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Instruments for technical assistancein statistics

Ringo Raupach

Head of Section

Bilateral and International Cooperation

Germany's experience with Twinning

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Contents

1. DESTATIS experience with the Twinning instrument

2. Comparison of Twinning and service contract

Positive aspects of service contact

Positive aspects of the Twinning instrument

Limitations of the Twinning instrument

3. Comparison of EU Twinning and World Bank Twinning

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1. DESTATIS experience with Twinning instrument

EU- Twinning - DESTATIS MS project leader

Poland 2002-2004Bulgaria 2005-2007 Latvia 2006-2007FYR Macedonia 2006-2008Croatia 2007-2009Bulgaria 2008-2009Azerbaijan 2009-2012

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1. DESTATIS experience with Twinning instrument

EU- Twinning - DESTATIS MS junior partner

Armenia 2011-2013Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011-2013

EU- Twinning light - DESTATIS MS project leader

Bulgaria 2003-2004

Czech Republic 2003-2004

Slovakia 2005

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1. DESTATIS experience with Twinning instrument

Word Bank Twinning - DESTATIS project leader

Tajikistan 2007-2011

Mongolia 2010-2014

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2. Comparison of Twinning and Service Contract

Twinning Service ContractPartnership between public institutions

Cooperation between a public institution in the BC and a private consulting company, sometimes MS public institutions are represented in consortia

High level of political support. Awarded on the basis of the quality of the project proposal and based on a decision by the recipient institution / country

Freely tendered on the basis of the quality of the project proposal and the costs for implementation

Experts on both sides are familiar with day-to-day-work in a public administration - they must be employees of the provider institutions or recent retirees

Experts are often free-lancers and retirees with less recent experience in the practical application of EU standards

A Resident Twinning Adviser (RTA) is based in the premises of the beneficiary institution

In larger projects a long term adviser is foreseen and necessary

Single client principle Single or multiple client principle

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2. Comparison of Twinning and Service contract

Positive aspects of service contact

Partnership between private and public institutions + experts

Goals oriented on acquis (middle-term demand)

Transfer of solutionsIdeal for IT programming…

Technical (short-term) assistance Experienced experts from public and private sector

Flexibility

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2. Comparison of Twinning and Service contract

Positive aspects of the Twinning instrument

Goals oriented on acquis (long-term demand)

Selected in line with the priority areas identified by the Commission

Support on political level

Sustainability through ownership Set out to deliver specific, guaranteed results

Ideal for subject matter statistics, methodology, capacity building

Preparation and planning

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2. Comparison of Twinning and Service contract

Positive aspects of the Twinning instrument

RTA as backbone of the assistance

Exchange of know-how and experience

Experienced experts from public sector

Project adjustments via amendments or side letters

Technical and administrative assistance

Significant duration of project

Genuine partnership between public institutions

Implementation

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2. Comparison of Twinning and Service contract

Limitations of the Twinning instrument

Limited flexibility in changing the frame conditions of the project

Limited availability and flexibility of experts

Broadly limited to provision of methodological advice

Protracted procedure between the elaboration of the project fiche and the actual start of the implementation

Practical solutions

Can be overcome partly through close cooperation between project partners

Forming international consortia

Greater involvement by Eurostat in the preparation and evaluationwould be beneficial

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3. Comparison of EU Twinning and World Bank Twinning

EU Twinning WB TwinningBeneficiaries IPA / ENPI countries Developing countries

(so far only in Asia)

Goals-oriented

EU acquis UN (development indicators )

Duration up to 2 Years up to 5 years

Experts RTA + Short-term experts

Short-term experts. Team leader is not based in the BC, project leader provided by WB

Financing Partial reimbursement, Grant style

Full cost-recovery

Expert fees + per diems

Fixed To be negotiated based onWorld Bank regulations

Expert fees for study visits

None Yes. To be negotiated based on World Bank Handbook

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