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The EU-Grant GSGF Collaboration and Awareness in Europe (GSGF-CARE) project held a webinar entitled “Maturity of Statistical–Geospatial Integration: Where Do You Stand?” on 10 March 2026
This webinar introduced to the GSGF self-assessment tool and how it can be used by organisations as a structured approach to assess the capabilities to integrate statistical and geospatial data and to streamline geospatial production components into architectures and...
Invitation to GSGF-CARE webinar: Maturity of Statistical–Geospatial Integration: Where Do You Stand?
The GSGF Collaboration and Awareness in Europe (GSGF-CARE), an EU-Grant project, is pleased to invite you to participate in the webinar Maturity of Statistical–Geospatial Integration: Where Do You Stand? When? On March 10, 10:00-11:30 CET. What? In the webinar, we...
Participation of the GSGF-CARE project in the UN-GGIM Workshop on geospatial information management arrangements and the wider international data ecosystem in Europe and neighbouring countries
The GSGF-CARE project has participated in the UN-GGIM Workshop on geospatial information management arrangements and the wider international data ecosystem in Europe and neighbouring countries, held in the United Nations Office in Vienna (Austria) on 11-13 February...
New Training Series ‘Earth Observation Training for Official Statistics’
A practical online training series will occur during January 2026, designed specifically for National Statistics Institutes (NSIs) and the wider official statistics community, including anyone involved in geospatial analysis in statistical production or professionals...
Save the date – StatEO 2026
The Earth Observation for Official Statistics and policy indicators reporting Conference (StatEO26) will take place from 5 to 7 May 2026 at ESA-ESRIN, in Frascati (Italy). The conference is co-organised with DG ESTAT, DG JRC, DG DEFIS, DG ENV, EARSC, EEA, OECD, UNSD,...
The Winner of the Lars H. Backer Prize 2025
The Lars H. Backer Prize 2025 in memoriam of Mr. Lars H. Backer was awarded to Rina Tammisto (Statistics Finland) due to her many significant contributions to the integration of geospatial data and statistics over the past 20 years. Rina was always there, connecting...



