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Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the field of statistics

Friday, 23 June 2017 - 11:55
The Deputy President of the National Statistical Institute and Co-chair designate of the Council Working Party on Statistics Diana Yancheva will represent Bulgaria at the handover meeting on statistics from the current Trio Netherlands - Slovakia - Malta to the upcoming Presidency Trio Estonia - Bulgaria - Austria. The presidency handover ceremony, at which representatives of the European Commission (Eurostat) will also be present, will take place on 27th June in Malta.

Annual Conference of European Statisticians

Tuesday, 20 June 2017 - 16:30
The 65th plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians (CES) will be held in the period
19 - 21 June, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland. The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is organising the event.

The conference provides a platform for coordination of international statistical activities in the region of United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), to solve emerging problems and develop methodological guidelines and recommendations to improve national statistics and their international comparability.

Statistics 4 beginners

Monday, 19 June 2017 - 13:20
The National Statistical Institute presents the adaptation in Bulgarian language of the section ‘Statistics 4 beginners’, which is part of the wiki based encyclopaedia of Eurostat - Statistics explained. Bulgaria is the second EU member state after The Netherlands, which presents to users of statistical data the opportunity to use the section in the native language.

Meeting of the National Statistical Council

Friday, 16 June 2017 - 15:50
On June 15, 2017 at 14 p.m. in the premises of the NSI, under the chairmanship of Prof. Hristina Vucheva, the first meeting for 2017 of the National Statistical Council (NSC) was held. The National Statistical Council is the highest advisory body in the field of statistics at national level.

At the meeting, the President of the NSI Mr. Sergey Tsvetarski informed the members of the NSC about the decisions of the meeting of the European Statistical System Committee, held on 17.05.2017 and 18.05.2017 in Luxembourg.

Experimental statistics - a new section on the Eurostat’s website

Friday, 16 June 2017 - 11:35
Eurostat has just published a new section on its website dedicated to experimental statistics. Mariana Kotzeva, Eurostat’s Acting Director-General, said: ‘This is a major step forward for Eurostat. We now give access to Eurostat’s innovation and development work to better respond to our users’ needs. We are deliberately asking for feedback on these statistics and, through this site, expect an increased dialogue with users and the scientific community’.

Exchange of experience between statisticians from Bulgaria and Croatia

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 - 14:15
On May 29, 2017 the National Statistical Institute hosted a workshop between experts from the Statistical offices of Croatia and Bulgaria.

The aim of the meeting was to present the Bulgarian experience in the field of e-census. Bulgarian experts introduced their Croatian colleagues to the preparation, organization and conducting of the e-census in 2011. The methodological and technical problems encountered in its implementation were presented. Issues related to the scope and quality of the information as well as the use of data from administrative registers were discussed.

May 24 - the Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and Slavonic Alphabet

Tuesday, 23 May 2017 - 10:00
On 24 May, Bulgaria celebrates the Day of Bulgarian education, culture and the creation of the Slavonic alphabet by St. Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century.

The National Statistical Institute commemorates the 24 May by presenting statistical information on Bulgarian culture as an economic sector.

 

 

Meeting of the European Statistical System Committee

Tuesday, 16 May 2017 - 11:40
The President of the National Statistical Institute Sergey Tsvetarsky will participate in the 33rd meeting of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC), to be held on 17 - 18 May 2017 at Eurostat, Luxembourg. This will be the second Committee meeting for this year out of the four regular annual ESSC meetings.

April 7 - World Health Day

Thursday, 6 April 2017 - 10:00
In 1948, with the founding of the World Health Organisation, April 7 was chosen as World Health Day. Since 1964, in Bulgaria it has been celebrated as the Day of the Health Worker. Each year, the World Health Organisation focuses on health challenges with global significance. The slogan of this year’s World Health Day is ‘Depression - Let's talk!’

On the World Health Day, the National Statistical Institute presents recent statistical information.