1 Opening Welcome to Statistics Norway ESTP course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Use of GIS for making statistics in a production environment Statistics Norway, Oslo, 26th to 30th of March 2012 Olav Ljones Deputy Director General Attribution (by) Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only if they give the author or licensor the credits in the manner specified by these.

2 Statistics Norway in short: Independence anchored in The Statistics Act (1989) Almost 1000 employees at two locations ( ) –Responsible for 85 percent of all official statistics in Norway Statistics based on administrative registers and surveys About 300 statistics produced and –1000 (news) releases on annuallywww.ssb.no A Research Department within the institution –Serving ministries with macroeconomic and micro simulation models –Independent research –Research for better statistics International cooperation –Eurostat, UN, OECD, IEA, bilateral, technical assistance

3 The census in 2011 (and other registers) The census –19 november 2011 – the status in administrative registers –Denmark, Finland - Norway, Sweden –18 European countries uses more or less adm.registers –The cost of the Norwegian cenus is 0.5 dollar per capita –The cost of the US census is 87 dollar per capita –EU comparison approach Some registers in Norway –The tax declaration register –The labor force register –The land register –The pension register –The support register –The education register –The product register –The trade register –Etc A huge potential for GIS information based om micro data –Confidentiality issues –From macro to grid?

4 European Statistical Training Programme The purpose of the European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) is to provide European statisticians the opportunity to participate in international training courses, workshops and seminars at postgraduate level. Courses under the ESTP have a truly international dimension to meet the challenges of comparable statistics at European and international level. Courses focus on harmonised European concepts and legislation, as well as the implementation practices at national level. The programme is coordinated by Eurostat. Courses are delivered either at Eurostat premises in Luxembourg or in national training sites of EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries.

5 ESTP course 2012: GIS and statistics Oslo, Norway, 26-30th of March 24 participants from 17 countries 7 lecturers Participating institutions Bulgarian National Statistcal Institute Federal Statistical Office of Germany National Statistical Institute Spain Eurostat, European Commission Statistics Finland Croatian Bureau of Statistics Central Statistics Office Ireland Italian National Institute of Statistics STATEC Luxembourg Statistics Norway Central Statistical Office Poland National Institute of Statistics Romania Trafikanalys Sweden Bank of Slovenia Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia National Institute of Public Health Slovenia Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Turkish Statistical Institute Statistics Denmark Hungarian Central Statistical Office

6 Busines model as framework for course

7 Partners Geostat 1A (Co-ordinator)Statistics Norway (subcontractor)MD mapping 1 (Co-partner)Statistics Austria 2 (Co-partner)Statistics Estonia 3 (Co-partner)Statistics Finland 4 (Co-partner)Statistics France 5 (Co-partner)Statistics Netherlands 6 (Co-partner)Statistics Poland 7 (Co-partner)Statistics Portugal 8 (Co-partner)Statistics Slovenia

8 ESTP course 2012: GIS and statistics Oslo, Norway, 26-30th of March 24 participants from 17 countries 7 lecturers Participating institutions Bulgarian National Statistcal Institute Federal Statistical Office of Germany National Statistical Institute Spain Eurostat, European Commission Statistics Finland Croatian Bureau of Statistics Central Statistics Office Ireland Italian National Institute of Statistics STATEC Luxembourg Statistics Norway Central Statistical Office Poland National Institute of Statistics Romania Trafikanalys Sweden Bank of Slovenia Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia National Institute of Public Health Slovenia Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic Turkish Statistical Institute Statistics Denmark Hungarian Central Statistical Office

9 Vision for a Global forum AUSTRIA BRAZIL BULGARIA CROATIA CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ESTONIA EUROSTAT FINLAND FRANCE GEORGIA NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL ROMANIA SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TURKEY UNITED KINGDOM ÅLAND GERMANY GREECE (ELLADA) HUNGARY ICELAND IRELAND ITALY KOSOVO LATVIA LITHUANIA THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MEXICO THE NETHERLANDS In addition good contact with Australia, New Zeeland and more countries in Latin America EFGS members 2012 – cover a population of * *UN 2010