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Geospatial dataset on the healthcare services in Europe released by Eurostat
Eurostat compiled and released a new geospatial dataset on the main healthcare services in Europe and their location. The data is extracted from official national sources such as health authorities and ministries to facilitate spatial analysis by combining it with...
Invitation for EFGS 2020 webinar
The European Forum for Geography and Statistics is pleased to invite you to EFGS 2020 webinar which is to be held on 20-21 October 2020. In light of the continued impact of COVID-19 this year’s EFGS meeting will be held for the first time in a scaled down virtual...
10th Session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) announcement
The tenth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) will be held in a scaled down virtual format, consisting of three two-hour meetings, on 26-27 August and 4 September 2020. More information here
EFGS on UN GGIM: Europe–ESS–UNECE web meeting 2020
On 27 March 2019 joint UN-GGIM: Europe – ESS – UNECE web meeting on the integration of statistical and geospatial information took place. During the webinar, the President of EFGS Janusz Dygaszewicz PhD, Statistics Poland presented the report concerning EFGS and its...
Joint UN-GGIM: Europe – ESS – UNECE meeting – important notice!
The sixth edition of the Joint UN-GGIM: Europe – ESS – UNECE meeting will be conducted as a webex meeting. The physical meeting was cancelled due to coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Representatives from European Statistical and Mapping Authorities are invited to join...
GEOSTAT 4 project has started!
On 12 and 13 February 2020 in Helsinki the Geostat 4 project kick-off meeting, organised by Statistics Finland took place. The meeting was attended by delegates from Eurostat, eight National Statistical Institutions and also from National Land Survey of Finland which...


