The Qu-BeLearn project aims to develop an innovative approach to develop new models to forecast and influence human behaviour getting together the potentiality of behavioural economics and data science. The other members of the consortium are the University of Northumbria (UK), University Federico II (Italy) and University of Valencia and University of Basque Country (Spain). […]
Proud to announce that DevStat has signed a long-term contract with the General Authority for Statistics of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Gastat) for the provision of training courses on statistics and IT topics. This continues a collaboration for providing technical assistance in diverse areas including ICT, R&D and labour statistics. We will be happy […]
DevStat is thrilled to announce its continuing collaboration with Eurostat for the the organisation of the ESS Workshop on administrative data for business, agriculture and fisheries statistics in Bucharest, Romania, on 17-18 October 2019. The workshop will create the opportunity for experts in the European Statistical System to present and exchange the results of the […]
DevStat is pleased to inform of its collaboration with Eurostat for the the organisation of the ESS Workshop on administrative data and social statistics which will take place in Valencia, Spain, on June 4-5 June 2019. The workshop aims at bringing together ESS countries’ experts working with administrative data to share methodological knowledge, experiences, lessons learned and best practices regarding the use of administrative data for social statistics. It will be primarily an opportunity to highlight and exchange the results of the ADMIN, which is approaching its end in 2019. The event aims to encourage technical discussion on how the ESS should continue to move towards an improved production system for social statistics using more extensively administrative data. We would like to encourage statisticians to contribute papers before April 14 discussing their experience or ideas on the use of administrative data providing experience, achievements, examples, practical applications, lessons learned and plans for future developments that they consider worth sharing with other users of administrative data. DevStat presented a paper on the evaluation, using administrative data, of active employment policies in the region of Valencia All interested people are kindly requested to submit the online registration form, which can be found @ https://devstat.com/projects/events/ by 30 April 2019. Hope to see you in Valencia!!
From 25th to 30th March, DevStat organised two training courses in Eurostat premises (Luxembourg). The first one, by José CERVERA-FERRI (DevStat’s CEO) and Prof. Iván ARRIBAS (Univ. of Valencia) on Machine Learning Econometrics, presented methods for alternative econometric estimation using a Machine Learning approach, including linear (Ridge and LASSO methods) and non-linear (Random Forests, Support […]
DevStat in cooperation with Maestral International LLC have been awarded a UNICEF contract for Co-creating a Child Footprint Tool / Index for Business and will collaborate in measuring the adverse impact business have on children (‘respect’), as well as their positive contribution towards children’s well-being and development (‘support’). The scope of this contract is to allow investors […]
Dear colleagues, DevStat takes the opportunity of wishing you a year full of prosperity, brightness, success and happiness. Happy New Year!!
Manual for using Innovation Statistics prepared by DevStat, Diaogic and The Higher School of Economics, Moscow At the request of Eurostat, a team of experts from DevStat, Dialogic (The Netherlands) and the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) prepared a manual for users of Innovation Statistics. These are collected in the EU using the Community Innovation […]
The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (www.stat.gov.az), supported by the funding by The World Bank, has selected a team proposed by DevStat and the local company Seft Consulting for preparing the long-term strategy, as well as the short-term plans for the next years. The strategy will identify the main orientations for the […]
DevStat has been selected as provider of advisory services within a framework contract with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA), a joint institution of the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States. CTA aims at ending poverty and hunger, mitigate climate change and promote food security and growth through […]