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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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