Statistics Sweden Sida assistance activities in

the Western Balkans

Fredrik BoodChief AdvisorStatistics Sweden’s Balkan Project Office

Sida and Statistics Sweden

• Sida has entered into a framework agreement with Statistics Sweden based on our uniqueness, e.g., no one else in Sweden could provide the same services as us.

• In short this means that Sida is providing money for us to give technical support to capacity building in the Western Balkans and elsewhere in the world.

Beneficiary countries

• Albania• Bosnia and Herzegovina• Kosovo• Macedonia• Montenegro, and • Serbia.

INSTAT Albania

• New three-year bilateral cooperation project with INSTAT focused on:• Management• Agriculture and evironment statistics• Economic statistics• Social statistics• Statistical methodology, and• ICT

KAS Kosovo

• Four-year bilateral project with KAS which started in the beginning of last year comprising five project components:• Management• Economic statistics• Environment statistics• Social statistics, and• ICT

SORS Serbia

• Five-year bilateral project with SORS which started in late 2012 including:• Environmental statistics,• Economic statistics,• Social and Gender statistics• Statistical methodology• General management and quality in statistics• ICT

Regional project

• The Sida funded regional project complements the bilateral projects.

• Includes all beneficiary countries.• Current project phase runs from 2013 – 2016 and

includes the following components:• Regional Statistics Committee• Environment statistics • Summer School• Survey methodology• Gender statistics.

Added value of regional projects

• The added value of a regional project is the sharing of experience between NSIs with common problems and context.

• We also encourage more devoleped NSIs in the region to support less developed NSIs through study visits and participation of local experts in workshops.

• Engaging the NSIs in the implimention of the project is key to sustainability and also an expected outcome of the project.

Results from previous projects

• Developed competence to produce Environmental statistics

• Sustainable knowledge base in Survey methodology by training over one hundred young statisticians.

• Young statisticians have improved their writing skills and their ability to speak in English in public and to engage in debate through participation in the Summer School.

• Capacity to conduct time use surveys.• Women and Men booklets• Gender-based violence• Gender pay gap

Thank you!