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The National Statistical Institute has started work on the ‘Labour Force Survey 2022 ad hoc module on job skills’ project. The implementation of the project is according to the Grant Agreement with the European Commission No. 101052204-2021-BG-LFS SURVEY.

The ad hoc module on ‘Job skills’ is included in the regular 2022 Labour Force Survey following the requirements of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/256 of 16 December 2019 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1642 of 5 November 2020.

In November, the National Statistical Institute started the work on the project “Provision of basic information for calculating purchasing power parities (PPP)” according to the Grant Agreement with the European Commission № 101051339-21-BG-PPP.

The online seminar dedicated to the “Challenges faced by the official statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic” was organized by the National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria (NSI) in accordance with the Action Plan for 2021 of the Working Group on Exchange of Statistical Data and Economic Information (WGESDEI) at the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC).

The European Commission is working on a new regulatory framework for European statistics on population (ESOP), aimed at bringing together demographic, migration and census data. In this context, it is carrying out a public consultation to gather input from stakeholders.

In November 2021, in implementation of the Grant agreement with the European Commission № 960467-2019-BG-GBV SURVEY-2, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) will start conducting a survey among households in the framework of the project “Gender-Based Violence”.

The survey is carried out in strict compliance with the requirements of national legislation and methodological recommendations of the European Commission. The survey will be conducted among all Member States of the European Union, using a uniform methodology and harmonized tools developed and validated by Eurostat.

The National Statistical Institute starts two control surveys for Census 2021. More than 400 experts who work at the NSI statistical departments throughout the country will make rounds of 14 000 dwellings and will interview the households living therein. It is a random sample and the surveys will last until 31st October 2021.

Enumerator rounds last until 10th October

2 404 979 people distributed in 1 060 335 households got counted electronically by Census 2021 Information System.

1 082 314 people have registered as the greatest is the number of women of the group of ages 40 to 49 - 139 777.

The most are the people counted online in Sofia - 790 408 people which is a little more than 60% of the population of the capital city.

The enumerators will be able to visit households, buildings and dwellings until 8 p. m. on 10th October 2021. At its meeting today, the government amended Decision № 61 dated 21st January 2021 and extended the deadline for the enumerator rounds by one week.

There are another 36 hours by 24.00 on 30th September when the deadline for the online census expires. Until then citizens can get counted via the Census 2021 Information System. The e-census is faster and more comfortable and people do not need to wait for an enumerator.

As to 7 a.m. today 2 216 254 people distributed in 973 811 households were those counted online. There were also 114 000 not fully completed questionnaires then.

2 152 368 people have got counted electronically, show data as to 6 a.m. today, 28th September. Every one who has filled in their questionnaire online successfully has received a unique census code on their email address.

The e-census code is a 15-digit one and contains official coded information – about the municipality, control area and census section where the household is located. There is no personal information in it that could be used by another person. That's why people shouldn't worry that it could be abused.