Name of the institution: Bank of Lithuania

Type of institution: Governmental

Department: Department of Data and Statistics

Country: Lithuania

City: Vilnius; Street: Gedimino 6

Webpage: https://lb.lt/en

Contact person: Ms. Emilija Rudyte erudyte@lb.lt

Number of working hours per week: 20 Hours

Detailed programme of the traineeship:
  We are looking for a data expert (data quality, governance, metadata, etc.). Knowledge in R or similar data analysis tool is required. Data quality analysis, preparation of data governance methodologies and various tasks related to data collection and optimisation.

Knowledge, skills and competences to be acquired by the end of the traineeship:
  Areas where you will increase your knowledge: data quality, data governance, optimising data collection processes.

Evaluation plan:
  Based on completed tasks.

Name of the institution: Statistical Office in Białystok

Type of institution: Statistical Office

Department: Organization Division

Country: Poland

City: Białystok; Street: ul. Krakowska 13

Webpage: https://bialystok.stat.gov.pl/en/

Contact person: Ms. Marta Jopek m.jopek@stat.gov.pl

Number of working hours per week: 38 Hours

Detailed programme of the traineeship:
  The functioning of public statistics in Poland; The structure and functioning of the Statistical Office in Białystok; The methodology and organization of research in the field of environmental and nature protection; Green economy indicators including research methodoloy; Sustainable development indicators; Working with programms and applications in the implementation of statistical research; Working with tools for the preparation of statistical publications; Databases in public statistics.

Knowledge, skills and competences to be acquired by the end of the traineeship:
  1. General rules for working with statistical data (including primary and secondary statistical confidentiality); 2. Methods of obtaining data for research; 3. Data analysis methods; 4. Sources of data and methods of calculating indicators of green economy and sustainable development; 5. Fundamentals of research methodology in the field of environmental protection and nature protection.

Evaluation plan:
  1. Ongoing assessment of the degree of familiarization with particular issues. 2. Discussion if there is a need to supplement or repeat the material provided in order to consolidate it.

Name of the institution: National Institute of Statistics Romania

Type of institution: Statistical Office

Department: Innovative Tools in Statistics

Country: Romania

City: Bucharest; Street: Blv. Libertatii, no. 16

Webpage: https://insse.ro/cms/en

Contact person: Ms. Anca Hîrsu anca.hirsu@insse.ro

Number of working hours per week: 30 Hours

Detailed programme of the traineeship:
  The trainee will be working in the National Institute of Statistics Office in Bucharest, in the Department for Innovative Tools in Statistics. The trainee will contribute to the execution of the following tasks: - Analysis of synthetic generated mobile network events data for computing population statistics; - Improving the methods of calculation of the location probabilities for mobile devices; - Develop an R package for mobile phone data visualizations.

Knowledge, skills and competences to be acquired by the end of the traineeship:
  The trainee will gain knowledge on the whole process of using mobile phone data for computing population statistics, starting from raw signaling data and going up to the final population estimates. The trainee will be involved in the work process during a project cycle. He/she will be involved in the process of developing a new R package for mobile phone data visualization and gain the competencies to process, analyze and visualize mobile phone data in order to compute population statistics.

Evaluation plan:
  To evaluate the learning outcomes the following criteria will be used: Analytical skills: interpreting data, integrating different source of information, ability to solve problems; Programming skills: ability to design and develop R scripts/packages for data analysis and visualizations; Adaptability - adjusting to changes in work environment, responding to changing ideas, responsibilities, expectations; Communication and teamwork skills - active listening, positive and open attitude.

Name of the institution: Statistical Office in Wroclaw

Type of institution: Regional Statistical Office

Department: Centre for Territorial Self-Government Statistics

Country: Poland

City: Wrocław; Street: Oławska 31

Webpage: https://wroclaw.stat.gov.pl/en/

Contact person: Ms. Marta Jopek m.jopek@stat.gov.pl

Number of working hours per week: 35 Hours

Detailed programme of the traineeship:
  The trainee will work in the Regional Statistical Office in Wrocław. As a part of the team, the trainee will assist in some activities related to the preparation of the statistical analyses and publications in the field of territorial self-government, with a special emphasis on bodies of self-government, cooperation between self-government units and inhabitants, revitalisation. He/she will get to know how to conduct a statistical research on its different stages.

Knowledge, skills and competences to be acquired by the end of the traineeship:
  The trainee: - will gain knowledge on conducting statistical research in the field of territorial self-government units, i.e.: planning and designing a research, collecting data, data analysing, drawing conclusions, data publication. - will get to know the organisation of public statistics - will acquire team work competences

Evaluation plan:
  The assessment criteria that will be used to evaluate the traineeship and the learning outcomes are: - engagement in the works of the Centre for Territorial Self-Governemnt Statistics (curiosity, desire to learn, positive and open attitude) - quality of work (ability to do satisfactory work following given suggestions in the time allowed ability to respond to feedback and make improvements)

Name of the institution: Statistical Office in Krakow

Type of institution: Regional Statistical Office

Department: Research center of the social economy

Country: Poland

City: Kraków; Street: Kazimierza Wyki 3

Webpage: https://krakow.stat.gov.pl/en/

Contact person: Ms. Marta Jopek m.jopek@stat.gov.pl

Number of working hours per week: 35 Hours

Detailed programme of the traineeship:
  The subjective scope includes: - the non-profit sector organizations in Poland such as: associations, foundations, faith-based charities, professional and business associations, trade unions, employers organizations and political parties; - scope of activity, membership and social work, paid work, revenues, costs, cooperation with other entites, management and information activities. The administrative data sources relating to employment (of which disabled workers) and revenues.

Knowledge, skills and competences to be acquired by the end of the traineeship:
  - knowledge about sector non-profit organizatons - knowledge about research methodology of sector non-profit - ability to use Microsof Excel and Microsoft Word at an intermediate level (making diagrams and charts) - ability to use Statistica program (making maps)

Evaluation plan:
  - knowledge about subjective scope of the non-profit sector organizations - knowledge about objective scope of the non-profit sector organizations - knowledge about definitions of terms used - knowledge about measures, indicators and calculation methods - knowledge about Forms and frequency of results publication - knowledge about sections, criteria and methods of grouping the presented data

Name of the institution: Statistical Office in Krakow

Type of institution: Statistical Office

Department: Centre for Cultural Statistic

Country: Poland

City: Kraków; Street: Kazimierza Wyki 3

Webpage: https://

Contact person: Ms. Marta Jopek M.Jopek@stat.gov.pl

Number of working hours per week: 30 Hours

Detailed programme of the traineeship:
  The trainee will work in the Regional Statistical Office in Krakow - the Centre for Cultural Statistics. As a part of our team, the trainee will assist in some activities related to the preparation of the statistical analyses and publications in the field of culture. The trainee will also acquire basic knowledge about the research carried out at the Centre for Culture Statistics and research projects as well as the basic terminology related to the statistics of culture.

Knowledge, skills and competences to be acquired by the end of the traineeship:
  Ability to search for the necessary statistical data, create maps and charts to compile basic information in the area of activity of cultural institutions. Getting acquainted with Polish official statistics' research in the field of culture and national heritage and relating them to research conducted in statistics at the international level. Ability to organise work. Acquisition of team work competences.

Evaluation plan:
  The assessment criteria that will be used to evaluate the traineeship and the learning outcomes are: 1. engagement in the works of The Centre for Cultural Statistics; 2. quality of work: ability to do satisfactory work following given suggesions in the time allowed ability to respond to feedback and make improvements; 3. teamwork: ability to work with supervisors and co-workers, being proactive; 4. dependality: punctuality, notification of absences.