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Statistical Cooperation in the European Neighbourhood

Statistical Cooperation in the European Neighbourhood. Thirteenth Meeting of the Management Group on Statistical Cooperation 24-25 March 2011, Luxembourg Agenda item 4.3. Technical assistance and EEAS in brief.

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Statistical Cooperation in the European Neighbourhood

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  1. Statistical Cooperation in the European Neighbourhood Thirteenth Meeting of the Management Group on Statistical Cooperation 24-25 March 2011, Luxembourg Agenda item 4.3

  2. Technical assistance and EEAS in brief • Current state of play of technical assistance in ENP countries: Annex 2 to Doc MGSC/2011/09 include list of recent projects, mainly twining projects, Medstat III, discussion on cooperation beyond 2013 is at the early stage • The European External Action Service: mandate laid down by the Lisbon Treaty (Article 13a-III), launched on 1 January 2011; the provisional organigramme of the EEAS enclosed in Annex 1 to Doc. MGSC/2011/09, detailed description in the Council Decision establishing the organisation and functioning of the EEAS (11665/10 REV1 of 20 July 2010)

  3. ENP technical assistance • Twinning projects at various stages of implementation • Missions financed by TAIEX • Medstat III • Inogate programme concerning energy statistics in ENP-East and Central Asia • A Shared Environment Information System (SEIS) for ENP • High Level Seminars for the EECCA countries financed by Eurostat • A Eurotrace training course in Russian under preparation • The PL Presidency seminar on ENP-East in October 2011 • Future cooperation after 2013 under discussion

  4. European External Action Service (EEAS) • Launched on 1 January 2011 • Mandate defined by the Treaty of Lisbon (Article 13a-III) • Detailed provisions specified in the Council Decision 11665/1/10 REV1 of 20 July 2010 • Only provisional organigramme available • At the stage of development • Closer cooperation between EU services and diplomatic services of MS • The impact on statistical cooperation not yet known

  5. EEAS: a few facts • EEAS manages general foreign relations, security and defence policies and controls Situation Centre; Cooperates with the Commission in areas of shared competence; Commission plays a role in the technical implementation of the decisions; • EAAS has 6 geographical departments: 1) Africa, 2) Asia, 3) Americas, 4) Middle East and ENP-South, 5) Russia, ENP-East and Western Balkans and 6) Global and Multilateral issues • The staff comes from the Council, Commission and minimum 40% from member states • Some Commission DGs were affected by the change – DG Relex ceased to exist, part of DG Development was included in the EEAS and part was merged with DG AidCo to establish DG Devco (Development and Cooperation) • EEAS will contribute to the programming and management of the external assistance instruments listed in doc MGSC/2011/09

  6. TAIEX and Twinning • TAIEX is managed by DG Enlargement and remains unaffected by the change • In the ENP region responsibility for Twinning projects is shared by EuropeAid and the EU Delegations • The Trade and Cooperation sections of the EU Delegations remain part of the Commission .

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