EFGS 2026 Conference
30 September – 2 October 2026
Brussels, Belgium
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Statistics Portugal (INE) engagement with INSPIRE
Statistics Portugal (INE) has been involved with the INSPIRE process since the Directive entered into force in Portugal, through a close cooperation with the National Mapping Agency, currently part of the General Directorate for the Territory (DGT). The transposition...
2010 Brazilian Population Census Grid data is now available
We are happy to announce that the Statistical Grid with data from the 2010 Brazilian Population Census is available. Access can be made through the page http://mapas.ibge.gov.br/interativos/grade.html
GISCO and joint UN-GGIM: EUROPE – ESS meeting 10-11 March 2016
On 10 and 11 March 2016 in Eurostat (Luxembourg) two meetings took place: GISCO Working Party Meeting: Geospatial and statistical information – Joint meeting with National Mapping Agencies and National Statistical Offices and Joint UN-GGIM: Europe – ESS meeting on...
Invitation for EFGS 2016 Conference
The European Forum for Geography and Statistics is pleased to invite you to the 9th Conference on the integration of geography and statistics. The EFGS 2016 Paris Conference is to be held from 15 to 17th November, 2016 at the Hotel Mercure Paris Vaugirard Porte de...
New EFGS.info layout released!
We have a pleasure to inform that new EFGS.info layout has been released. New layout has been prepared within GEOSTAT 2 project which aims (inter alia) to set up an attractive and user friendly Wiki solution for geospatial statistics. Tasks includes searching and...
Results from the 2015 GEOSTAT 2 survey on geocoding practices in European NSIs
On behalf of the GEOSTAT 2 project team and the European Forum for Geography & Statistics (EFGS) we would like to express our sincerest gratitude to those of you who kindly contributed to the GEOSTAT 2 survey. The finall version of of survey results is already...


