The present Technical Report was written with the intention of fulfilling for needs: (i) for an introduction of research workers in the Technical Working Areas (TWAs) of VAMAS to modern statistical methods and techniques appropriate to improve the effectiveness of experimental research in the scope of the VAMAS co-operative projects in materials science and engineering; (ii) for illustrating the power of such approaches by giving an outline of more recent applications in science and technology; (iii) for developing a feeling on the role and importance of statistical consulting under these circumstances; and (iv) for presenting objectives and a programme to provide and promote statistical consulting within VAMAS by developing the TWA / Advisory Group “Statistical Techniques for Interlaboratory Studies and Relates Projects”.