1. Policy Group on Statistical Cooperation 30-31 October 2014, Antalya
Data collection and dissemination
(Doc. PGSC )

2. Introduction Eurostat Unit A3 collects data from:
Enlargement countries:
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Albania (candidate countries), Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo (potential candidates);
Croatian data is now part of EU-28
Unit A3 does not for the time being collect data from Iceland.
ENP (European Neighbourhood Policy) countries:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine (ENP-East countries), Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia (ENP-South countries).
The data are used for various purposes, including for publications, free dissemination on Eurostat website, etc.

3. Data collection Eurostat organises data collection from:
enlargement countries – two rounds per year
National Accounts , EDP – recently direct data collection by ESTAT technical units started
ENP countries - annual
Data collected cover the main statistical indicators in the following domains:
Demography
National accounts
Industry
Trade
Labour market
Environment
Energy
Etc.

4. Dissemination – Eurobase

5. Dissemination – Publications
Pocketbooks:
Enlargement countries delayed
Leaflets in 2014:
Enlargement countries – Prices and finance
Enlargement countries – Industry and services
Enlargement countries – Labour market statistics
ENP East countries – Youth statistics
ENP East countries – Labour market statistics

6. Dissemination – online wiki
Statistics Explained:
on-line wiki-type pages
articles explaining co-operation in statistics
articles explaining co-operation with enlargement and ENP countries
~800 articles total
Increasing number of articles under the 'Non-EU countries' heading

7. Statistics Explained

8. Plans for 2015 Data collection for enlargement countries Publications
First round – to start in April
Second round – to start in June
Publications
Pocketbook (from 2014 only one per year for the unit – next enlargement pocketbook in 2016)
ENP South countries
Leaflets
Two on enlargement countries
Three on ENP countries
Statistics explained
Continuous review and update, new articles

9. Data inclusion report Shows what has been published by Eurostat
SE articles
Europe 2020 indicators
PEEIs
Statistical annexes
Generally an upward trend
In spite of the list of relevant indicators growing

10. Thank you for your attention!