Statistics and cooperation: an essential link

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Statistics and cooperation an essential link
Technical cooperation is a core business of
Istat Claudia Cingolani Director, Office for
International Relations and Cooperation Istat-Au
la Magna Rome, 24 November 2005
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The development of technical cooperation in Istat

• Main steps
• 1992 creation of a technical unit for
  cooperation within the Directorate General
• 1996 participation in the European CESD network
  and framework agreement with Cesd-Rome
• 2004 decision of the Council of Istat on
  cooperation
• as a strategic goal
• 2004 set up of the Office for international
  relations and cooperation within the Presidency

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Strategic goals of cooperation

• Contribute to building up of national statistical
  systems
• and to promoting the knowledge and the
  application of standards at international level
• Strengthen the international role of Istat in its
  sectors
• of excellence
• Participate more actively in technical contexts
  of international development policies
• Step up relations with national institutions for
  the formulation and implementation of development
  cooperation policies

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Criteria in the selection of programmes

• Geographical areas
• compliance with political strategies of
  institutional partners
• experience gained in the countries
• Thematic fields
• acknowledged competence in the specific matters
• availability of high-quality and professional
  resources

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Sources of financing

• Italian Government through ad-hoc agreements for
  complex projects
• European Union through the participation,
  individually or in consortium, in tenders (Cards,
  Tacis, Phare, Medstat programmes)
• International organisations (IMF, United Nations,
  World Bank etc.) for specific projects
• Other external sources
• Istat

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Activities

• Technical assistance
• Tools
• Training
• Study visits
• Seminars, workshops and conferences

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Geographical areas of cooperation
Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and
Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia (FYROM)
Hungary, Poland, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania
Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia,
Georgia
Algeria Tunisia Morocco Egypt Syria
Jordan Palestine Lebanon Israel Turkey Malta
Cyprus
China
Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Andean Pact countries
Mozambique, Cape Verde, Nigeria
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Fields of activity
ResearchDevelopment
Service statistics
Prices
Agriculture censuses
Business statistics
Business registers
Households consumption
Population and housing censuses
Institutional building
Agriculture statistics
Quality
National accounts
Dissemination and communication
Environment statistics
Statistical law
Non-observed economy
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The challenges of cooperation for Istat

• Maintain the balance between demand and supply
• Develop within Istat a culture of cooperation
• and the required professionalism
• Foster full collaboration with the partner
  country and sharing of choices and of expected
  results
• Improve managerial capacity and internal
  instruments for financial and administrative
  management of projects

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Conclusions

• Technical cooperation in Istat is an
  institutional activity and is integral part of
  its planning
• Participation of Istat in national and
  international programmes for development
  cooperation is reinforced and strengthened
• Thematic fields and geographical areas respond to
  technical and political evaluation criteria
• Technical cooperation is an opportunity for the
  professional growth of Istat staff

Statistics and cooperation an essential
link Claudia Cingolani, 24 November 2005