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On 17-18 December 2012, for a second time in December, the National Statistical Institute hosts training for statisticians from the State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia. The visit is funded by the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance of the European Commission (IPA 2009). The training aims to introduce Macedonian colleagues with EU legislation in the field of Transport and Environmental Statistics and its implementation in Bulgaria.

In December 2012 the National Statistical Institute started the project "Horizontal and vertical integration: Implementing of technical and statistical standards in the European Statistical System" according to a Grant agreement 60502.2012.003-2012.098 of the European Commission.

On 10 and 11 December 2012, experts from the State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia are visiting the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria. The aim of the study visit is to obtain knowledge and benefit from the NSI experience on the implementation of EU legislation in the field of statistics. The visit is funded by the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance of the European Commission (IPA 2009).

At its third meeting for 2012, held on November 30 at the building of the NSI, the National Statistical Council considered and adopted the Report for 2012, which represents the implementation of the tasks of NSP (National Statistical Programme) 2012 and NSI activities during the past year.

12^th grade Students from "Elin Pelin", 19^th Secondary School, profile "Entrepreneurship and Business", visited the National Statistical Institute on November 22, 2012.

In this study visit the students met with key experts from NSI and got acquainted with the process of collection, production and dissemination of statistical information, as well as the practical side of business surveys and other statistical surveys.

The National statistical institute is a partner to „Managing migration and its effects in South-East Europe - transnational actions towards evidence based strategies” project (SEEMIG), which is realized by the Transnational Cooperation Programme “South East Europe 2007 - 2013" (http://www.southeast-europe.net/hu/).

The NSI President Reneta Indjova, Ph.D. will participate in the 15^th meeting of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC), which will be held in the premises of Eurostat in Luxembourg on 15 November 2012. This is the last, fourth meeting this year of ESSC, chaired by Eurostat and attended by the Heads of National Statistical Offices of the Member States and representatives of EFTA countries, ECB and OECD. The previous meeting was held in late September in Prague, the Czech Republic.

The National Statistical Institute presents to its users the results from the Quality self-assessment in the National Statistical System, conducted in the period May - July 2012.

At an enlarged meeting held on 9 October 2012, the National Statistical Council (NSC) adopted a Strategy for Development of the National Statistical System for the period 2013 - 2017. It outlines the mission, vision, objectives and priorities for the next five years. The Strategy will be implemented through an Action plan, with detailed tasks, responsibilities, deadlines and expected results.

The President of the National Statistical Institute (NSI) Reneta Indjova, PhD will participate in the 98^th Conference of the Directors-General of the National Statistical Institutes (DGINS) to be held in Prague, the Czech Republic, on 24 and 25 September 2012.