We are pleased to announce that registration for the European Forum for Geography and Statistics 2025 conference that will be held in Oslo is now open!  The main conference event will take place 24th – 25th September. In addition, there will be pre-conference...

On behalf of the European Forum for Geography and Statistics (EFGS), we invite to participate in the annual EFGS conference, which will take place in Norway from 23 to 25 September 2025. We are excited to meet in person again, which will foster stronger connections,...

GISCO (Eurostat) recently released a set of indicators on the accessibility to healthcare (hospitals) and primary education services (schools) (see here). This release concerns accessibility indicators to these basic services computed on the census 2021 1km resolution...

The Lars H. Backer Prize 2024 in memoriam of Mr. Lars H. Backer was awarded to the Republic Geodetic Authority of Serbia and Statistics Poland, respectively, for their major contributions to the development of a geospatial foundation for official statistics or for...

The EFGS 2024 Conference, held in Brdo pri Kranju (Slovenia), from 10 to 12 December 2024, was a successful event and remains a key networking point for the statistical-geospatial community. The 2024 edition of the EFGS annual conference, hosted by the Statistical...

The Lars H. Backer Prize in memoriam of Mr. Lars H. Backer will be awarded for major contributions to the development of a geospatial foundation for official statistics or for significantly improving the relevance of geospatial statistics for evidence-based decision...