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Strengthening the Capacity of the Georgian Statistical System

Project Description
EU supports strengthening of institutions which are vital for the implementation of ambitious reforms initiated by the Government of Georgia as part of the Association Agreement. This twinning project works with National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) and aims to align Georgian official statistics with standards, guidelines and best practices from the European Union and from other International organizations.
Implemented by Czech, Hungarian, Finnish and Lithuanian counterparts, the project:
- Develops External Sector Statistics (ESS)
- Enhances methodological soundness in the National Accounts in line with EU standards
- Supports development of Business Statistics
- Strengthening Social Statistics.
The project works closely with representatives of Geostat to strengthen their capacities to ensure successful implementation of the reform and new operations.
Specific Objective
To assist the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) in further improving statistical capacity and promoting compliance with the European statistical standards in the fields of External Sector Statistics (ESS), National Accounts (NA), Business Statistics (BS), Labour Market Statistics, Living Conditions, Tourism Statistics.
Expected Results
- Improved quality and reliability of data on international merchandise trade statistics will be improved
- Identified reasons for asymmetries in bilateral trade data between the partner countries and the discrepancies minimized.
- Improved evaluation methods for the non-observed economy and GDP compilation methods developed.
- On business statistics field-short-term statistics will be subject to compliance with the coming European regulations and business statistics department will be able to produce high quality data.
- Updated questionnaire on labor force survey to give more precise data on employment and unemployment in Georgia.
- Knowledge on increasingly important tourist sector advanced by developing new statistics in the field.
Beneficiaries
Geostat - National Statistics Office of Georgia
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PROJECT DETAILS
Georgia
Priority Area:
Partnership that protects
Subsector:
Governance & public administration
Topic:
Good government
Project Status:
Completed
Start Date:
01.04.2019
End Date:
31.03.2021
EU Project Number:
404-655