Third SEEMIG Newsletter
The third one from the five planned SEEMIG Newsletters is already published in Bulgarian.
News
Cooperation Agreement between the National Statistical Institute and Ministry of Regional Development
On 7 November 2013 a Cooperation Agreement was signed between the NSI and MRD, implementing the project ‘Bulgarian Border Dialogues. Developing a Regional Database for Cross-Border Cooperation”, funded by BG 11 programme “Capacity Building and Institutional Cooperation” within the Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2009 – 2014.
Strategy for Development of the National Statistical System of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2013 – 2017
The Strategy for Development of the National Statistical System of the Republic of Bulgaria, 2013 – 2017, was adopted on 30 October 2013 by a Decision of the Council of Ministers.
NSI President Reneta Indjova, Ph.D. will participate in the 19th meeting of the European Statistical System Committee and will attend the first meeting of the European Statistical Forum
On 14 November 2013 the NSI President, Reneta Indjova, Ph.D. will participate in the 19th meeting of the European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) and on 15 November will attend the first meeting of the European Statistical Forum. Both events will be held at the premises of Eurostat in Luxembourg.
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.
NSI provides expertise on Energy Statistics to experts from 11 partner countries of INOGATE programme
On 5-7 November 2013 NSI will conduct a training workshop organized within the framework of the INOGATE Programme that supports energy policy cooperation between the European Union and the INOGATE partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
6th Conference of the European Forum for Geostatistics, 23-25 October 2013, Sofia
For the sixth consecutive time from 23 to 25 October 2013 with the financial support of the Directorate-General Eurostat of the European Commission, the annual conference of the European Forum for Geostatistics (EFGS) was held in Sofia.
Organisers: European Forum for Geostatistics and National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria.
Widening access to regional statistical information on the NSI website in thematic section "Regional Statistics"
In order to extend and facilitate user access to regional data the content of a thematic section "Regional Statistics" on the NSI website has been enhanced with more detailed statistical information. The most important indicators which highlight the specifics of administrative-territorial and territorial units in the country have been selected.
Following six topics have been elaborated for each district:
National Statistical Institute – Host of an International Conference for Geostatistics
In partnership with the National Statistical Institute from 23 to 25 of October 2013, Sofia will host the sixth consecutive European Forum for Geostatistics (EFGS).
The European Forum for Geostatistics is a professional network of experts from 40 countries, including representatives of the national statistical institutions.