The Federation of European National Statistical Societies
About Us
The Federation promotes mutual communication, co-operation and interchange of views among all those interested in statistical sciences, in their scientific principles, in a broad sense and in as wide a range of applications as possible. The Federation serves as an agency for the dissemination of technical and scientific information among the National Statistical Societies forming the federation, promoting their mutual collaboration and those activities that can augment the research scientific impact of the members, including international conferences, journals, books and other publications.
News
- Another CESS is on the way!The Conference of European Statistics Stakeholders 2024 [CESS 2024] will be devoted to the issues of measuring gross domestic product and hopes to promote further the dialogue between all stakeholders engaged in production of official data on economic performance.
- A vacancy at the ERCEAThe European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) seeks to attract excellent, highly motivated staff with the right qualifications and expertise.
- A prestigious Eurostat conference is taking place in March 2025.New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics 2025 [NTTS 2025] will take in Brussels on 11 to 13 March 2025.
- Call for papers: Popdays 2025The Italian Association for Population Studies (SIS-AISP) invites submissions for the upcoming Giornate di Studio sulla Popolazione – Popdays 2025.
- A significant recognition of achievements to Maria Dolores Ugarte MartínezCongratulations to FENStatS President on a medal for her contributions to statistics
- Applied Statistics 2024The Statistical Society of Slovenia is pleased to announce the 20th Applied Statistics Conference.
The Federation serves as an agency for the dissemination of technical and scientific information among the National Statistical Societies forming the federation, promoting their mutual collaboration and those activities that can augment the research scientific impact of the Members, including international conferences, journals, books and other publications.
Objectives and activities
- The Federation serves as an agency for the dissemination of technical and scientific information among the National Statistical Societies forming the federation, promoting their mutual collaboration and those activities that can augment the research scientific impact of the Members, including international conferences, journals, books and other publications.
- The Federation collaborates with international statistical associations and in particular with the ISI (International Statistical Institute) and European Societies with statistical interests such as ENBIS (European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics).
- The Federation supports the immersion of doctorate and post-doctorate students in statistics in international research networks, and actively cooperates with ECAS (European Courses in Advanced Statistics).
- The Federation promotes mutual communication, co-operation and interchange of views among all those interested in statistical sciences, in their scientific principles, in a broad sense and in as wide a range of applications as possible.
- The Federation of European Statistical National Societies is web-based, with interactions and management mainly via the Internet; services, news and newsletters are made available on the Internet.
- The Federation proposes actions to the European Commission, other European institutions and supplementary donors to secure funds for projects in research and education in statistics. Furthermore, FENStatS prepares and presents projects that cater to research and education needs in statistics and requires its delegates to serve in panels and committee where funding is decided.
- The Federation encourages crossed participations in national events to increase international exchanges of experiences and research and to organise joint meetings on specific topics of interest for at least two European Member Societies.