Lack of high quality official statistics currently hampers planning, monitoring and reporting on progress towards national and international development goals. The objective of the project is to enhance the national capacity of the most vulnerable ECE countries for sustainable development of statistics through the implementation of recommendations from the Global Assessments. Global Assessments of national statistical systems provide in-depth and comprehensive analyses of the capacity of countries in the region to produce statistics in compliance with international standards, and suggest concrete recommendations for the sustainable development of national statistical capacities. The project will support producers of official statistics in eight beneficiary countries (Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan) in addressing the observed statistical gaps in order to allow for the monitoring of their economic, social and environmental reforms. The project builds on Global Assessments of national statistical systems (NSSs) conducted between 2010 and 2013 in these beneficiary countries by UNECE and partner organizations, Eurostat and EFTA. In the framework of this project, UNECE will support beneficiary countries to formulate, prioritize and eventually incorporate Global Assessments' recommendations into strategic statistical work programmes. During the implementation phase, UNECE will provide advisory services and organise national and sub-regional workshops and training seminars in the relevant statistical domains, in coordination with international and bilateral partners. The project will draw on existing mechanisms and established partnerships with national and international statistical agencies, under the Conference of European Statisticians and the UN Special Programme for Economies of Central Asia (SPECA).