This year's report focuses on the importance of good governance to maintain and increase trust in official statistics, accessing administrative and privately-held data, and the practical challenges of coordinating national statistical systems (NSSs). It further reviews how well Eurostat and...

This year's report focuses on the importance of good governance to maintain and increase trust in official statistics, accessing administrative and privately-held data, and the practical challenges of coordinating national statistical systems (NSSs). It further reviews how well Eurostat and...

One of the major challenges now facing the European Statistical System (ESS) is how data from a range of different sources can be incorporated into official statistics, which are traditionally collected from representative statistical surveys or compiled from administrative data. With...

One of the major challenges now facing the European Statistical System (ESS) is how data from a range of different sources can be incorporated into official statistics, which are traditionally collected from representative statistical surveys or compiled from administrative data. With...

The present 2024 Annual Report emphasises the importance of professional independence and impartiality and objectivity for statistical bodies, highlighting the need for robust legal provisions to ensure that statistical authorities operate free from external influence and in an impartial and...

The 2023 Annual Report of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB) assesses the implementation of the European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP) in the European Statistical System (ESS) as a whole. ESGAB's assessment is that the production of European statistics overall...

The main focus of this report is on Eurostat's progress in implementing improvement measures resulting from the recommendations in ESGAB's peer review of Eurostat in 2014. We also explore future challenges facing the European Statistical System (ESS) as a whole, i.e. Eurostat and national...

The main focus of this report is on Eurostat's progress in implementing improvement measures resulting from the recommendations in ESGAB's peer review of Eurostat in 2014. We also explore future challenges facing the European Statistical System (ESS) as a whole, i.e. Eurostat and national...