5th Steering Committee Meeting November 05, 200 9 Alper GÜCÜMENGİL Head of Projects Group

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PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Foreign Relations DepartmentProjects Group

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5th Steering Committee MeetingNovember 05, 2009

Alper GÜCÜMENGİLHead of Projects Group

Upgrading the Statistical System of Turkey (USST) Programme

Phase II

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Presentation in brief• USST Phase II

– Objectives and Components– Schedule&Budget – Projects– Achievements by Components– Remarks

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USST II – Objective• To upgrade the Statistical System of Turkey,

according to EU standards on the methodology and quality of compiling and processing statistical information and to ensure the efficient coordination by the TurkStat

• Further adaptation of USST I objectives:– capacity building of institutions responsible for

sectoral statistical systems – harmonization of data collection and processing

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USST II - ComponentsEuropeAid

Central Finance and Contracts Unit

Upgrading the Statistical System of Turkey Phase II

Technical Assistance Component

Data Collection Component- Cancelled

Supply Component -Cancelled

Training Component & Grant

Funding Authority

Contracting Authority

Framework Contracts

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Schedule

• Start: January 1, 2007

• Finish: November 30, 2009 (revised)– includes prolongation of 11 months

~3 years

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Budget• Total budget: 5,35 M€ (revised)

Contract Amount (€)

Technical Assistance Contract 3,250,000

Training Grant Contract 1,750,000 Framework Contracts 350,000

TOTAL 5,350,000

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Projects• Improvement of Business Register System by Studying on

Enterprise Groups

• Upgrading the Social and Demographic Statistics of Turkey and Establishing a System to Provide Periodical Data

• Improvement of Tourism Statistics

• Improvement of Business Statistics

• Reform of the Agricultural Statistics System

• Enhancement of Environmental Statistics Capacity

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Projects• Upgrading the Health Statistics of Turkey and Establishing a System

to Provide Periodical Data

• Revision of the Classification System and Classification Server of TurkStat

• Development of Multi-Domain Statistical System and Statistical Analysis

• Improvement of National Accounts according to the Recommendation of ESA95

• Improvement of Information and Communication Technology

• Improvement of Administrative Structure of TurkStat

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USST II – AchievementsTechnical Assistance ContractTechnical Assistance Contract

includes statistical technical assistance service to TurkStat via expert missions for each project

• The budget of Contract is: 3 250 000 Euro

• Contract was signed on 21 September 2007

• Kick-off meeting was held on 04 October 2007

• The first consultancies in October 2007

• Preparation of Global Implementation Plan (GIP)

• Approval of GIP by the Contracting Authority on 28 January 2008

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USST II – Achievements

Technical Assistance ContractTechnical Assistance Contract

• The foreseen implementation deadline was 2 April 2009

• The amendment in the contract: – prolongation of contract duration

– the new deadline: 30 November 2009– reallocation of working days

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USST II – AchievementsTechnical Assistance ContractTechnical Assistance Contract

• As of 31 October 2009As of 31 October 2009;;

– The consultancy service of 3737,5The consultancy service of 3737,5 Working Days (WDs):Working Days (WDs):

• 2810,5 Short Term Experts 2810,5 Short Term Experts • 927 Long Term Experts in PIT 927 Long Term Experts in PIT

Planned WDs

Spent WDs

Remaining WDs

% of Realization

Short Term Experts 3028 2810,5 217,5 92,8%

Long Term Experts 970 927 43 95,6%

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USST II – AchievementsFramework Contracts (FWCs)Framework Contracts (FWCs)

includes statistical technical assistance to TurkStat and Main Data Providers• FWC on Improvement of Hospital and Health Expenditure Statistics• FWC on Improving of Cause of Death Statistics

– The total budget of two FWCs is 350 000 Euro

– The contracts were awarded and the kick-off meetings were held in October 2007

– The prolongation requests were accepted by the Contracting Authority:

• Implementation period was extended to 05 February 2008 for the first contract and 30 June 2008 for the second contract

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USST II – AchievementsFramework ContractsFramework Contracts

• FWC on Improvement of Hospital and Health Expenditure Statistics

– The consultancy service of 156 Working Days was The consultancy service of 156 Working Days was provided to MoH and TurkStatprovided to MoH and TurkStat

– The implementation was completed on 05 February 2008– Final report was prepared and sent to CFCU

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USST II – AchievementsFramework ContractsFramework Contracts

• FWC on Improving of Cause of Death (CoD) Statistics

– The consultancy service of 180The consultancy service of 180 Working Days was Working Days was provided to MoH and TurkStatprovided to MoH and TurkStat

– The implementation was completed on 30 June 2008– Final report was prepared and sent to CFCU

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USST II – AchievementsTraining Grant ContractTraining Grant Contract

includes funding for training activities within the frame of USST II projects

• The budget of Contract is: 1 750 000 Euro

• Contract was signed in December 2006

• The first amendment of Contract for prolongation (until 31 July 2009)

• The second amendment of Contract: – transfers among the budget items transfers among the budget items – prolongation of Contract duration prolongation of Contract duration

– the deadline: 30 November 2009

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USST II – AchievementsTraining Grant ContractTraining Grant Contract• 2063 participants have attended 195 activities

(As of 04 November 2009)

– Study Visits to NSOs of EU Member States: 86– Abroad Training Activities: 58– Local Training Activities: 13– Local Meetings and Monitoring Activities: 32– Traineeships: 6

• ~1.200.000 € of 1.750.000 € total budget will be spentuntil the end of 30 November 2009

0102030405060708090

TA SV LT LM TR

# of Activities

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USST II – Achievements

1. Germany: 172. The Netherlands: 163. Sweden: 134. Czech Republic: 125. Luxembourg (Eurostat): 116. Hungary: 77. Italy: 68. Austria: 59. Spain: 510. Denmark: 5

Realized activities by the selected countries;

Training Grant ContractTraining Grant Contract

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USST II – Remarks• Successful organization of app. 200 activities

– In the context of the Training Grant, over 2000 participants from Turkish Statistical System have attended app. 200 activities

• High realization ratio under Technical Assistance Contract– The realization ratio is %92,8 as of 31 October 2009

• Implementation of FWCs has been successfully completed

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USST II – Remarks

• Main Data Providers have been more involved in USST Programme activities– 722 participants from Main Statistics Providers have

attended to Training Grant Activities

• EU Visibility Meeting on 06 November 2009

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USST II – Remarks• Evaluation report of USST II under Public Finance Sector:

– The report was prepared as a result of an independent evaluation by the MWH Consortium contracted under the Phare Programme in 2008

– Performance rating of USST II: • One of the highest performance ratings among

EU funded programmes in Turkey according to the evaluation report in 2008

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USST II – Remarks

• Sustainability of the Programme– IPA National 2009 (USST III)

• In the programming phase

• The other ongoing and future EU Programmes– MBP 2006

• It will be completed by the end of 2010

– IPA MBP 2009• In the programming phase

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Thank you

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