Our projects
Statistics Denmark implements international cooperation projects that strengthen partner countries’ capacity to produce and use reliable, comparable, timely and accessible official statistics.
For many years, Statistics Denmark has provided technical assistance to sister institutions in EU pre-accession and neighbouring countries, as well as in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Many of these projects have been financed by the European Union, primarily through its Twinning programme. Other projects have been financed by the World Bank or through EU grants.
Our current projects in Ghana, Morocco, Uganda and Vietnam are implemented under the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Strategic Sector Cooperation (SSC) programme.
Strategic Sector Cooperation
Strategic Sector Cooperation is the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ programme for long-term partnerships between Danish public authorities and their counterparts in selected partner countries.
Through the programme, the professional expertise and practical experience of Danish public authorities are brought into play to strengthen public institutions, support sustainable development and the green transition, and contribute to closer bilateral relations.
What do we do?
Statistics Denmark shares knowledge and experience directly with national statistical institutions and other relevant public authorities. The cooperation is based on the partner countries’ own needs, strategies and institutional frameworks.
Activities include technical advice, expert missions, workshops, training programmes and study visits. Emphasis is placed on local ownership and on enabling partner institutions to sustain and further develop new methods, workflows and statistical products. Read more about building capacities abroad.
Areas of cooperation
The cooperation covers a range of areas within modern statistical production, including:
- use and integration of administrative data
- digitalisation, data governance and statistical infrastructure
- quality assurance, metadata and documentation
- national accounts and economic modelling
- environmental-economic accounts and statistics supporting the green transition
- modernisation of surveys, censuses and data collection
- dissemination, open access to data and user engagement
- statistical legislation, strategy, management and development of national statistical systems.
The scope varies from country to country and is continuously adapted in close dialogue with the partner institutions.
Our partner countries
Ghana
Statistics Denmark cooperates with the Ghana Statistical Service to strengthen its role within Ghana’s national data ecosystem. The cooperation includes improved use and integration of administrative data, development of statistical methods, and strengthened dissemination and use of statistics. Read more about our project in Ghana
Morocco
In Morocco, Statistics Denmark cooperates with the High Commission for Planning. The cooperation includes the modernisation of statistical production and data dissemination, quality and metadata, administrative data, national accounts, environmental-economic accounts, and the development of a statistical foundation for macroeconomic modelling. Read more about our project in Morocco
Uganda
The project with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics is currently in its inception phase, and its scope and priorities are being developed jointly. The emerging focus is on strengthening the statistical foundations needed to analyse the economic and societal effects of climate and environmental policies and to support the green transition.
Vietnam
Statistics Denmark cooperates with Vietnam’s statistical authorities on areas including administrative data, digitalisation, new data sources, dissemination and environmental-economic accounts. The cooperation also supports the development of the institutional and legislative framework for official statistics. Read more about our project in Vietnam
Recently concluded projects
You can read more about our previous projects here
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011-2026
EU-Twinning project
Pan-African Statistics - PASII 2022-2025
EU-Grant
Jordan 2022-2024
EU-Twinning project
Vietnam 2022-2024
Strategic Sector Cooperation projects Phase I.
Ghana 2019-2023
Strategic Sector Cooperation projects Phase I.
Morocco 2019-2023
Strategic Sector Cooperation projects Phase I.
Georgia 2019-2021
EU-Twinning project with Geostat