1. Official Statistical Information - A key source for monitoring development and allocation of resources Presentation at the 1 st Meeting of ECO Heads of NSOs Teheran, Iran, 28 January 2008 Petteri Baer, Regional Adviser, UNECE

11. Main outcome of the UNECE survey (1): Three donors provided almost ¾ of the funding in 6 CA countries (2005) *Others = ILO (EUR 0.04 million) and Statistics Austria (EUR 0.02 million) Total amount of funding: EUR 7.5 million 3.1 1.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 SIAP (0.2) EC World Bank SIDA FMCD DFID Others* (0.06) UNDP

12. Main outcome of the UNECE Survey (2): More than 10 organisations involved in implementation (2005) 1) Others= British Council, DFID, IDA, Oxford Policy Management, Southampton University, Statistics Austria UNDP 11 10 5 5 3 2 2 1 1 6 FSO Germany ICON Institute GTZ UNICEF Statistics Sweden TFSCB ILO SIAP Others 1)

13. Main outcome of the UNECE Survey (3): Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan were main targets in the year 2005 1) Not included are: Tracking Human Development (UNDP), Rural Education (World Bank), Training Course in Collection and Analysis (SIAP), TACIS Seminar for higher manager (Statistics Austria) Number of projects in each country in 2005 20 11 9 9 4 Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan 450,000 489,000 1,137,200 2,469,090 2,868,300 Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Tajikistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Magnitude of the activities 1) in the countries in 2005 (in EUR)