The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia and the consortium, led by the German consultancy company, organized a conference on the occasion of ending the project “Strengthening the Serbian statistical system by upgrading methodologies and standards by applying good practice (IPA 2012)”, on December 5th, 2017 in hotel “Metropol Palace” in Belgrade.
The project, completely supported by the EU funds (donation value of EUR 3.5 million), was dedicated to providing technical assistance and expertise to the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (hereinafter: SORS). Harmonization of methodologies and standards applied in producing reliable statistical basis, necessary to the social and economic system of Serbia as regard the accession to the European Union, as well as harmonization of selected statistical subject-matters and indicators used for decision-making of public policies in all key domains were finalized successfully.
Supported by the project, SORS ICT sector was modernized, a new SORS website was designed and interoperability involving data and know-how sharing with other institutions and organizations was ensured.
The opening speech at the conference was given by Mr. Miladin Kovačević, PhD, Director of SORS, and Mr. Pieter Everaers, Director of Eurostat in charge of cooperation within the European Statistical System and international cooperation. The introductory work and particular review of the project significance were given by Hristina Aleksandrova, Director of the project. Marina Gandolfo, Head of International Affairs at ISTAT and Gordana Radojević, Director of MONSTAT addressed the participants. Mira Nikić, Assistant Director of the Development and Information Department of SORS, Dušan Gavrilović, Assistant Director of SORS in the Sector for National Accounts, Prices and Agriculture, Olja Musić, Assistant Director of SORS in the Sector for Information and Communication Technologies and Publishing, Nevena Pavlović, staff member in the Sustainable Development and Income and Living Conditions Unit, as the leaders of the components of the project presented the results and pointed to the significance of each of the components.
The conference was attended by the representatives of Eurostat, EU delegation to Serbia, consortium GOPA, ATOS, RATEL, UNICEF, Microsoft, NIRAS, Central Register of Compulsory Social Insurance, National Bank of Serbia, Republic Secretariat for Public Policies, Serbian Business Registers Agency, Institute of Economic Sciences, National Employment Service, Belgrade University, directors of statistical institutes of the countries in the region, etc.
Media attendance was on an enviable level. The Director of SORS, Mr. Miladin Kovačević, PhD and Mr. Pieter Everaers, Director of Eurostat, made many statements to the media.
Agenda
Press release
Presentation
- Strengthening the Serbian statistical system - Hristina Aleksandrova and Sabine Lange
- Upgrade the ICT system- Olja Music
- Sustainable Development Indicators - Nevena Pavlovic
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