Cooperation project between National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) and Statistics Sweden
Sida
1 May 2011 – 1 May 2014
Beneficiary - National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat)
Implementing agency - Statistics Sweden
Type of assistance - Technical assistance.
Main objectives - Improve the competence of the staff at Geostat, to ensure production of reliable statistics;
Develop overall functioning of Geostat, including management and planning issues;
Improve the institutional competence, including policies, documentation and standardization, reputation and image of Geostat in the Georgian society .
Main results - Methodology improved in CPI and PPI calculations, new weighting system based on total National Accounts, development of new software for PPI, introduced new format of the press release for PPI. Implementation of Metadata and new methods in Business Register Improve competence in English language, work on quality management. Training courses in Statistical methods; improvement of sampling for Business Surveys.