A delegation from the State Statistical Office (SSO) of FYROM, headed by the Director General - Ms. Blagica Noskovska, was on a two-day official mission (December ’08) in NSI. The aim of the mission was exchange of experience, related to updating and strengthening the capacity for accession to the European Union.

The topics discussed are: Organization of the process of harmonization of the National Statistical Institute towards the adoption of the EU acquis – experience of Bulgaria; Bulgarian experience from participation in Eurostat Grants – implementation of the SILC project in NSI practice and organization of LFS in Bulgaria; Bulgarian experience in harmonization of social statistics and data provision to Eurostat – surveying the structural business statistics in Bulgaria and the short-term business statistics in transition to NACE Rev.2.