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‘Guide to statistics in European Commission development cooperation’ 2023

The ‘Guide to statistics in European Commission development cooperation’ provides extensive information on statistics in development cooperation, presenting key international initiatives supporting partner countries in building sustainable statistical systems that produce quality statistics. Acacia Consulting contributed to the 2023 edition of Eurostat’s ‘Guide to statistics in European Commission development cooperation’.  The ‘Guide’ remains an essential reference for statistics cooperation in developing countries.  Acacia Consulting has been associated with the ‘Guide’ since its beginnings.  The update of the ‘Guide’ was led… Read More »

European Neighbourhood Policy - South – Infant mortality rate 2011 and 2021

‘Statistics Explained’ is Eurostat’s general audience presentation of the statistics that it produces and those of its partners.  In 2023 and 2022, Acacia Consulting re-wrote or updated many ‘Statistics Explained’ articles that cover annual data prepared by three groups of Eurostat’s partners in the Western Balkans and Türkiye; the European Neighbourhood East (see map in previous post); and the European Neighbourhood South.  The ‘Statistics Explained’ articles discuss the purpose and use of the statistics; trends in the data and /… Read More »

Acacia Consulting contributed to the ‘Guide to Statistics in European Commission Development Cooperation’, 2021 edition.  This publication, available from the Eurostat website, ‘provides extensive information on statistics in development cooperation, presenting key international initiatives supporting developing countries in building sustainable statistical systems that produce quality statistics. It provides information on how to identify and develop actions in support of key statistics and how to use data and indicators to define and follow-up cooperation programmes.’  It can also be used as… Read More »

Acacia Consulting staff rewrote and updated many Eurostat’s ‘Statistics Explained’ articles about the ‘Candidate countries and potential candidates’ and ‘European Neighbourhood Policy’ countries in Eastern Europe and around the Mediterranean.  Eurostat is the statistics office of the European Union.  ‘Statistics Explained’ is an official Eurostat portal for occasional and regular users that presents statistical topics in an easily understandable way.  Its articles include links to further information and the latest data.  ‘Statistics Explained’ articles select and illustrate subjects of general… Read More »