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Results of the 2015 donor survey

MGSC 19-20 March 2015Point 9.1 of the Agenda

Marius Andersen and Siv Irene Pedersen

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Purpose of the donor survey• Allow better planning of assistance in the field of

statistics• Coordination: Avoid overlap of projects• Create more transparency for donors• More predictability for beneficiary• Easier to prioritise for the NSIs• Benefit from experience of other projects

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About the donor survey• Data from donors and beneficiaries• Completed: Completed in 2014 or January 2015• On-going: On-going in February-March 2015• Planned: Start April 2015 or later• Older projects deleted• Projects with no amount not included in tables• Some projects include non-statistical components• Missing information in some projects• Loans

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How do we collect data?• Eurostat and UNECE prepare

• Eurostat responsible for letters, questionnaires• UNECE translate questionnaires and responses

• 03.11.14: Letters and questionnaires sent (10.12.)• 11.12.14: 1st reminder (5.1.)• 08.01.15: 2nd reminder (15.1.)• January: Data cleaning and matching of projects• 23.01.15: Consolidated questionnaires (30.1.)• January/February: Request for missing information• Mid-February: Draft report

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Responses in the Donor Survey  2014 2015

  Contacted Responses Response rate (%) Contacted Responses Response

rate (%)

Donors 83 50 62,5 129 87 67,4

Enlarge ment 9 9 100 9 9 100

EECCA 11 8 72,7 12 9 1/2 79,2

ENP South 9 9 100

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Some new features of the 2015 donor survey

• Pilot data collection for the ENP South countries• Mongolia included for the first time• Collect information on statistical area/domain• Budget support added as type of assistance• Croatia is an EU Member State – still included as

receiving technical assistance • Iceland not included as a beneficiary

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Enlargement Countries

Central Asian Countries

European Neighbourhood

Policy East Countries

Regional projects Total0

20000

40000

60000

80000

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120000

Activities by region and status

CompletedOngoingPlanned

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Donors - enlargement countries EUSwedenJoint projectsSwitzerland UNICEFGermanyMDG FUNDWorld BankIOMUNFPAUNODCUN Coherence Fund, UNESCOGEFUNFPA, UNICEFUN Coherence FundUN Women, UNFPAEFTAUN WOMENUNDPFrance

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Donors - EECCA countries EUNorwayWorld BankSwedenUnited StatesUNFPAJoint projectsUNICEF, Switzerland UNDP, FAORomaniaUNICEFUNICEF, UNFPAUNFPA, United StatesPoland UNDPILOGermanyEU, FAOEFTAFAOFrance

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Donors - ENP east

EUSwedenUnited StatesUNFPANorwayJoint projectsUNICEF, Switzerland UNDP, FAOWorld BankRomaniaUNICEF, UNFPAPoland UNICEFILOEFTAFrance

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Donors - Central Asian countries

World BankNorwayEUUNFPAUNFPA, United StatesUNICEFUNDPGermanyEU, FAOILOUNICEF, UNFPAFAO

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Donors - Regional projects

EUJapanSwedenUnited KingdomUNECE, EFTA, EUUN, EFTAEFTAWorld BankRussiaEFTA, UNDAUNEFTA, EU

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Beneficiaries - Regional projects

EECCAEnlargementECCA & EnlargementOther

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Beneficiaries - Enlargement and EECCA countries

Serbia AlbaniaBosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo*Turkey GeorgiaMoldova TajikistanArmenia KyrgystanThe former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-donia

Montenegro

Croatia UkraineAzerbaijan TurkmenistanMongolia BelarusKazakhstan Uzbekistan

* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence

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Statistical domains

OthersMulti-domain statisticsAgriculture statisticsBusiness statisticsMacro-economic statisticsDemographic and social statisticsCensus - ECCensus - ACCensus - PHCGeneral horizontal issues

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Final report

• Draft report• Comments by April 10, 2015• Final report made available to contributors

by email and in CIRCABC by the end of May 2015

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Some questions• What is the best way to include statistical domains?• How to treat large projects with small statistical

components?• How to ensure the data quality of the survey?• What kind of overall variables should be collected?• Type of assistance – improve definitions?• Is the definitions of variables and concepts

understandable?• How do you use the donor survey?• How can we improve the donor survey?• How can we promote the donor survey better?

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Thank you for your attention

% EECCA Starting date?SumRegional

National Beneficiary?

Bilateral Is the Project really finished?

CensusIs this Status regional or national?Domains?ResultsCompleted? Implementing agency?