“This first mission of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Bulgaria was very successful and laid a very good foundation for future cooperation between Bulgaria and our organisation”, said Ms Asa Johansson, Deputy Director of the Statistics and Data Directorate at the Organsation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
On March 28, 2023, a three-day mission of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to the National Statistical Institute (NSI) begins. The purpose of the visit is a technical review of Bulgaria in the process of joining the international organisation.
From the beginning of April 2023, the National Statistical Institute starts a Household Budget Survey in newly selected households.
The survey is annual and it is included in the National Statistical Programme 2023. In the survey take part 3 060 randomly chosen households divided into three sub-samples each containing 1 020 households. During the April - June period households from each sub-sample are consistently included in the Household Budget Survey. Each household participates in the survey four times for a month during the 12-month period of the method of rotation sample.
Today, March 27, online voting begins for the presentations in the Public round of the European Statistics Competition for Students 2023 . Here you can get informed about the presentations and conceptual projects of the ten teams admitted to this stage of the competition. The task was to develop an idea for the implementation of a video on the topic: Well-Being.
Online voting has 25% weight in forming the final grade. In both age categories - A and B, two teams will be awarded, which will compete in the European round of the Competition.
World Theatre Day has been celebrated since 1962 on the initiative of the International Theatre Institute (International Theatre Institute ITI).
March 27 is the opening day of the Theatre of Nations season.
March 22 was declared World Water Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993. Since then, it has been celebrated with various events around the world.
This year, the UN initiative will go under the motto ‘Accelerating Change’.
The goal is to accelerate change to solve the water and sanitation crisis.
'... And because water affects us all, we need everyone to take action. That means you too! ...This is a once-in-a-generation moment for the world to unite around water. Play your part. Do what you can.' says the appeal published on the World Water Day website.
The National Round of the Sixth European Statistics Competition for Students 2023 has been successfully completed. Students from 310 teams participated in the two stages of the national round - 208 teams in Category A and 102 teams in Category B. 79 National Educational Centres teams from the country participated in both stages. The most teams are from Sofia - 50, Varna - 37, Dobrich - 31, Pazardzhik - 28 and Gotse Delchev - 25. For the sixth consecutive year, Ruse, Sliven, Burgas, Kozloduy, Troyan and General Toshevo have their representatives.
For the third time, the National Statistical Institute initiated the participation of teams from Bulgaria in the Statistical Poster Competition, organized by the International Association for Statistical Education (IASE) and the International Statistical Institute (ISI).
The competition gives mentors and students the opportunity to demonstrate their talents in using statistics as a tool for studying socio-economic processes and the environment in which they live.
The NSI President Assoc. Prof. Atanas Atanasov, PhD, participated in the 54th Session of the UN Statistical Commission (UNSC), which was held in New York from 28th February to 3rd March 2023. During the meeting, the reports of working groups in various fields were discussed and decisions were taken as follows on:
Starting as a political event, the holiday gradually became part of the culture of many countries around the world.
The first Women's Day was celebrated on February 23, 1909, in the USA at the initiative of the American Socialist Party.
The calendar date is associated with the first mass demonstration of women workers, which took place on March 8, 1857, in New York.