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IMPORTANT RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS
Gundega Gajevska
CSB of Latvia
IMPORTANT RECENT
DEVELOPMENTS
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Web data bases
Revised publication strategy for year 2005
Establishing of regional information centres
ESDS activities
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WEB DATABASES
• Available data
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annual statistical indicators
results of agricultural census
results of population census
short-term statistical indicators
• From October of 2004 are available to all users free of
charge
• In development process
– database on regional statistics
– database on short-term foreign trade statistics
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REVISED PUBLICATION STRATEGY
• The number of monthly and quarterly publications
reduced:
– only 2 remaining
– data are (will be) available in public databases
• Free of charge publications introduced:
– statistikas aktualitates (statistical news)
– send to subscribers, available in information centres.
• The proposal for changes was discussed with key users:
– business associations representing different economic branches
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REGIONAL INFORMATION CENTRES
• As part of regional reorganization the district statistical
offices were reorganized into information centres:
– to help data users
– to support interviewers service
• First regional information centre was established in
January 2003 in Valka;
• Currently regional information centres are operating in all
districts of Latvia;
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REGIONAL INFORMARTION CENTRES
•Limbažu
•rajons
•Valmieras
•rajons
•VENTSPILS
•Ventspils
•rajons
•Talsu
•rajons
•Cēsu
•rajons
•RĪGA
•Kuldīgas
•rajons
•LIEPĀJA
•Liepājas
•rajons
•Valkas
•rajons
•Tukuma
•rajons
•Gulbenes
•rajons
•Rīgas
•rajons
•Balvu
•rajons
•Madonas
•rajons
•JŪRMALA
•Ogres
•rajons
•JELGAVA
•Saldus
•rajons
•Alūksnes
•rajons
•RĒZEKNE
•Dobeles
•rajons
•Jelgavas
•rajons
•Bauskas
•rajons
•Aizkraukles
•rajons
•Jēkabpils
•rajons
•Preiļu
•rajons
•DAUGAVPILS
•Ludzas
•rajons
•Rēzeknes
•rajons
•Krāslavas
•rajons
•Daugavpils
•rajons
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SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE REGIONAL
INFORMATION CENTRES
• to familiarise with, purchase and subscribe to CSB
publications;
• consultations on the issues of how to obtain
information;
• possible to use CSB web databases;
• receive consultations on methodological issues.
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EVALUATION OF ACTIVITY
• Regional Information Centres submit monthly reports on:
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the customers attended and information requested;
the publications in the local press;
subscriptions to CSB publications;
orders that can not be fulfilled.
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MOST INTERESTING ACTIVITIES OF
INFORMATION CENTRES
• Informative seminar for teachers of geography;
• Quiz in regional newspaper about knowledge of statistics:
– simple questions;
– how many nationalities are living in our district…
• Support of survey organizational process including
promotion activities:
– articles about EU-SILC survey;
– article was prepared in Central office as:
• press release;
• interview with officer of information centre.
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ESDS ACTIVITIES
• Web page – guide page;
• Answers to user requests;
• Lot of planned but delayed actions, the funding has not
been received;
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PLANNED FUTURE ACTIVITIES
• Organizing of PC-AXIS reference group meeting
• Redesign of web page:
– outsourcing
• Regional information centres:
– evaluation of activity;
– possible closure of some of them
• Improvement of client database.
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