European Statistical System report 2016 - Products Statistical Books

'The ESS Report' gives you an insider's view into the world of European statistics, produced and disseminated by the European Statistical System (ESS). The 2016 issue focuses on three major topics: measuring energy efficiency, inequality statistics and managing a modern statistical office in the 21st century. It includes contributions from subject specialists, outlining how they tackle these issues at national level. This issue includes the main initiatives of the ESS undertaken last year and features a joint interview with the Heads of the Statistical Institutes of the Netherlands and Slovak Republic. The European Commissioner in charge of the statistical portfolio, Marianne Thyssen, is also featured in an interview. Finally, we find out from the host of last year's annual meeting of Directors General of the National Statistical Institutes his impressions of this important annual conference and Statistics Netherlands allows us a glimpse into their newsroom.