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Enhancing Economic Development through Transport Statistics Capacity-Building Activities

This initiative aims to raise awareness and provide tools for Central Asian countries to collect reliable and accurate inland transport statistics, crucial for assessing economic growth. The program includes workshops, cooperation with international organizations, and technical assistance to countries with transition economies. The goal is to improve data collection methods and progressivity in reporting.

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Enhancing Economic Development through Transport Statistics Capacity-Building Activities

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  1. Capacity-building activities:Transport Statistics as a tool for assessing economic development Martine Sophie FOUVEZRegional Adviser for Transport Item 7 Working Party on Transport StatisticsGeneva, 14-16 May, 2012

  2. Background 1st WebCoQ questionnaire WorkshopAlmaty (Kazakhstan) 16 September, 2010 • Inter secretariat cooperation of EUROSTAT, UNECE • Transport Statisticians of KZ, KY and UZ Follow-up WorkshopAlmaty (Kazakhstan) 21 April,2011 • Delegates of AFG, ARZ, KZ and TJ 2ndWebCoQ questionnaire Workshop Baku (Azerbaijan) 9 December, 2011 • Inter secretariat cooperation of OECD/ITF, UNECE • Transport Statisticians of AZ and RUS . M.S.Fouvez

  3. Why Central Asian countries? To raise awareness of Eastern and Central Asian countries on the necessity to provide coherent and consistent inland transport statistics M.S.Fouvez

  4. Next Steps A concept note on TransportStatistics as a tool for assessing economic developmentDecember, 2012 • Christian Reynaud - NESTEAR Publication of the report as a means for raising awareness in countries not participating in WP6 work => mandate to be given by WP6 M.S.Fouvez

  5. Transport Statistics as a tool for assessing economic development [Informal document WP.6 No. 8 (2012)] • Eight Central Asian countries considered : • Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. • Three main conditions for reliability and accuracy: • a return of information , • accurate “formats” for data collection, • Progressivity. M.S.Fouvez

  6. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES WITH TRANSITION ECONOMIES 3rdWebCoQ questionnaire Workshop2ndHalf, 2012 • At the request of a Host country • Inter secretariat cooperation of OECD/ITF, EUROSTAT, UNECE • WP6 participants - Volunteers involved? • Open to Transport Statisticians of SPECA and CIS countries M.S.Fouvez

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