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Enhancing Statistical Data through Strategic Partnerships in the EU Accession Context

State Statistical Offices play a crucial role in the national statistical system, facing rapid changes and new challenges. Embracing strategic partnerships allows for knowledge sharing, competency development, and financial support. Examples include collaborations with institutions like the National Bank, Ministry of Finance, universities, and researchers. The future calls for a long-term Strategic Partnership Programme with a flexible, proactive, and transparent approach.

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Enhancing Statistical Data through Strategic Partnerships in the EU Accession Context

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  1. Workshop ”Modern official statistics in the EU accession context” Apostol Simovski, Director General of the State Statistical Office of the Republic of North Macedonia

  2. Content of the presentation • Introduction • Why strategic partnership is important? • Treatment of strategic partnership - understanding and using the term SP • Examples of strategic partnership • Future challenges

  3. Introduction • State Statistical Office - a key player in the national statistical system • Legal basis • The position of the SSO - advantages and disadvantages • New challenges for the national statistical system

  4. Why strategic partnership? • Rapid changes in statistical community • Good way of sharing knowledge, ideas, technologies, innovation, best practices • Improvement and development of competencies, skills, tools, statistical processes • Financial support and sharing financial risks

  5. Treatment of strategic partnership • Agreement-based collaboration - rather used term instead of strategic partnership • Main partners of the SSO: - Data producers (other actors in the national statistical system) - Data providers - Administrative data owners - Universities/academia/researchers - Civil society, media, international organisations

  6. Preparation of Five-year Statistical Programme - SSO started a new approach  - Wide, consultative process  - ONAs are actively included in the process 

  7. Role of ONAs in the preparation of the Five- year Programme In the process of preparation of the Five-year Statistical Programme, SSO had meetings with ONAs to: • Familiarize the main managers of the institutions with the process of preparation of the Program and its meaning, in order for the institutions to start defining the research that is in their domain • Familiarize the current ONAs with the new criteria, rights and responsibilities of being a holder in the statistical system • Assess whether the particular institution should continue to remain part of the statistical system • Evaluate whether some other institutions should become ONA

  8. Role of ONAs in the preparation of the Five- year Programme Results from the meetings Extremely useful In agreement with the ministers, groups were formed at the technical level (the ministries nominated persons) to define the survey in the programme in the relevant area

  9. Examples of strategic partnership A. Cooperation with the National Bank • Cooperation exists under a Memorandum of Understanding • Both institutions are responsible for data collection, publication and transmission of data • Active participation in IPA projects • Implementation of ESA 2010 • Both institutions are part of SDDS • Working groups were established for different topics

  10. B. Cooperation with the Ministry of Finance • MoF - data source for compilation of annual government non-financial accounts • Participation in different projects (IMF, IPA, twinning projects, etc.)

  11. C. Cooperation with universities • Cooperation with several universities/faculties based on a Memorandum of Cooperation • The cooperation refers to: organisation of and participation in different events, organisation of lectures/training for students, hosting students and professors at the SSO, practical work for students, etc. • Benefits: increased knowledge about statistics, improved use of statistical data, increased statistical literacy, live interaction with students and exchange of views and opinions

  12. C. Cooperation with researchers • Special attention is given to the scientific research community • Organisation of microdata access: - A procedure for microdata access exists - A Statistical Confidentiality Committee was established as an advisory body • The cooperation could be extended

  13. D. Cooperation with administrative data owners • Cooperation with current and potential administrative data owners - strategic determination of the SSO • Administrative data are used in several domains: finance statistics, business statistics, labour statistics, external trade statistics, etc. • Good practice - cooperation with the Association of the Units of Local Self-Government - data for the survey on issued building permits are collected through an electronic system (e-permits)

  14. Future challenges • Strategic partnership should be treated as a long-term mature activity • Development of a Strategic Partnership Programme • The approach toward strategic partners should be: - flexible and justifiable - predictable and visionary - proactive and interactive - open and transparent

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