ESAC – NUCs Workshop
The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), in collaboration with the European Statistical Advisory Committee (ESAC) and Eurostat, is organizing an international conference "ESAC – NUCs Workshop: Statistical priorities in the European context: user perspectives and consultation mechanisms", on 26-27 March 2025.
The main purpose of the conference is to highlight the mechanisms for prioritizing the ever-changing needs of users for statistical information at European and national level, and to further foster relations with national user councils, with the aim of promoting and broadening user participation in the shaping of future thematic statistical priorities.
Among the distinguished speakers of the conference will be the Director-General of Eurostat, Ms. Mariana Kotzeva.
Venue: Auditorium “Onassis Foundation”
National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum
50 Vasileos Konstantinou str., 116 34, Athens
More information
- Invitation
- Agenda
- Announcement
- Presentations
Day 1 - 26 March 2025
Session 1: Statistical priorities in the context of the ESS and user perspectives
- “Thematic priorities for the European Statistical System (ESS) for the next five years and beyond”, Mariana Kotzeva, Eurostat Director General
- “CNIS medium term agenda 2024 - 2028: a collaborative approach”, François Guillaumat - Taillet, CNIS Deputy General Secretary
- “Towards the first statistical five years programme in Wallonia”, Nicolas Rigo, WEPS (Regional statistical authority for Wallonia), Belgium
Session 2: Measuring job quality in official statistics new challenges for policy relevant frameworks
- “Setting the scene: New challenges for policy relevant job quality indicators in a changing economic context”, Agnieszka Piasna, European Trade Union Confederation and ESAC member
- “Measuring job quality (and precarious employment) with survey data: state of play”, Agnes Parent - Thirion, Eurofound (online)
Day 2 - 27 March 2025
Session 3: Ageing
Session 4: Adaptation to climate change
- “The process of setting up the climate change indicators”, Mojca Suvorov, Deputy President of the Statistical Council of the Republic of Slovenia
- “What climate change calls for a change in statistics”, Xavier Timbeau, OFCE and Chair of CNIS, Commission on Environment and Sustainable Development (online)
- “Εxisting climate adaptation frameworks and the role of Earth Observation (EO)”, Dr Evangelos Gerasopoulos, Director, Institute for Environmental Research and Sustainable Development, National Observatory of Athens
Part 2 - Involving the users in the preparation of the statistical programmes: NUCs practices
- “A framework for embedding new requirements in statistical production”, Mojca Suvorov, Deputy President of the Statistical Council of the Republic of Slovenia
- “Users and producers of official statistics: relationship in the Portuguese Statistical Council”, Ivo Sousa, member of the Statistical Council and Director of the Regional Statistical Service of the Azores, Portugal
- “User councils at Statistics Netherlands: Multiple boards for a variety of user groups”, Eva Witteman, CBS International Relations, Netherlands
- “The Statistical Council of the Republic of Croatia and its role in the Croatian Statistical System”, Ivana Šuman, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, member of the Croatian National User Council
- “The role, operation and consultation mechanisms of the Hellenic Users Council”, Zacharias Bragoudakis, Deputy Director of Economic Analysis and Research, Bank of Greece, member of the Hellenic Users Council
- “Bridging users and producers: Latvia’s approach to Statistical Council and NSI collaboration”, Vladislavs Vesperis, Representative from the Latvian Statistical Council