World map showing the countries Statistics Norway work with: Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine, Nepal, Tanzania.

Project: Planning a new institutional cooperation project with Ethiopia/Statistical development - institutional cooperation between Statistics Norway (SSB) and the Ethiopian Statistics Service (ESS).

Purpose: Increased use of official statistics for evidence-based decision making and increased trust in official statistics.

Period: September 2021 – December 2024

Project: Pre-project - institutional cooperation under the Tax for Development program.

Purpose: Plan for a project to improve the quality of statistics and to increase the capacity to perform fiscal policy analysis and research so that Ghana can build a strong and resilient economy.

Period: March 2022 – December 2023

Project: Ocean for Development – Planning an institutional cooperation on statistics under the OfD Programme.

Purpose: A strengthened sustainable and inclusive ocean economy in Indonesia.

Period: Pre-project 2022-2023, Project period 2024-2028

Project: Pre-project: institutional cooperation under the Tax for Development programme.

Purpose: Develop capacity for producing relevant economic statistics to analyse the economy at a macro level.

Period: 2022 - 2023

Project: Planning of a Tax for Development Programme in Malawi.

Purpose: Mapping and planning a new long-term cooperation in Malawi for development of capacity for statistics and macroeconomic modelling.

Period: 2023

Project: Statistical development cooperation. Part of the revenue component of the Oil for Development programme IN Mozambique.
Purpose: Develop statistical capacity and make available relevant statistics for all users to enable analysis as well as a fact base for public discussions on management of both revenue and the sector in general.
Period: 2020 -2023

Project: Impact of Access to Sustainable Energy Survey (IASES).
Purpose: Contribute to the SE4All initiative for measuring energy access, provide data for policy development, develop modern survey tools measuring impact of access adjusting for effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop the capacity of the national statistical offices on energy relevant statistics.
Period: 2018-2024

Project: Tax for Development Programme

Purpose: Mapping and planning a new long-term cooperation for development of statistical capacity at country level

Period: 2022 – 2023

Project: Gender for Development.

Purpose: Gender statistics and data.

Period: 2020-2023

Project: Institutional cooperation.

Purpose: Institutional and individual capacity sharing.

Period: 2017-2020 (2023)

Project: Impact of Access to Sustainable Energy Survey (IASES).

Purpose: Contribute to the SE4All initiative for measuring energy access, provide data for policy development, develop modern survey tools measuring impact of access adjusting for effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and develop the capacity of the national statistical offices on energy relevant statistics.

Period: 2018-2024

Project: Institutional cooperation under the Oil for Development Programme.
Purpose: Improve UBOS’ capacity for producing and disseminating petroleum related statistics.
Period: 2019-2024

Project: Gender for Development.
Purpose: Gender statistics and data.
Period: 2020-2023

Project: Statistical development – institutional cooperation between Statistics Norway and State Statistics Service of Ukraine.

Purpose: Contribute to evidence-based planning for optimal resource allocation and improved welfare across the Ukrainian society.

Period: 2017-2025

COMESA (read more at comesa.int) (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa) has since 2020 been our partner in the Food Security Statistics project. As of 31.12.2023 NSOs from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania (Mainland and Zanzibar), Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe have participated in the project.

For more information on the different projects, see the Annual Report 2023 for International development cooperation in Statistics Norway.