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NSI has started a project ‘Statistics on the Information Society 2015’ implemented in accordance with the Grant agreement with the European Commission № 06163.2014.004-2014.476. The project includes conducting of two separate surveys - ‘Survey on ICT usage in households and by individuals’ and ‘Survey on ICT usage and e-commerce in enterprises’.

Since 1 January 2015 shall enter into force Classification of Products by Economic Activity (CPEA-2015), which repealed the Classification of Products by Economic Activity (CPEA-2008). The revised classification has been developed in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) № 1209/2014 of 29 October 2014 amending Regulation (EC) № 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a new statistical classification of products by activity (CPA) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) № 3696/93.

Since 8 December 2014 Eurostat open for users of statistical information the Census Hub.

Two-day training began today during which experts from the ‘Macroeconomic Statistics’ directorate at NSI will acquaint their Macedonian colleagues with the Bulgarian experience in the field of agro-monetary statistics.

 

On 26 November 2014, under the chairmanship of Prof. Hristina Vucheva, was held a meeting of the National Statistics Council (NSC), which is the highest advisory body in the field of statistics at the national level.

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.

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.

On 13 November 2014 in Eurostat, Luxembourg, the 23^rd 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.

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”.

On 27 and 28 October 2014 the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria will provide technical assistance to the State Statistical Office of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) in the framework of IPA 2011 Multi-Beneficiary Statistical Co-operation Programme (IPA 2011).