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Statistics Sweden’s work in the Balkans

Statistics Sweden’s work in the Balkans. W A S T E S T A T I S T I C S by Nela Mihajlovic 4 May 2006, Zagreb. About the Environmental Statistics Project. Period: 1st phase (November 2005 - December 2006) Financier: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

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Statistics Sweden’s work in the Balkans

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  1. Statistics Sweden’s work in the Balkans W A S T E S T A T I S T I C S by Nela Mihajlovic 4 May 2006, Zagreb

  2. About the Environmental Statistics Project • Period: 1st phase (November 2005 - December 2006) • Financier: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) • Implementing agency: Statistics Sweden (SCB) • Budget: SEK 5.989.000

  3. About the Environmental Statistics Project Beneficiaries – national statistical offices: Albania - INSTAT Bosnia and Herzegovina - Agency of Statistics of BiH, Federal Office of Statistics, Republika Srpska Institute of Statistics Kosovo - Statistical office of Kosovo Macedonia - State Statistical Office Serbia and Montenegro - Statistical Office of S&M, Statistical Office of Republic of Serbia, MONSTAT

  4. About the Environmental Statistics Project • Overall objective: Improved environmental policy-making, planning and management leading to a more sustainable use of natural resources and decreased environmental pollution. Improved environmental awareness at all levels. • Project purpose: Better coordination, quality and use of environmental statistics (ES) in prioritised areas in the Balkans in accordance with national and international needs and requirements.

  5. Activities in Albania A1. Scrutinizing available ES 9-13 January 2006, Tirana A2. Study visit - ES production, coordination and use 6-10 February 2006, Stockholm A3. Training in Water-use statistics and GIS 12-15 September 2006, Tirana A4. Training course on Waste statistics 23-28 October 2006, Tirana A5. Training in use and analysis of ES 4-8 December 2006, Tirana

  6. Situation and results in Albania • Waste management not developed - affects the Waste statistics. The Delegation is currently developing a hazardous waste management system. • The Directory of Urban Solid Waste at Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Telecommunication are compiling data from regions and municipalities and reports to MoEFWA. • Statistical quality of these data questionable. • The use of waste categories according to European standards - inappropriate because the fractions of the waste are not sorted out. • Participants from 7 institutions learned about production, coordination and use of ES (and waste statistics) and indicators in Sweden; • For ES development is vital that INSTAT has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with MoEFWA and other ES producers. The study visit provided a benchmark for writing MoU.

  7. Plans for Albania • A4. Training course on Waste statistics (23-28 Oct 06) • Waste Statistics Regulation (WstatR), 20 participants: • Reporting Guidelines; • Data collection; who will collect/what data to collect/who to collect from/how to • collect? • Connection to future MoU and Handbook of responsibilities; • Data processing (how to calculate required data based on data collected); • Documentation (Standard Quality Report to Eurostat and internal • documentation); • Quality control (routines for quality control within whole system); • Reporting in correct formats. • A5. Training in use and analysis of ES (4-8 Dec 06) • Information about the environment and environmental issues; environmental statistics and indicators and what they can be used for; examples of internationally used indicators; what national ES statistics is available and where.

  8. Activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina B1. Workshop in organising ES production 20-21 February 2006, Sarajevo B2. Fact-finding mission in soil pollution statistics December 2006, Sarajevo and Banja Luka B3. Training in ES regarding greenhouse gases 20-24 March 2006, Jahorina B4. Training course on waste statistics 15-18 May 2006, Banja Luka B5. Training course in water statistics 17-19 October 2006, Mostar

  9. Situation and results in BiH • B1 objective - better understanding and agreement in production, use and • coordination of environmental statistics in the areas of waste, air and water • in Bosnia and Herzegovina, using Swedish experience. • RANSMO EU project proposed that statistical offices should be responsible for • data on waste. • A draft Memorandum of Understanding was produced during B1 that, upon • signing, will initiate creation of working groups in the mentioned fields of ES. • The working groups should promote, facilitate and coordinate efforts to • improve ES in BiH. • BHAS, FOS, RSIS should specify in Handbook of responsibilities regarding data • on public services in solid waste management: source, quantity, disposal, • locations.

  10. Plans for BiH B4. Training course on waste statistics (15-18 May 06) 20 participants from various BiH institutions. The topics: • Reporting Guidelines • Data collection; who will collect/what data to collect/who to collect from/how to collect? • Organizational structure, including roles and responsibilities in different organizations and possible improvements based on SCB good practices; Connection to future MoU and Handbook of responsibilities; • Data processing (how to calculate required data based on data collected); • Documentation (Standard Quality Report to Eurostat and internal documentation); • Quality control (routines for quality control within whole system); • Reporting in correct formats.

  11. Activities in Kosovo K1. Scrutinizing available ES 7-10 November 2005, Pristina K2a. Workshop in organising ES production 23-25 January 2006, Mitrovica K2b. Guidance in writing handbook of responsibilities 26-27 January 2006, Pristina K3. Preparation of SOK work programme Fall 2006, Pristina K4. Compilation of ES / manual of ES methodology

  12. Situation and results in Kosovo “State of Waste in Kosovo 2003-2004” - waste production and management data, waste fractions, landfills, hazardous wastes and waste treatment. Done by internationals and NGOs. No resources at the MESP to continue or to update. The activities planned for 2006 at MESP include: Database for landfills; Identification of waste points; Update from companies dealing with waste; Database for hazardous waste. The Water and Waste Regulatory Office (WWRO) is recently established - it has data on number or companies collecting waste. Compilation of existing data at SOK (data collection, scrutinizing and describing the quality of the statistics, incorporation of the material in a selected specific framework for environment statistics, writing of texts describing the environmental aspects of the statistics) is needed – at least 6-8 months of work for a group.

  13. Plans for Kosovo • K3. Preparation of SOK work programme • SOK should prepare draft for the work program including: • Air – possible parameter/variable to produce, data source • Water – possible parameter/variable to produce, data source • Waste – possible parameter/variable to produce, data source • Land – possible parameter/variable to produce, data source • Priorities between parameters to be produced/published and estimate of human resources needed. • K4. Compilation of ES / manual of ES methodology • Compiling first set of tables of ES at SOK, including further processing of • identified data and possible time series. • Drafting a manual of ES methodology. • 2007: Training in methodology, quality control, processing and dissemination of ES” - objective is to improve the quality in the production of ES and spread awareness of the importance of the quality of data.

  14. Activities in Macedonia M1. Project launch and scrutinizing available ES 25-28 April 2006, Skopje M2. Study visit - ES production, coordination and use 12-16 June 2006, Stockholm M3. Design of a booklet and an ES website M4. Workshop for a set of harmonised indicators M5. Training in ES methodology, quality control, processing and dissemination M6. Release of publication and training in use and analysis of ES

  15. Plans for Macedonia • M1. Project launch and scrutinizing available ES • 25-28 April 2006, Skopje • Identifying and scrutinizing existing ES in order to assess, e.g. methodology • for data collection, classification, time series and documentation, with SSO and • MoEPP; • Assessing available ES quality; • Identifying other relevant projects and advising how to coordinate; • Planning for future project activities.

  16. Activities in Serbia & Montenegro S1. Assistance in quality assurance of ES – air and waste 15-18 November 2005, Belgrade S2. Seminar in ES regarding greenhouse gases 13-17 February 2006, Belgrade S3. Assistance in presenting ES on the Internet 14-16 March 2006, Belgrade S4. Training of trainers in use of ES and indicators September/October 2006, Belgrade S5. Training in the Waste statistics production process November 2006, Belgrade

  17. Situation and results in S&M Availability of waste statistics is poor. Few surveys are currently conducted, surveys on municipal waste (only in Montenegro), on treatment of waste by landfilling and on exported hazardous waste. Data collections on industrial, hazardous and household waste are planned for the near future at SORS. Expectations are to obtain data using waste factors, but these factors are not very developed at present.

  18. Plans for Serbia & Montenegro Practical advices were given for each of the prioritized fields: - Municipal waste - Hazardous waste - Waste treatment (landfills) S5. Training in the Waste statistics production process November 2006, Belgrade Assistance in the ongoing work of waste statistics production process (4 days). Topics: - Waste nomenclature; - How to deal with errors in surveys; - Estimations methods to get data from some sectors; - Quality report writing.

  19. Plans for the next project phase • September/October 2006: Meeting with the Balkan statistical offices to discuss the components of the next phase of the project. • November 2006: submitting the proposal to Sida. Probably a 3-year phase. • December 2006: Sida will take decision.

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