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CZECH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 1 January 2009 – 30 June 2009

Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009. CZECH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 1 January 2009 – 30 June 2009 Council Working Party on Statistics Date: Friday 2 3 January 2 009, 10h 00 (all day) Place: J ustus L ipsius B uilding

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CZECH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 1 January 2009 – 30 June 2009

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  1. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 CZECH PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 1January 2009 – 30 June 2009 Council Working Party on Statistics Date: Friday 23January 2009, 10h 00 (all day) Place: Justus Lipsius Building Chairperson: Mr Stanislav Drapal AGENDA: Adoption of the agenda Presentation of the Work Programme by the Czech Presidency Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning statistics on plant protection products (doc. ST 11120/08 ADD 1, ST 11120/08, ST 7412/08, ST 5301/09) Any other business

  2. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Opening Address 1January2009:Start-up of the Czech Presidencya 6-monthchallenge 23January2009:1st session of the Council Working Party on StatisticsThe Czech Presidency…... starts its mission with deep respect to the achievements of previous Presidencies... will continue to implement the 18-month TRIO Presidency programme with the focus on further strengthening of the European Statistics, taking into account the principles of the Code of Practice and user needs … will promote the ability of statistics to flexibly and adequately respond and capture phenomena and processes related to the trends of globalisation while respecting the need to simplify procedures and reduce administrative burden

  3. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Priorities of the Czech Presidency Motto: Europe without Barriers Main topics – „3E”: • Economy • Energetics • EU in the World (External Relations)

  4. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Main Tasks in Statistics • Strive to complete well advanced legislative dossiers • Achieve progress on newly initiated dossiers • Fulfil the tasks within the UN Statistical Commission • Participate in the SPC Partnership Group

  5. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Czech Statistical Office (CZSO) CZSO – a chairperson of the Council Working Party on Statistics during the Czech Presidency: • Independent statistical office and the first law since 1919 • Basic legislation: The State Statistical Service Act since 1995 • Political independence from government • Headquarters in Prague • Outside Prague: workplaces for data collection and data • processing, regional information points

  6. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Main principles and characteristics • Discussion • Exchange of views • Listening and comprehension • Transparency • Positive attitude One sweet bonbon is better than a sour word

  7. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Dossiers • PlantProtection Products Statistics • ECB Statistic • Extrastat • Information Society Statistics • Tourism Statistics

  8. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Scheduled meetings (tentative) • 23 January (Friday) • 16 February (Monday)from 11h 00 • 16 March (Monday)afternoon • 23 March (Monday) • 3 April (Monday) • 20 April (Monday) • 5 May (Tuesday) • 27 May (Wednesday) • 23 June (Tuesday)

  9. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Czech Presidency Team • Mr Stanislav Drápal – Chair • Ms Hana Šlégrová – Co–chair • Ms Lucie Šímová – Coordinator • Ms Marcela Jindrová – Coordinator • Mr Michal Čigáš – Coordinator • Mr Stanislav Trakal – Coordinator • + • National experts • Legislative and administrative support

  10. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Communication • CZ PRES web page:http://czso.cz/csu/eu.nsf/i/home • E-mail: int-eu@czso.cz • stanislav.drapal@czso.cz • hana.slegrova@czso.cz • lucie.simova@czso.cz • michal.cigas@czso.cz • marcela.jindrova@czso.cz • stanislav.trakal@czso.cz

  11. Council Working Party on Statistics/ 23 January 2009 Thanks to ………. … French Presidency (INSEE) and Statistics Sweden for their continual support and excellent co-operation within the TRIO Presidency …Central Statistics Office Ireland, ISTAT, Statistics Austria, Statistics Finland, DESTATIS, Statistics Slovenia namely for their assistance during the preparation for Presidency … Council General Secretariat and Commission/Eurostat for their participation in up-to-now process

  12. Only together we can reach common goals!

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