European Plan of Research in Official Statistics (EPROS) - Products Statistical working papers

Unless statisticians respond to the rapid social, economic and technological changes which are taking place in our societies, official statistics could quickly be regarded as outdated and irrelevant. Through a focussed programme of research and development in statistics, Eurostat has stimulated research for developing, adopting and using new statistical methods and tools in high priority domains. Eurostat also seeks to reinforce co-operation between the European Statistical System (ESS) and the scientific community, as well as to facilitate transfer of knowledge and technology and to accelerate adoption by the ESS of research results. The European Plan of Research in Official Statistics (EPROS) aimed to meet the new needs of producers and users of statistics. It was launched under the 5th Framework Programme for Research and Development. The objective of this document is to present the major achievements and successes of the research in statistics in the 5th Framework Programme and to introduce future research directions that might be implemented into the 7th Framework Programme.