The New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) is a conference organized by EUROSTAT, the statistical office of the European Commission. The 3-day gathering focuses on the impact of new technologies on statistical collection, production and dissemination systems. It normally takes place every two years in Brussels, but because of the pandemic my audience this time was virtual.

But with over 2,000 registrations, it's another reminder that putting events online does come with some advantages – it allows even more people to participate without the need to travel long distances.

At Spotlight session - Data ecosystem, Branko Josipovic, assistant director, presented Rapid Survey System -  the new and innovative strategic approach of the SORS in dealing with the COVID19 issues and the new role of the NSI, as not just to provide data for economic forecasting, but to forecast future stakeholder’s demands.

New occurrences showed us that we need to maintain a different communication channel with reporting units as a valuable source of data. At the same time, official statistics must be able to quickly respond to unforeseen circumstances and the best way for that is to add new and rapid statistics surveys which can help us to better anticipate and react in these situations. For the same reasons, SORS has immediately introduced several new and online monthly surveys under the joined name “Assessment of economic indicators“ in the domain of industry, construction, retail trade and tourism. To achieve mentioned activities SORS developed a new automated tool under the name Fast Survey System which covers multiple phases in statistical production from survey designing, monitoring, analyzing and managing feedbacks to the users and the policymakers.

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