1. Meeting on 21 June 2002 GUS, Warsaw, Poland 10:00 a.m.
PROGRAMME SECRETARIAT for the Phare Multi-Beneficiary Statistical Co-operation Programme
Meeting on 21 June 2002
GUS, Warsaw, Poland
10:00 a.m.

2. Contents of the presentation
Objectives of the PS project
Actors involved
Compliance issues
Dissemination of information
Publications
Role of CCs
Conclusions from the project

3. Objectives of the 1999 PS project
Monitoring compliance acquis in statistics
Analysis of information;
Dissemination of information
Support for MGSC and PGSC meetings

4. Actors involved
NSIs of candidate countries - 10 Phare and Cyprus, Malta and Turkey under special funds
Majority of NSIs of Member States (B, DK, D, F, NL, A, P, FIN, S, UK) and Norway
Eurostat units
Individual experts and companies

5. Results of the 1999 PS project
Information on compliance exists and is organised and used (database);
Information on Phare Programme activities in statistics is available and disseminated
(Newsletter, Publication on statistical systems)
MGSC and PGSC meetings are organised
and decisions implemented;

6. Monitoring compliance
Elements:
Maintenance and updating CDB
Follow up of acquis development
Software improvement
Assessments (GAs and SAs)
Dissemination of information between CCs and Eurostat

7. Compliance Database
Updating of information (acquis and CC and Eurostat inputs)
Updating of software
Annual meetings on CDB
Statistical Requirements Compendium

8. Assessments Global assessments
- under the 1999 PS project done for seven CCs, updated for three; three other CY, MT and TR done with other funds;
- ten MSs involved and Norway;
Sectoral assessments - limited to Prodcom reports;

9. Dissemination of information
Phare Newsletter: six issues
Leaflet promoting the publication
Publication on statistical systems
Compliance database contents
Handling individual requests
Reporting

10. Publication on the CC national statistical systems
Purpose
Target users
Contents:
- Introductory chapter
- Country chapters
- Annexes

11. Role of CC in the PS project implementation
Guidance, initiation and approval
Information inputs (reporting, self assessments, updating)
Participation in discussion on compliance
(methodology) and software improvement
Contributions to Newsletter and publication
Hosting missions of experts and meetings

12. Conclusions
Mature project - continuation of the 1997 project (implementation of initial concepts)
More active involvement of the CCs
Substantial results (CDB contents, publication on national statistical systems)
Good basis for accession and better integration into the ESS (more information in the CCs, MSs and Eurostat)