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Technical Cooperation in Statistics in Central Asia: Funding, Activities, and Recommendations

This report explores the funding, activities, and recommendations for technical cooperation in statistics in Central Asia. It highlights the main outcomes of a survey conducted among various donors and organizations involved in the implementation of these activities. The report concludes with recommendations for improving the reporting and classification of projects, and emphasizes the importance of developing a strong understanding of donor structures and recipient agencies.

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Technical Cooperation in Statistics in Central Asia: Funding, Activities, and Recommendations

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  1. UNECE Report on Technical Cooperation in the Field of Statistics in Central Asia CES Bureau Meeting Geneva 13 February 2007 Rapporteur: Petteri Baer, Regional AdviserUNECE

  2. Coordination Activities Donors Countries • Long-term strategic plan for development of the NSS • Favourable relationship with particular IO • Plan for funding of donor activities • Criteria for choosing special countries Coordination activities are needed

  3. SIAP(0.2) Others* (0.06) UNDP 0.5 SIDA 0.6 EC 0.7 FMCD 3.1 0.8 World Bank 1.6 DFID Main outcome of the survey (1):Three donors provide almost ¾ of the funding Total amount of funding: EUR 7.5 million *Others = ILO (EUR 0.04 million) and Statistics Austria (EUR 0.02 million)

  4. Others1) UNECE 5 SIAP UNDP 1 1 ILO 1 11 NSOs in CA 2 Statistics Sweden 2 3 UNICEF 10 FSO Germany 5 5 GTZ ICON Institute Main outcome of the Survey (2):More than 10 organisations involved in implementation 1) Others= British Council, DFID, IDA, Oxford Policy Management, Southampton University, Statistics Austria NSO = National Statistical Office; CA = Central Asia

  5. Main outcome of the Survey (3):Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan main targets in the year 2005 Magnitude of the activities1) in the countries in 2005 (in EUR) Number of projects in each country in 2005 Uzbekistan 2,868,300 Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan 4 Kazakhstan 2,469,090 9 Kazakhstan 20 1,137,200 Tajikistan 9 489,000 Turkmenistan Tajikistan 11 450,000 Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan 1) Not included are: Tracking Human Development (UNDP), Rural Education (World Bank), Training Course in Collection and Analysis (SIAP), TACIS Seminar for higher manager (Eurostat/Statistics Austria)

  6. Main conclusions to be made • 1. Provide a clear definition of the time intervals to be reported • Otherwise the reported material will not be comparable • Better to focus on future years, even though the exactness of reporting will suffer • 2. Provide a classification and clear definition of the stage of reported project

  7. Main conclusions to be made • 3. Develop a classification on technical cooperation activities • This work is already taking place within the framework of the CCSA Task Team on Donor activities • UNECE provided the Task Team mentioned a Classification proposal on the 7th of December 2006 and it will be discussed on the 16th of February 2007

  8. Main conclusions to be made • 4. Develop a good knowledge of the donor (and recipient) structures in the reporting agency • UNECE experiences reported • Good example: The role of the NSO of Turkey in providing Technical Cooperation in Statistics in the Central Asian countries • Developing good knowledge is an continuous activity

  9. Conclusion • You cannot learn swim if you don’t go into the water! • Thank you for your attention! • petteri.baer@unece.org

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