
Following the success of the study visit to Eurostat organized in 2014 in Luxembourg, the EU-ASEAN COMPASS project facilitated a 2nd study visit to Eurostat during 14-18 November 2016 with participation from ASEAN the organization of the European statistical system and Eurostat. 9 participants senior managers of the ASEAN Member States Statistical Offices and senior officers of ASEAN Secretariat.
The study visit enabled the participants to learn and gain insights from EU experience, with a focus notably made on Eurostat’s work on International trade in Good Statistics, public access to international trade data, and the issue of big data, which important to National Statistical Systems and the ASEAN Community Statistical System where strengthening of institutional framework and improvement in data quality and dissemination of statistical product.