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
- A session by Società Italiana di Statistica at ICSDS 2024Società Italiana di Statistica organizes a session during the 2024 IMS International Conference on Statistics and Data Science in December 2024.
- StatisticALL Festival of Statistics and DemographySocietà Italiana di Statistica organizes StatisticALL Festival of Statistics and Demography.
- Submissions for Popdays 2025The Italian Association for Population Studies (SIS-AISP) invites submissions for the upcoming Giornate di Studio sulla Popolazione – PopDays 2025.
- Annual Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society of BelgiumThe 31st Annual Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society of Belgium (RSSB) will take in November 2024, and Peter Rousseeuw will become an honorary member of the RSSB.
- 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.
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.
Objectives and activities
- 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.