Project Info
Project Code
0607F
Tranche
T05
Tranche Type
Regular
Status
Closed
Title
Strengthening the statistical capacity of Central Asian countries to monitor progress towards the Millennium Development Goals
Entities
Implementing Entity (Lead)
ECE
Collaborating DA Entities
DESA
ESCAP
Financial and Evaluation Info
Total Budget
$385,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No
Countries and Regions
Areas of Work
Thematic Clusters
Statistics
Sustainable Development
Objective and Expected Outcomes
Objective
To strengthen the national statistical capacity of Central Asian countries to monitor demographic, social and economic progress towards the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals
Expected Outcome 1
Increased capacity of the Central Asian countries to strengthen statistical services for tracking progress towards the Millennium Development Goals, including the organisation of their next population censuses using regional ECE standards with specifications that are relevant to their national economic and social situation
Expected Outcome 2
New ECE guidelines for the 2010 round of population censuses implemented in Central Asian countries; Strengthened capacity of Central Asian countries to produce, disseminate and use statistics on the health status of the population
Expected Outcome 3
Development and implementation of common methodologies for better coverage by national accounts aggregates of the informal sector (grey and black economy) and other forms of non-observed economic activities in Central Asian countries; Improved sub-regional cooperation among Central Asian countries in the area of statistics for tracking progress towards the Millennium Development Goals through regional meetings/workshops