Република Србија
Републички завод за статистику
Regional Forum on Market, Investments and
Statistics
Sarajevo, April 2017.
Importance of statistics data for regional
cooperation
dr Miladin Kovačević,
director of Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia
Presentation content
- Official statistics
- European statistics
- new circumstances
- vision 2020
- Process of Accession to the European Union
- guidelines for regional cooperation
- IPA funds and regional cooperation
- Reflection to the Round Table in Belgrade
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Official Statistics - Definition
Official statistics as a system can be defined as an agreed minimum of
quantitative indicators expressed on the basis of a single methodology,
definition, classification and organization of statistical surveys that
have been agreed upon by the interested institutions and carried out
on the basis of a single program and plan of statistical research.
Structurally, this system is geared to certain statistical surveys (defined
in statistical research programs) carried out by statistical authorities
and statistical services of statutory bodies for the conduct of statistics.
When defining statistical research, proponents are usually guided by
the general character of the majority of users, general, economic,
social or other interests, international recommendations and
methodologies of international statistical authorities, as well as the
available financial resources for statistical research.
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Official Statistics – Definition (extension)
Official statistics is an necessary element in the information system of
every democratic society in supplying of government, the economy and
the public with data on the economic, demographic and social situation
and the natural environment.
Thus defined, official statistics is at the same time the infrastructure for
the commercial sector of research and information.
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European statistics - new circumstances
Characteristics of the ambience in which the European official statistics
evolve:
• Development of communication on machine line – machine
• Existence of huge amounts of data,
• Data from social networks,
• Access to open data,
• Appearance of private players (participants)
• Civil society and state institutions,
• Signals and noise coming from the flood data,
• Privacy data
„ What was the money for the 19 th century, and the oil for 20,
that's the data for the 21st century“
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European Statistics - Vision 2020.
Orientation on:
- Customers - better understanding of their needs,
- Quality – firm bonds to the Code of Practice of European
Statistics and Improving Quality Management,
- New sources of data – potentially new data sources,
investing in new IT tools and methodologies,
- Production processes – benefits from the exchange of
micro data while respecting statistical confidentiality,
- Dissemination – work on increasing of data availability
and promotion of official statistics in the brand
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Process of Accession to the European Union - guidelines for
regional cooperation
RELIABLE AND COMPARABLE STATISTICAL DATA ARE THE
PRECONDITION FOR THE APPROVED EUROPEAN ACCESS PROCESS
(EU) HOW FOR ALL CAUNTIRIES, ALSO AND FOR REGIONAL
COOPERATION.
₋ EU requirements and acts in the field of statistics point to the
need of existance of statistical infrastructure that is based on
professional independence, impartiality, impartiality, quality,
reliability, transparency and trustworthiness;
₋ EU requirements and acts also relate to methodologies,
classifications and procedures for data access.
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Process of Accession to the European Union - guidelines for
regional cooperation
Official statistics have a threefold role in the EU enlargement
process:
₋ EU requirements in separate Chapter 18 - Statistics define the
harmonization of statistics with EU standards and the rules to
be achieved in the pre-accession period;
₋ Official statistics should provide data for monitoring changes
and assessing of impact of elected or agreed policies;
₋ Official statistics should provide indicators for monitoring the
IPA programs.
All national official statistics (including the countries of the
Western Balkans) have declared for the adoption of the
European Statistical System (ESS) as a basis for further
development so the stated can be accepted for the entire
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region.
European Statistics and Accession to the European Union - IPA
funds regional cooperation
The Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) are funds by which the EU
supports reforms in the enlargement countries. IPA funds can be observed as an
investment for the future how for the enlargement countries, but also for the
European Union itself. IPA funds are primarily intended for users for their faster
economic recovery and sustainable development. For the period 2014-2020. for
this purposes EU has allocated € 11.7 billion €.
IPA funds intended for the development of statistical infrastructure may be
subdivided into IPA Multidisciplinary and IPA National programs:
- IPA Multidisciplinary programs Cover a set of 15-20 statistical areas (in the
form of statistical projects) that are of interest to each country and region
and whose implementation achieves compliance with EU standards and
requirements
- IPA National Programs support solving of specific problems at the national
level
IPA PROGRAMS - A GOOD BASIS FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION
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Reflection to the Round Table in Belgrade, from November
2016.
₋ Recognized role of official statistics as an indispensable element in
creating and following different policies,
₋ Need for constant communication between official statistics
producers, state institutions, representatives of the economy and
representatives of civil society in order to meet the national needs,
the needs of the region and the possibility of finding solutions
within the official statistics,
₋ The need for constant dialogue and exchange of experiences with
the aim of accelerating the Eurointegration processes.
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Reflection to the Round Table in Belgrade, from November
2016.
Identified priority topics:
• Importance of comparable and quality statistics
• Relationship between statistics and the development of the financial market especially in national accounts
- reporting on public finances (EDP, GFS, financial accounts)
• Space for regional cooperation (infrastructure, industrial as well as trade)
• Education statistics and profiling the labor market as one of the major factors of
investment expansion
• Labor market and increased dynamics employment of youth - possible use of
international financial programs in this progress
• Larger use of administrative bases and registers as well as development of
fundamental registers and records
• Possibility of joint action on applying for EU funds for the development of official
statistics, institutions and institutional capacities
• The importance of linking the civil sector and state official institutions for
development and attracting of international funds
• Necessity cooperation in the area of Census preparation 2021 and comparability
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THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION
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