National Conferences for users of European statistics Dissemination Working Group Agenda Point 06 01/10/2015 ESTAT.B4 – Henric Anselm

National conferences with users of European statistics A proposal from the last Dissemination Working Group, which aims at: - Strenghtening direct communication with users - Discussing availability and quality of European statistics between producers and users - Highlighting the collaboration between Eurostat and NSIs - Promoting the value of European statistics

Organisation - Two conferences per year in the Member States ensuring the Presidency of the Council: Riga in April 2015, Luxembourg in October 2015 - Co-organisation by Eurostat and the NSI - Financial support from Eurostat

Success of the first conference in Riga on 24 April 2015 - Around 50 participants representing all groups of users: national administration academics, enterprises, journalists and researchers. - Participation of the top management of CSB Latvia and Eurostat