Enlarging the EU statistical network (PHARE candidate countries). 2003 edition

This publication contains information on the national statistical systems of the 13 Candidate Countries covering legal setting and administrative capacity of official statistics, principal providers of statistical data, organisation of NSIs including the staff and financial resources, major statistical activities and outputs as well as the methodologies applied. It is a reference source on how statistics are produced in the CCs and what kind of information is available. It was prepared within the framework of the Multi-Beneficiary Phare Programme in Statistical Co-operation with an objective to promote information on official statistics of the CCs in the context of the approaching enlargement.