In 2016 the National Statistical Institute successfully conducted 248 statistical surveys and 48 statistical surveys were carried out by the Other National Authorities. In the Report 2016 special attention was paid on the statistical surveys and activities carried out for the first time in 2016. The Adult Education Survey, Survey on continuing professional training of employees, Quarterly Producer price indices in legal and accounting activities, management consultancy activities, architectural and engineering activities, technical testing and analysis were among them.
In the Report 2016 the emphasis was also placed on the results achieved by the implementation of horizontal priorities laid down in the Strategy for Development of the National Statistical System, as well as on the implementation of activities related to production of statistical information by thematic domains.
According to the National Statistical Programme for 2017 the National Statistical Institute will implement a total of 257 surveys within the current year. New surveys in 2017 are:
- Annual labour costs of employers and their main components;
- Activity of non-financial enterprises obliged to compile consolidated financial reports in accordance with current legislation;
- Regional business demography;
- Registrations and bankruptcies;
- Activity of financial enterprises obliged to compile consolidated financial reports in accordance with current legislation;
- District heating and cooling systems;
- Statistical system of sustainable development indicators;
- Spatial population data in grid format;
- Implementation and maintenance of IS "Automated consolidation of business indicators";
- Product classifications - development of new versions of PRODCOM.BG (structure and corresponding tables);
- Development of self-explanatory texts to the Combined Nomenclature 2017;
- Plantations' structure with selected kinds of fruits in 2017.
The NSI will participate in various EC Projects as Labour Force Survey 2017 ad hoc module on self-employment, Preparation for the revision of EU-SILC - Testing of rolling modules on Health (second priority) in EU-SILC 2017, Improvements in ESSPROS statistics etc.
In order to optimize cost and starting reduction of respondents’ burden few changes in the organization of some surveys were made and the deadlines for providing data for users were shortened.
The documents will be published on the NSI’s website after their promulgation in State Gazette.
