Institutul National de Statistica
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National Institute of Statistics (Romanian : Institutul Naţional de Statistică, abreviation INS) is a which is responsible for collecting national statistics, in fields such as geography, the economy, demographics and society. National Institute of Statistics was established in 6 September 2013 by 25px Cronos28.
Duties
Official statistics in Romania is organized and coordinated by the National Institute of Statistics, specialized body of central general government, legal entity, subordinated to the Government and coordinated by the minister who coordinates the Government General Secretary.
National Institute of Statistics is run by a president with rank of state secretary and 3 vice-presidents who coordinate: the European integration, national accounts, national statistical system's coordination and dissemination of statistical information; economic and social statistics; IT activities and statistical infrastructure
The president represents the institution in its relations with other authorities of central general government and with third legal persons, with natural persons, as well as with internal and external organizations and has the following general tasks in his field of activity:
a) organizes, coordinates and controls the application of laws, Government ordinances and decisions, of orders and instructions issued in accordance with legal stipulations, observing the authority framework and the principle of local autonomy of public institutions and of economic units;
b) initiates and approves the law drafts, Government ordinances and decisions, under the conditions set up by the methodology approved by the Government;
c) acts for implementing the National Institute of Statistics own strategy, integrated in the Government economic and social development strategy;
d) sets up proposals for the yearly budget, which are submit for the approval to the Government;
e) follows up the investments in the system of the National Institute of Statistics based on the approved budget;
f) represents the state interest in various international organizations and bodies, according to the agreements and conventions in which Romania is part and to other set up agreements and develops collaboration relations with similar organizations from other states whose field of activity is of concern;
g) follows up and controls the implementation of international agreements and conventions in which Romania is part and takes measures to carry out the conditions for the integration into European structures and into other international bodies;
h) collaborates with specialized higher education institutions for the staff vocational training in the system of official statistics.
The vice-president tasks are established through the order of the president of National Institute of Statistics.
MAIN TASKS
In order to achieve its activity, the National Institute of Statistics has the following tasks:
a) draws up the system of stastistical indicators, the computation methodologies and the specific technologies and standards to obtain these indicators;
b) organizes and manages the statistical surveys on economic and social phenomena and processes, by means of censuses, exhaustive or sample statistical surveys;
c) designs, prints and disseminates the statistical surveys questionnaires as well as the related guidelines to fill them in;
d) collects, processes and stores data and information with the view to ensure the statistical databases;
e) coordinates the drawing up of unitary classifications and nomenclatures of national interest in its field of activity;
f) designs, carries out and exploits the statistical information system;
g) draws up studies and analyses with a view to characterize economic and social development;
h) carries out scientific research activities in statistical field; i) informs public opinion as well as public authorities on economic and social evolution of the country and provides the interested users with the achieved statistical indicators;
j) organizes and manages the subordinated units, sets out their tasks and functioning norms;
k) collaborates with ministries and other specialized bodies of central general government as well as public services in order to make compatible the official statistics system with the other information systems, supports these bodies with a view to ensure the training of the staff involved in statistical activity;
l) endorses the methodologies of statistical surveys organized by ministries, central institutions and other public services, in order to ensure the survey timeliness and the accuracy of statistical methods used;
m) organizes vocational training in the statistical field for the staff of the institute, of its subordinated units and of other official statistics services and acts with a view to create a statistical culture at national level;
n) represents Romania within international relations in statistical field and cooperates with similar organizations of other countries, with specialized bodies of the United Nations and its agencies, with other international bodies;
o) assures the compatibility of national statistical system with statistical systems used by the United Nations, European Union and other international bodies according to the assumed commitments.
Presidents of National Institute of Statistics
This is the list of National Institute of Statistics of 
Romania :
| Mandate Start | Mandate End | Minister | Party | Note |
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25px Cronos28 | Idependent | He founded the National Institute of Statistics
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External links
- Organization : Institutul National de Statistica
- Official Newspaper : Institutul National de Statistica
- Official Website : Institutul National de Statistica
