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BULGARIAN NATIONAL
STATISTICAL SYSTEM
Assoc. Prof. Mariana Kotzeva
President of the National Statistical Institute
September 29th, 2010
DGINS Sofia
REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
 Geographic co-ordinates –
44 13 N, 22 40 E;
Area - 111 001.9 sq. km;
 Climate - four seasons,
temporate with snowy winters and
warm summers;
 Administrative and territorial
division - 28 districts (oblasti).
Main Indicators:
 Population (Mill.)– 7.6;
Life Expectancy (for the period
2006-2008):
 Females – 76.6;
 Males – 69.5.
REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
State government
PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Head of the state
PRESIDENT
Council of Ministers
Prime Minister
16 Ministries
4 State agencies
The NATIONAL STATISTICAL INSTITUTE (NSI)
has a statute of a state agency.
130 years of history of the
Bulgarian official statistics
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First period – 1880 -1945
Second period – 1946-1989
Third period - 1990-2007
Nowadays – 2007 onwards
The most important historical dates
 1880 – The Statistical Division
was created at the Ministry of Finance
(June 25th, 1880);
 1881 - The First Population Census
took place as of January 1st, 1881;
 1881 - Statistical Division turned
into an independent Statistical Office;
 1897 – A Law on the Statistics
Directorate in the Principality of
Bulgaria and a Law on Population Census,
Housing Fund and Livestock were adopted;
 1910 – The first Statistical Yearbook was published;
 1925 – The first Household Budget Survey took place.
The most important historical dates
 1991 – A Law on Statistics was adopted – the National Statistical
Institute (NSI) was created;
 1999 - A Law on Statistics in compliance with the EU legislation;
 2000 – The preliminary EU negotiations on Chapter 12 Statistics
were closed;
 2003 – Bulgaria officially joined
Dissemination Standard (SDDS);
the
IMF’s
Special
Data
 2007 – The Bulgarian Statistics was integrated into the European
Statistical System;
 2008 – The Law on Statistics was amended in compliance with the
draft of the future regulation – EC 223/2009;
 2009 – A Law on Population Census and Housing Fund 2011.
National Statistical System (NSS)
 The National Statistical System (NSS) carries out activities related
to:
 Collecting, processing, analyzing and storing of statistical data;
 Provision and dissemination of statistical information in the country.
 The NSS consist of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), the
Bodies of Statistics and the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB);
 The NSI plays the leading methodological and coordinating role;
 The statistical activity is regulated by:
 The law on Statistics;
 EC Regulations in the field of statistics.
 The vision, the objectives and priorities of development of NSS –
Strategy for development of the National Statistical System of the
Republic of Bulgaria, 2008-2012.
Bodies of Statistics structural units at the State Administration, which are Bodies of
Statistics according to the Law on Statistics, article 3
BODIES OF STATISTICS
Intrastat Directorate
National Revenue Agency
ADMINISTRATION
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Customs Statistics and Analyses Division
Customs Statistics and Automation Directorate
Customs Agency
Directorate "Agrarian Statistics"
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
National Centre for Health Information (NCHI)
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
Port Registers and Control Directorate
Executive Agency "Port Administration"
MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT
Registers and Statistics Department
Financial and Administrative, Legal and Information
Directorate
Directorate General "Civil Aviation Administration"
Directorate General "Analyses, Planning and
Prognoses"
NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE
Environmental Monitoring Directorate
Executive Environmental Agency
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
The National Statistical Council
 Established as early as in 1908
 Currently is a body that defines the policies and
strategies of the NSS;
 The preparation and the implementation of the National
Statistical Programme is under its direct responsibility;
 Its members are appointed and dismissed by Order of
the Prime Minister upon a request of the Heads of the
respective institutions.
Structure of the NSI
 One President;
 Three Vice Presidents;
 Ten Departments:
 Business Statistics;
 Demographic and Social Statistics;
 Regional and Multi-domain Statistics;
 Macroeconomic Statistics;
 European, International Cooperation and Coordination;
 Information and Communications Technologies;
 Crisis Management ZOV-C, OMP;
 Human Resources and Property Management;
 Financial, Economic and Legal Activities;
 Dissemination of Information.
Regional Statistical Offices - RSO
Regional Statistical Offices - RSO
 Implement state policy in the field of statistics on the territory of the
district where they are situated;
 Carry out collection of statistical data for surveys in all fields of
statistics on the territory of the district where they are situated;
 Collect, process and analyze statistical information according to the
approved methodologies and methods for conducting statistical
surveys included in the National Statistical Programme and upon
request of external users;
 Keep in contact with the local authorities of the state administration
and the local bodies of self-government;
 Transmit/receive data to/from another NSI structures, according to
the Rules for Dissemination of Statistical Information Products and
Services.
Vision for the development of the NSS
• The NSS is a system, which produces and disseminates
objective, timely and accurate statistical information by
using in full the possibilities of contemporary information
and communication technologies and observing the
principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice.
Vision for the development of the NSS
• Improvement of the development, production and
dissemination of statistical information for all user
groups;
• Improvement of the institutional capacity of the system;
• Implementation of contemporary information and
communication technologies.
Principles of the NSS
 Political independence and impartiality of statistical
activities;
 Active collaboration and cooperation within NSS and
with the statistical systems of other European countries;
 High professional knowledge;
 High quality of provided information products and
services;
 Respect for respondents.
Priorities of NSS development,
important for implementation of the basic goals for the
2008– 2012 period, are as follows:
•• reduction of response burden on reporting units;
•• improvement of statistical information quality;
•• improvement of statistical information storage and dissemination;
•• speeded implementation of new ICT and integration of IT
activities within NSS;
•• development of human resources and improvement of labour
conditions;
•• development of European partnership and international
cooperation;
•• achievement of more effective interaction and coordination within
NSS;
•• promotion of confidence in official statistics.
Putting users first
 Inflation Rate Calculator was introduced on the Internet site;
 Press conferences at the Head Office and at the 28 RSO were
simultaneously conducted;
 Access for external users to the the Electronic Library (via the RSO)
- all statistical yearbooks are digitalized and accessible through the
Electronic Library;
 Experts provide consultations, user support and information for
statistical data users at the NSI’s Reception desk;
 The results of the statistical surveys are being disseminated
simultaneously to all users’ groups, on a fixed hour – 11 o’clock,
according to the Release calendar;
 Quarterly current statistical data on the economic and social
development of the Republic of Bulgaria are being disseminated to
the Bulgarian Embassies abroad.
The new publications’ design
The new Internet site
Reducing response burden
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Using administrative sources;
On-line data collection
Simplification of questionnaires;
Critical Review of existing surveys and
identifying negative priorities
Information system “Business statistics”
Information system “Foreign trade”
International Co-operation:
• Active participation in the EU and
international organization meetings;
• Developing South-eastern co-operation;
• Providing technical assistance to
Tadjikistan, Azerbaidjan;
• Developing bylateral co-operation;
Bulgarian statistics
The numbers of the changing world