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Introduction - ESGAB
Press release on recent developments in the Spanish National Statistical Institute 5 July 2022
Press release - ESGAB Annual Report 2021
Opinion of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB) concerning the ESS response to the coronavirus pandemic 3 June 2020
Press release on recent developments in the Greek Statistical System 1 March 2019
Opinion of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB) concerning the implementation of the Commission's Commitment on Confidence 7 June 2018 (Commission Decision 2012/504 on Eurostat)
Press release on recent developments in the Greek Statistical System 22 March 2018
The purpose of the ESGAB is to provide an independent overview of the European Statistical System as regards the implementation of the European Statistics Code of Practice.
The ESGAB has been established to enhance the professional independence, integrity and accountability of the European Statistical System, key elements of the Code of Practice, as well as to enhance the quality of European statistics.
The ESGAB's tasks will be to prepare an annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Code of Practice insofar as it relates to the Commission (Eurostat).
The ESGAB will moreover advise the Commission (Eurostat) on appropriate measures to facilitate the implementation of the Code of Practice, on how to communicate the Code of Practice to users and data providers and on the updating of the Code of Practice.
Finally, the ESGAB may provide advice also regarding questions related to user confidence in European statistics.
About Code of Practice
European Statistics Code of Practice
Communication of 25 May 2005 from the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council on the independence, integrity and accountability of the national and Community statistical authorities
Regulation on European Statistics
2008 report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the Code of Practice
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