The Federation of European National Statistical Societies
About Us
The Federation promotes mutual communication, co-operation and interchange of views among all those interested in statistical sciences, in their scientific principles, in a broad sense and in as wide a range of applications as possible. The Federation serves as an agency for the dissemination of technical and scientific information among the National Statistical Societies forming the federation, promoting their mutual collaboration and those activities that can augment the research scientific impact of the members, including international conferences, journals, books and other publications.
These news are collected from national societies and elsewhere in the world, and are published only after approval.
- The call for abstracts and registration for IBS-IR-EMR2025 is now open!The Joint Conference of the Italian and Eastern Mediterranean Regions of the International Biometric Society (IBS-IR-EMR2025) will take place in Italian Salerno on September 16-18, 2025.
- València International Bayesian Summer School is open for registrants!València International Bayesian Summer School (VIBASS 8) will take place on July 7-10, 2025 in València (Spain).
- Registration still open for NTTS 2025 taking place in March 2025New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics 2025 [NTTS 2025] will take in Brussels on 11 to 13 March 2025.
- 'Spatial Statistics 2025: At the Dawn of AI' still welcomes abstract submissions.Spatial Statistics 2025: At the Dawn of AI will take in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, on 15 to 18 July 2025.
- Conferences held by national statistical societies in Europe in the first two quarters of 2024Researchers, experts and anyone interested in the field of probability and statisticss are invited to seven prestigious conferences organized or hosted by Società Italiana di Statistica, Deutsche Statistische Gesellschaft, Sociedad de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Société Française de Statistique.
- FENStatS Ethical Code being adopted in Europe - an example from SlovakiaThe Slovak Statistical and Demographic Society first to endorse the FENStatS Ethical Code for statistical practice in Europe
The Federation promotes mutual communication, co-operation and interchange of views among all those interested in statistical sciences, in their scientific principles, in a broad sense and in as wide a range of applications as possible.
Objectives and activities
- The Federation promotes mutual communication, co-operation and interchange of views among all those interested in statistical sciences, in their scientific principles, in a broad sense and in as wide a range of applications as possible.
- The Federation proposes actions to the European Commission, other European institutions and supplementary donors to secure funds for projects in research and education in statistics. Furthermore, FENStatS prepares and presents projects that cater to research and education needs in statistics and requires its delegates to serve in panels and committee where funding is decided.
- The Federation collaborates with international statistical associations and in particular with the ISI (International Statistical Institute) and European Societies with statistical interests such as ENBIS (European Network for Business and Industrial Statistics).
- The Federation encourages crossed participations in national events to increase international exchanges of experiences and research and to organise joint meetings on specific topics of interest for at least two European Member Societies.
- The Federation serves as an agency for the dissemination of technical and scientific information among the National Statistical Societies forming the federation, promoting their mutual collaboration and those activities that can augment the research scientific impact of the Members, including international conferences, journals, books and other publications.
- The Federation supports the immersion of doctorate and post-doctorate students in statistics in international research networks, and actively cooperates with ECAS (European Courses in Advanced Statistics).
- The Federation of European Statistical National Societies is web-based, with interactions and management mainly via the Internet; services, news and newsletters are made available on the Internet.