"The purpose of the contract is to prepare the official statistical accounting bodies of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey for future EU membership," the document says.
The programme aims to bring current state methods and practices into line with statistical legislation and integrate them into the European statistical system, the contract description emphasizes.
The total amount of funding will be € 7.5 million The implementation period of the tasks is four years.
Earlier, the European Commission allocated € 5 million to the strategic communications program in the Western Balkans and Turkey in order to raise awareness of residents "about the importance of EU support in the region."