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International cooperation high on the agenda at CBS
In June of this year, Director General Ms Angelique Berg of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) was appointed vice-chair of the Bureau of the OECD Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy, also known...
Director General Ms. Angelique Berg: ‘Societal challenges are central’
On 10 March 2023, the Council of Ministers approved the new Multi-annual Programme of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) for the years 2024-2028.
The COVID-19 pandemic: how did it affect statistics?
On 27 February 2020, the first patient testing positive for coronavirus was reported in the Netherlands; the first COVID death was reported on 6 March.
International experts apply yardstick to Statistics Netherlands
Just recently, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) was the subject of an official Peer review, executed by the European Statistical System (ESS).
Topological anonymity in networks
Statistics Netherlands has been investigating Network data as a source of new statistics. This implies new questions in the area of statistical disclosure control. In this paper a theory for...
The importance of reliable data in times of crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has brought with it a great need for reliable data, and national statistical offices (NSOs) are playing an important role in this regard.
The accuracy of growth rates with classification errors
Evaluating the accuracy of growth rates in the presence of classification errors.
EU grant taking data science to a higher level
Article on U grant taking data science to a higher level
CBS launches data ecosystem with various partners
The ecosystem encompasses a broad and diverse group of companies, academic institutions and government bodies
Data security a permanent item on the agenda of NSIs
Safe and reliable exchange of information, data, software and services between member states and Eurostat, and between member states themselves has a high priority
Statistical software R the key focus at CBS conference
R is an open-source software specifically developed for the purpose of statistics production and data analysis
CBS rises to 2nd position in open data inventory
Open data makes public government (open) data easily reusable and improves government transparency
CBS, OCW and DUO launch Departmental Data Centre
the centre will address the growing need for information products in the policy cycle
European study: uniform data validation rules
a European research programme aimed at improving data exchange by a uniform set of validation rules
CBDS promotes international knowledge exchange
real-time and regional statistics (e.g. Urban Data) and the use of new data sources such as Big Data
CBS Urban Data Centre/The Hague launched
innovative developments in the area of Sustainable Development Goals
CBS and city of Zwolle join forces
infrastructure, data processing and privacy protection
First Departmental Data Centre launched
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs launched the ‘CBS/EZ Departmental Data Centre’