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.
These news are collected from national societies and elsewhere in the world, and are published only after approval.
- European Day - 9 May 2025To-day, 9 May 2025, is European Day.
- The Cyprus Statistical Society cautions against interferences in US federal statisticsOn 30 Apr 2025 the Cyprus Statistical Society moved towards the support of the ISI Advisory Board on Ethics Statement on US Federal Statistics.
- Recording - 4th ERC Funding Opportunities Webinar for StatisticiansOn the tenth day of April 2025, the 4th webinar for statisticians instructing on funding opportunities espoused by the European Research Council was held online, and its recording is available.
- Registration open for European Statistics Awards - Web Intelligence until 22 Apr 2025!Teams of statisticians and data analysts have an opportunity to win a total of €50,000 for different categories of awards for their solutions targeting at web intelligence.
- The 2nd Latin American Conference on Spatio-Temporal Modelling METMA-LATAM II 2025 invites participation.June 2025 will host another conference on spatio-temporal modelling. This time it will be in Colombia under the acronym METMA-LATAM II.
- 4th ERC Information Webinar for Statisticians on Funding OpportunitiesFENStatS announces the 4th ERC Funding Opportunities Webinar for Statisticians
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 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.
- 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 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 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).