EFGS 2026 Conference
30 September – 2 October 2026
Brussels, Belgium
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City data from LFS and Big Data – the report of a pilot project
The document describing the results of the project exploring how data collection for European cities and functional urban areas can be improved is available to download. A pilot project investigating opportunities to enhance city statistics by means of Labour Force...
Presentations from the Sixth Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe
The Sixth Plenary Meeting of the European Region of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM: Europe) was held from 5 – 6 June 2019 in Brussels, Belgium. The Plenary Meeting of UN-GGIM: Europe was hosted by Eurostat....
EFGS 2019 Conference Manchester – Call for abstracts
The European Forum for Geography and Statistics (EFGS) is pleased to invite you to the 12th conference on the integration of geography and statistics. The motto of this year’s conference is “Statistics + Location --> Insight + Impact”. The conference will take...
The Ninth Session of the UN-GGIM Committee of Experts in New York
The ninth session of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) will be held from 7 - 9 August 2019 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. UN-GGIM seeks to promote international collaboration in global...
Key dates of EFGS 2019 conference in Manchester!
We would like to present the key dates for upcoming the 12th European Forum for Geography and Statistics in Manchester: 1st April 2019 – Opening of registration and abstract submissions 1st August 2019 – Deadline for abstract submissions 10th September 2019 –...
Merging statistics and geospatial information – new publication available!
Various actions during the course of 2012 (a paper to the European Statistical System Committee, a workshop with national statistical institutes and mapping agencies, and a meeting in Prague of Director-Generals of national statistical institutes) resulted in Eurostat...


