The objective of the contract is to support the National Statistical Systems (NSS) of the Southern Neighbourhood countries to develop and produce reliable and comparable statics, in line with European and international norms and standards, and thereby improve both the availability and quality of statistical data from the Southern Neighbourhood countries and their dissemination to policy-makers, other users and the wider public.Technical assistance to the national statistical systems of the Southern Neighbourhood countries will be delivered through a number of regional or country-specific activities aimed at strengthening the countries statistical systems: trainings; provision of expert advice; support to data collection and dissemination; organisation of meetings, seminars and workshops to discuss problems in producing statistics in accordance with the European and international norms and standards.