EU Twinning Project Forwarding Armenian Statistics Through Twinning
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EU Twinning Project Forwarding Armenian Statistics Through Twinning Study visit B. 5 Component Status c April 23 -27 Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen Gagik Ananyan, Component Leader
Status on component B • The overall progress is good and as expected • Mandatory results of the component – Statistical Business Register duly re-organized – Structural Business Survey reporting forms restructured (but not only structural, also short-term statistics) – Reporting burden reduced • 5 activities carried through • B 4. 2 (September) and B 6 (end of 2012) remain 2
Business Register • The Business Register is the sampling frame for all surveys within business statistics • Updating from other administrative registers – State Register of Enterprises (Ministry of Justice) – State Revenue Committee (SRC RA) • 2012: Government decision to introduce NACE – Intensified co-operation with SRC RA • Co-operation with Central Bank of Armenia – Better statistical coverage of the Armenian enterprises • Strategy for the Business Register 3
Reporting forms • Before the Twinning project more than 100 reporting forms were abolished • During the Twinning, a general design for the front page for all NSSRA’s reporting forms • A number of more user-friendly forms have already been (re-)designed • Agreement on procedures of how to test • Some of the redesigned forms will be implemented starting in April 4
Response burden • Strong focus from the Armenian government of reduction of response burden • Baseline measurement of reponse burden for representative surveys implemented • Agreement of how to calculate the response burden • Response burden estimated, in time and money terms, in spreadsheet developed by Statistics Denmark • Information on all surveys within business statistics are being registrated in spreadsheet • The consequences of the work on business register and reporting forms to be reflected in the response burden 5
