In-House Training on Advanced Statistical Analysis
At DevStat, we value continuous education to improve our staff capabilities and skills. This week, our junior team followed an in-house course on advanced statistical analysis taught by Prof. Iván Arribas of University of Valencia, a former member of DevStat. We recently completed the analysis of two surveys in the Sultanate of Oman (on ICT access in households and use) and Romania (on the administrative burden for businesses).
Community Statistical Programme 2008-2012
Eurostat reported in December 2013 to the European Parliament and The Council on the implementation of the Community Statistical Programme 2008-2012 referring to a report prepared by DevStat in consortium with CSIL. The evaluation of the 5-year work programme of Eurostat, which was awared to our consortium, was finalised in August 2013, after reviewing the achievements with respect to 130 objectives related to hundreds of activities implemented on the basis of annual programmes. The evaluation was done by combining desk research, in-depth interviews with EU statistics users, a sample of National Statistical Institutes and focus groups with Eurostat staff. The evaluation report has been published by Eurostat and is available here.
DG Mare – Missions to Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Portual and Spain
At the request of the European Commission (DG MARE), experts from a consortium led by DevStat carried out a mission in March 2014 to Bucharest and Constanta (Romania) to evaluate the implementation of the fisheries data collection programme. This includes the verification by a team of biologists, fisheries economists, IT experts and statisticias, of systems to collect statistics on the fishing fleet, the aquaculture and fish processing industry, as well as the collection of biological data on the species caught in the Black Sea. This mission is part of a framework contract with the DG MARE, under which missions to Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain were already implemented, to be followed by Lithuania and UK.
