The EFTA Statistical Office (ESO) is a central bridging body between the EFTA NSIs and Eurostat. The core of ESO’s activities are monitoring new EU legislation in the field of statistics, assisting NSIs in evaluating the EEA relevance of new legal acts and incorporating them into the EEA Agreement. Furthermore, ESO works closely with Eurostat on the development of the EEA Annual Work Programme and monitors the inclusion of EFTA data in Eurostat publications. As part of its cooperation with Eurostat and the EFTA NSIs, ESO also co-organises courses for statisticians in the framework of the European Statistical Training Programme and supports statistical training and capacity building in third countries, primarily in Europe’s border regions to the east and south.
ESO is located at the same premises as Eurostat in Luxembourg.
