NSI’s President Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, PhD, participated in the 31-st session of the High-Level Group for Partnership, Coordination and Capacity-building for Statistics for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The forum was held in virtual format.
In the period 11 – 12 July 2023, the National Statistical Institute hosted a study visit of experts from the statistical offices of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the field of implementing standards for metadata and data exchange. The study visit was carried out under the IPA 2019 Multi-beneficiary Statistical Cooperation Programme in cooperation with the German consulting firm GOPA.
On World Chocolate Day, the National Institute of Statistics presents data on the production and sales of chocolate and chocolate products.
Note: Sweetened cocoa powder is not included in the data shown, but white chocolate is.
The President of the National Statistical Institute Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, PhD took part in the 20th meeting of the Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy (CSSP) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which was held on 26-28 June 2023 in OECD's headquarters in Paris.
The President of the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, PhD takes part in the 71st plenary session of the Conference of European Statisticians which is held on 22 and 23 June 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Team ‘Мататон’ from PPMG ‘Acad. Nikola Obreshkov‘ - Burgas, is the winner of the first Daytathon, organized by the National Statistical Institute, in which 27 student teams from secondary schools in the country participated. The second place was taken by ‘Тийм 51’ from the 51st Secondary School ‘Elisaveta Bagriana’ in Sofia, and the third place was taken by the team ‘Пуканка’ from the Secondary School ‘Vasil Levski’ - Troyan.
On June 8, 2023, the National Statistical Council, the highest advisory body in the field of statistics at the national level, met.
The meeting discussed the progress on the actions taken by the statistical authorities on the recommendations of the last Peer Review, which took place in Bulgaria between March 28 and April 1, 2022.
Eighteen teams from Burgas, Varna, Gotse Delchev, Dobrich, Pazardzhik, Plovdiv, Pernik, Troyan, Sofia, Silistra and Shumen reached the final stage of the first statistical Datathon for students, organized by the National Statistical Institute.
Students from classes X to XII from secondary schools across the country were eligible to participate, and the aim of the new NSI initiative is to increase the statistical literacy of high school students by giving them the opportunity to work out solutions on a certain database.
We are excited to announce the results of the European Statistics Competition 2023, held in the 2022-2023 school year.
Over 19 000 students from 19 countries signed up for the sixth edition of this statistical literacy contest, the highest number since the start of the competition.
