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DevStat supports Eurostat and ESCAP in the organisation of High-Level Seminar on “Policy-data nexus, experience sharing between EU countries and Asia”

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DevStat is pleased to inform of its contribution to the organisation a High-Level Seminar on “Policy-data nexus, experience sharing between EU countries and Asia” will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, 14th and 15th October. This Seminar is organized for Eurostat in close cooperation with ESCAP (Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific). The […]

DevStat contributes to the international methodology for measuring ICT skills

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José CERVERA, CEO of DevStat, attends the 6th meeting of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Expert Group on ICT household indicators (Geneva, 15-19 October 2018), as member of the sub-group discussing how to produce statistics on ICT skills.  Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are changing the labour market, social relations, trade, medicine and almost every other aspect […]

DevStat joins the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition Network – GODAN

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 DevStat joins the GODAN (“Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition”) Network (www.godan.info), an international network of organizations aiming at promoting the dissemination and use of open data to inform policies for improving agriculture and nutrition worldwide. Through the increased access of data from public and private partners, and using statistical analysis techniques, policy-makers should […]

José L. Cervera, CEO de DevStat, invited by the Vice-Premier of Ukraine to join a working group of experts to design an integrated information system

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“José L. Cervera, CEO de DevStat, was invited by the Vice-Premier of Ukraine, G. Zubko, to join a working group of experts to design an integrated information system for the Ministry of Regional Development, supporting evidence-based decisions in the areas of territorial development. The current process of amalgamation of municipalities in Ukraine, together with the decentralisation […]

Survey on access and use of ICT by households and individuals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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The first survey on access and use of ICT by households and individuals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been recently published, referring to 2017. https://www.stats.gov.sa/sites/default/files/ict_access_and_usage_by_households_and_individuals_survey_2017en_0.pdf DevStat provided technical assistance to the Statistical Office of Saudi Arabia, to design the survey according to the standards of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) manual, of which the […]

DevStat sponsored CARMA 2018

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Continuing with the collaboration with the Polytechnic University of Valencia, DevStat sponsored the 2nd International Conference on Advanced Research Methods and Analytics (CARMA 2018) organized under the technical leaderships of Prof. Josep Domenech and Prof. M.R. Vicente. Our contribution including chairing the session on Economic Indicators, where machine-learning and Big Data-based analytical methods were applied to the production of indicators on […]

First survey on the use of ICT by households and individuals for GASTAT

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DevStat has prepared for the General Statistics Authority of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (GASTAT) the first survey on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) by households and individuals, and provided methodological advice on the same topic for the business sector. DevStat consultants promoted the use of international standards, such as those of […]

DevStat participates at the Working Group on Quality (Eurostat), Luxembourg 15 June 2018

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The consortium DevStat-Statistics Norway presented, at the Quality Working Group meeting (Luxembourg, 15 June 2018), the final results of the project on “Development of conceptual elements for a common quality framework in the European Statistical System (ESS)”. The results of the project, which consist of a set of proposals on core values, principles and a […]

DevStat participates at SCORUS2018 Conference

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DevStat participates at the SCORUS 2018 Conference held in Warsaw (Poland) on 6-8 June with a communication on “Technical assistance in regional statistics to transition and developing countries: lessons learnt from users and producers” prepared by Jose Cervera (CEO) and Florabela Carausu (Consultant). SCORUS (Standing Committee on Regional and Urban Statistics) is the international network for regional […]

Prospects of cooperation between the National Academy of Statistics and the University of Valencia

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On April 20, 2018, the National Academy of Statistics, Accounting and Audit (http://nasoa.edu.ua/en/) was visited by José Cervera-Ferri, CEO of DevStat. During the meeting with the rector of the Academy Oleksander Osaulenko, and the head of the international relations office Aliaksei Zhurauliou discussed the prospects of cooperation between the Academy and the University of Valencia, as […]