Civil servants from the National Bureau of Statistics have been trained on using new digital tools

During May 24-28, employees of the General Division of Information Technologies and statisticians from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) participated in a workshop on open source technologies that analyze and process data in a centralized and standardized system. This is a first step towards creating a centralized, sustainable and well documented system of data processing, NBS being assisted in this process by international experts from the project "Technical assistance to support the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova". 

During a five days’ period, a group of NBS officials were trained on using the digital tools that analyse, process and centralise data. NBS specialists have become familiar with the operation way of Apache Zeppelin and Jupyter, the experts presenting a practical exercise to test these technologies by simulating certain situations.

NBS aims at developing an integrated automated computer system that will allow the optimization and modernization of the collection, analysis and processing of statistical data, while the knowledge obtained represent a first step in creating it.