1. The EFGS project a common voluntary cooperation Vilni Verner Holst Bloch President of European Forum for Geostatistics Statistics Norway EFGS 2013 conference Sofia, Bulgaria 23rd to 25th of October www.efgs.info European Statistical System (ESS): http://www.essnet-portal.eu/essnet-generalities http://www.essnet-portal.eu/essnet-generalities

2. EFGS started as a voluntary cooperation between National Statistical Institutions (NSIs) in the Nordic countries in 1998, on use of geographic information systems (GIS) and statistics. Today EFGS has national contact persons from 32 European states and territories, having annual conferences and meetings. The Steering Committee consists of the national contact persons from the NSIs elected in 2012 Prague conference. Activities are concentrated on the development of the best practices in the production of geostatistics in Europe. EFGS aims at beeing a global forum and umbrella organisation from conference in Brazil in 2015. About European Forum for GeoStatistics www.efgs.info

3. The steering committee –Ana M. Santos (Portugal) –Amelia Wardzinska-Sharif (Poland) –Ignacio Duque (Spain) –Igor Kuzma (Slovenia) –Ingrid Kaminger (Austria) –Jaroslav Kraus (Czech republic) –Marja Tammilehto-Luode (Finland) –Niek van Leeuwen (The Netherlands) –Vilni Verner Holst Bloch (Norway) –Lars H. Backer (EFGS) www.efgs.info

4. A network in change Before 2010 2010 After 2010 www.efgs.info

5. 1998 Voss, Norway 2000 Stockholm, Sweden 2002 Oslo, Norway 2003 Helsinki, Finland 2004 Copenhagen, Denmark 2005 Stockholm, Sweden 2006 Kongsvinger, Norway 2007 Helsinki, Finland 2008 Bled, Slovenia 2009 den Haag, The Netherlands 2010 Tallinn, Estonia 2011 Lisboa, Portugal 2012 Prague, Czech Republic 2013 Sofia, Bulgaria 2015 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Conferences 1998 - 2015 www.efgs.info

7. Website visitors www.efgs.info Untill EFGS2012 ->

8. Visitors by cities www.efgs.info

9. Visitors by cities

10. Visitors by service provider and language www.efgs.info

11. Visitors by regions and pages

12. ESTP course 2014 European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) Statistics Norway, May 2014 Who may apply? Officials and employees of National Statistical Institutes or corresponding Competent National Authorities (CNA) of EU Member States, EFTA countries, Eurostat and candidate countries can apply. Occasionally, and on an individual basis, applicants from other administrations, international organisations and Statistical offices of non- European countries may be admitted.

13. Welcome to Sofia and EFGS 2013 www.efgs.info