Being one of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics, adopted by the UN Statistical Commission in 1994, reaffirmed in 2013 and adopted by the UN General Assembly Resolution 68/261 on 29 January 2014, the international statistical cooperation actively contributes to statistics development. The international statistical cooperation division exists since 1994, which manages all Armstat cooperation activities and coordinates all international contacts, ensures a perception of Armstat by the international statistical society, as well as implements actions towards the ensuring of high representation of Armenian official statistics at the international level.
The international statistical cooperation aims at an adoption of international statistical methodologies, standards and classifications, modernization tools and modern ICT, improvement of the staff knowledge and skills, enhancing professional competence.
Statistics Armenia implements many cooperation projects. The staff training is one of the pillars of Armstat international cooperation policy. The training is an essential component of all cooperation programs.
In 2011-2013, Armstat implemented the EU Twinning project "Support for Armenian Statistics through Twinning" to support the upgrade of official statistics of Armenia, to introduce methodologies aligned to European standards, to produce statistics directly comparable with EU countries. The main partner of Program was Statistics Denmark, junior partner Statistics Germany, participants were statistical offices of Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania. The components of the Project "Forwarding Armenian Statistics Through Twinning" were: Quality Management, Improvement of business statistics, Improvement of the Exhaustiveness of GDP, Agricultural Census, Harmonized Consumer Price Index and ICT Society statistics.
The EU Twinning Project "Forwarding Armenian Statistics through Twinning" has been recognized as one of four success stories among more than 100 EU Twinning projects implemented in 12 countries of the European Neighborhood (East and South) in 2011 (The European Commission's 2011 activity report on Twinning, TAIEX and SIGMA within the ENPI: https://www.armstat.am/file/doc/99470788.pdf).
In 2015-2017, Armstat implemented the second EU Twinning project "Strengthening of the National Statistical System of Armenia - Phase II". The objective of the project was to support Armstat through institutional twinning with upgrading specific elements of the Armenian system of official statistics. This objective has been reached through the introduction of a comprehensive dissemination strategy, and compilation methodologies closely aligned to European Union standards. A focal point throughout the project was the use of existing administrative registers for the production of statistical information. The main partner of the Program was Statistics Denmark with cooperation of national statistical offices of Finland, Italy and Lithuania. The components of the Project "Strengthening of the National Statistical System of Armenia - Phase II" were: Statistical Information Dissemination System, Demographic Statistics, Labour Market Statistics, Poverty Statistics, Innovation Statistics and Water Accounts.
Armstat makes extensive use of TAIEX, a key EU instrument for institutional capacity building, which provides targeted and rapid support to public administrations.