1. Folie 1 Statistisches Bundesamt STATISTICS ACROSS BORDERS Statistical Co-operation

2. Folie 2 Statistisches Bundesamt Why statistical co-operation?  New statistics are required for transition to the market economy  New statistics are required for accession to the EU  Globalisation  Statistics are required for development policies  Need for support in strengthening statistical capacities

3. Folie 3 Statistisches Bundesamt Globalisation growing poverty and marginalisation integration of markets, world-wide trade for investment decisions for targeted support actions and loans harmonization of statistical methods and standards results in comparable statistics

4. Folie 4 Statistisches Bundesamt Statistics as a basis for development policies  for the definition of national priorities in policy-making  as important indicators for donor countries and organisations  for the observation of development progress

5. Folie 5 Statistisches Bundesamt The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) calls for:  statistical capacity building to set up powerful national statistical systems  the elaboration of statistical indicators for the observation of development progress in the economy, society and environment Resolution of July 1999 Development policy requires statistics

6. Folie 6 Statistisches Bundesamt Germany’s contribution in statistical co-operation Germany advocates a policy that supports these goals in partner countries by way of  co-operation projects  customized workshops

7. Folie 7 Statistisches Bundesamt Our concept Tailor-made solutions geared to overall conditions needs development objectives and priorities concrete results

8. Folie 8 Statistisches Bundesamt Statistical cooperation With European Partners

9. Folie 9 Statistisches Bundesamt Overview of cooperation with European Countries  European Union Accession Process  Change of political and economic structures  Transition to market economies  TACIS FRAMEWORK  Twinning Concept as a new basis for intensifying cooperation

10. Folie 10 Statistisches Bundesamt German-Chinese Statistical cooperation

11. Folie 11 Statistisches Bundesamt why German-Chinese statistical cooperation?  Opening of the economy  Accession to the WTO  made it necessary to introduce INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS! Why Germany as a Partner?  EXPERIENCE COLLECTED DURING GERMAN-GERMAN REUNIFICATION  most important trading partner in Europe

12. Folie 12 Statistisches Bundesamt cooperation agreements  Bilateral agreement of 4 November 1993  Law on the German-Chinese agreement on cooperation in the fields of economy, industry and technology of 15 may 2002

13. Folie 13 Statistisches Bundesamt Activities  study visits to Germany  consulting missions to china  training workshops in Germany  visits of chief statisticians to Germany and china  Programme planning talks in Germany and China  scientific symposiums and workshops  translations and printed publications of technical literature

14. Folie 14 Statistisches Bundesamt topics  economic and social statistics  national accounts  international statistics  data dissemination  information technologies  mathematical and statistical methods

15. Folie 15 Statistisches Bundesamt results  Introduction of international activities and goods classifications (ISIC and CPC)  Transition from full-coverage to sample surveys  Transition from the Material Product System (MPS) to the System of National Accounts (SNA) of the UN  Mediation of modern technologies for user-oriented data dissemination  Building of an international database

16. Folie 16 Statistisches Bundesamt current Projects  Statistical legislation (2006 – 2008)  Price statistics (2006 – 2010)  education and health statistics (2006 – 2008)  foreign trade statistics (2006 – 2007)  Environmental Protection (starting in 2007)

17. Folie 17 Statistisches Bundesamt the German-Korean Statistical-cooperation

18. Folie 18 Statistisches Bundesamt Basis of cooperation  Bilateral agreement of 1997 Activities  study visits to Germany  consulting missions to Korea  visits of chief statisticians to Germany and Korea  programme planning talks in Germany and Korea  scientific symposiums and workshops

19. Folie 19 Statistisches Bundesamt Themes  management and controlling  Process analyses  Quality management  human resources development  data dissemination  information technologies

20. Folie 20 Statistisches Bundesamt Joint German-Chinese-Korean activities July 2005 in Germany: Joint Seminar “Strategies OF Statistical Agencies in Meeting Future Information Demands” march 2007 in Korea: Seminar “influence of the internet on the data collection und data dissemination”

21. Folie 21 Statistisches Bundesamt the German-MONGOLIan Statistical-cooperation

22. Folie 22 Statistisches Bundesamt Basis of cooperation  Bilateral agreement of 2003 Activities  Activities under TACIS framework  Nationally funded activities -> GTZ Topics covered  Tourism statistics  Financial Management  Foreign trade Statistics and others