MEDSTAT IV workshop: towards a fruitful dialogue between statistics producers and users

March 14, 2017
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Producers and users of statistics speak different languages but they need to talk to understand each other and to better collaborate for the benefit of all. This is the objective of a workshop that will be organised in Athens by the EU-funded MEDSTAT IV project on 22-23March 2017, to make these two groups talk to each other.

Representatives from specific groups of users of statistics, such as researchers, journalists, experts from EU-MED programmes and initiatives will be asked to tell their stories regarding the relations they developed with statistics and statisticians. On the other hand, the statisticians will be asked to explain what they do to engage with their users and to reach them out. From this dialogue should emerge concrete recommendations for the identification of activities that the project could carry out in order to make the relation better between the users and the producers of statistics in the Southern Neighbourhood countries and to improve the quality and relevance of the statistical data produced and disseminated.

Will participate in the workshop experts from the Southern Neighbourhood countries statistical offices, from the statistical institutes of EU member states, the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMET), the European Training Foundation (ETF), the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), the EuroMed Transport Support Project and the OPEN Media Hub project.

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Press release

MEDSTAT IV website

Countries covered:

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Palestine *
  • Syria *
  • Tunisia