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Meeting of the National Statistical Council

Friday, 21 November 2014 - 13:45
On November 26, 2014 (Wednesday) at 2 p.m. in the premises of the NSI a meeting of the National Statistics Council will held. The meeting will focus on discussion and adopting the Draft National Statistical Programme of the National Statistical Institute for 2015, as well as the Annual Report on Activities of the NSI in 2014.

Urban Audit 2014

Wednesday, 12 November 2014 - 17:37
According to the EU Grant agreement № 08141.2013.001-2013.646, the National Statistical Institute has started work on a 24-months project Urban Audit 2014. The last is a continuation of the successfully completed in February 2014 project Urban Audit 2012. Bulgaria has participated in separate project phases since 2004 onwards.

European Statistical System Committee meets on 13 November 2014

Wednesday, 12 November 2014 - 09:20
On 13 November 2014 in Eurostat, Luxembourg, the 23rd meeting of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) will be held. This is the fourth and the last ESSC meeting for the year. It is chaired by Eurostat and attended by the Heads of National Statistical Institutes of the EU Member States and representatives of ECB, OECD and EFTA countries. Mr. Sergey Tsvetarsky, President of the National Statistical Institute, will participate in the event on behalf of Bulgaria.

Study visit to the National Statistical Institute on “Tourism satellite accounts” for experts from the Republic of Azerbaijan

Wednesday, 29 October 2014 - 10:40
On 29-31 October 2014 the National Statistical Institute hosts training for experts from the State Statistical Committee, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The training aims to introduce experts from the Republic of Azerbaijan with the Bulgarian practice in the area of “Tourism Satellite Accounts”.

The National Statistical Institute has started a project ‘Development of a European Index of Services production (ISP)’

Friday, 24 October 2014 - 09:15
NSI has started a project ‘Development of a European Index of Services production (ISP)’ implemented in accordance with the Grant agreement with the European Commission № 06131.2014.002-2014.365.

The aim of the project is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of statistical production process and provide statistics on key areas linked to enterprises. 

The main activities of the project will be developed in three areas:

Eurostat launched a second round of peer reviews in all EU member countries

Friday, 10 October 2014 - 14:57
From August 2014 Eurostat launched a second round of peer reviews in all EU member countries, which must be completed by July 2015.

Unlike previous reviews, the current peer reviews in the system of Eurostat will cover all the principles of the European Code of Practice. The approach will be auditing, i.e. a team of auditors will draw up the final recommendations for all countries - members of the European Union.

The National Statistical Institute has started work on the “Action plan for EU-SILC improvements” project

Friday, 10 October 2014 - 09:51
The National Statistical Institute has started work under the “Action plan for EU-SILC improvements” project since September 2014. The implementation of the project is in accordance with Grant Agreement with the European Commission № 07142.2014.001-2014.254.

The general objectives of the project are the timeliness of the EU-SILC data and the tests in the context of the preparation of the revision of the EU-SILC. In order to fulfill the main objectives of the action the following activities are foreseen:

100th Conference of the Directors-General of the National Statistical Institutes (DGINS) and 22nd meeting of the European Statistical System Committee

Tuesday, 23 September 2014 - 09:25
On 24 and 25 September 2014 in Riga, Latvia, the 100th Conference of the Directors-General of the National Statistical Institutes (DGINS) will be held. The European Statistical System Committee shall meet on 26 September 2014. The representative of Bulgaria in both forums will be Mrs. Diana Yancheva, Deputy President of the National Statistical Institute.