1. Study visit B.5 Component Status c
EU Twinning Project
Forwarding Armenian Statistics Through Twinning
Study visit B.5 Component Status c
April 23-27
Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen
Gagik Ananyan, Component Leader

2. Status on component B The overall progress is good and as expected
Mandatory results of the component
Statistical Business Register duly re-organized
Structural Business Survey reporting forms restructured (but not only structural, also short-term statistics)
Reporting burden reduced
5 activities carried through
B4.2 (September) and B6 (end of 2012) remain

3. Business Register
The Business Register is the sampling frame for all surveys within business statistics
Updating from other administrative registers
State Register of Enterprises (Ministry of Justice)
State Revenue Committee (SRC RA)
2012: Government decision to introduce NACE
Intensified co-operation with SRC RA
Co-operation with Central Bank of Armenia
Better statistical coverage of the Armenian enterprises
Strategy for the Business Register

4. Reporting forms
Before the Twinning project more than 100 reporting forms were abolished
During the Twinning, a general design for the front page for all NSSRA’s reporting forms
A number of more user-friendly forms have already been (re-)designed
Agreement on procedures of how to test
Some of the redesigned forms will be implemented starting in April

5. Response burden
Strong focus from the Armenian government of reduction of response burden
Baseline measurement of reponse burden for representative surveys implemented
Agreement of how to calculate the response burden
Response burden estimated, in time and money terms, in spreadsheet developed by Statistics Denmark
Information on all surveys within business statistics are being registrated in spreadsheet
The consequences of the work on business register and reporting forms to be reflected in the response burden