The objective of the contract is to prepare the statistical authorities in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo(1), North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Türkiye (IPA Beneficiaries) for future EU membership by aligning their present methodologies and practices with the statistical acquis and integrating them into the European Statistical System.
(1)This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
IPA 2022 Multi-beneficiary statistical cooperation programme