability

11. Generic Activity Model for Statistical Organisations (GAMSO)
Working with PARIS21 to use GAMSO to match demand and supply for technical assistance

12. Thank-you for your attention
For more information, please contact:
Regional Adviser, Statistical Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe