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Objectives

The workshop in Kuressaare belongs to the series of events organized by the Baltic-Nordic Network on Survey Sampling Theory and Methodology since 1997.

The aim of the network is co-operation on education and research in survey statistics. Efforts are made to strengthen contacts between researchers, students and practitioners, between academic institutions and national statistical agencies, to promote interest among students and to motivate them to choose their professional career as survey statistician. The most important activities of the network have been annual workshops and international conferences on Survey Sampling Theory and Methodology.

As a new feature, Ukraine is involved in the network.

Organizing Committee Imbi Traat, Estonia Natalja Lepik, Estonia Risto Lehtonen, Finland Janis Lapins, Latvia Aleksandras Plikusas, Lithuania Danute Krapavickaite, Lithuania Daniel Thorburn, Sweden Gunnar Kulldorff, Sweden Olga Vasylyk, Ukraine

Organizing institutions Estonian Statistical Society Statistics Estonia University of Tartu, Estonia University of Helsinki, Finland Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia University of Latvia Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania Statistics Lithuania Vilnius University, Lithuania Stockholm University, Sweden University of Umeå, Sweden National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Ukraine

Sponsors

• The Nordplus Neighbour Programme of the Nordic Council of Ministers
• The Visby Programme of the Swedish Institute
• The organizing institutions

History The Baltic-Nordic Network on Survey Sampling Theory and Methodology has organized nine annual workshops: Tartu, Estonia, June-July 1997 Jurmala, Latvia, May 1998 Palanga, Lithuania, May-June 1999 Pärnu, Estonia, June 2000 Jurmala, Latvia, May 2001 Palanga, Lithuania, May-June 2003 Tartu, Estonia, June 2004 Vilnius, Lithuania, June 2005 Ventspils, Latvia, August 2006	Also two high level international conferences have been organized: Ammarnäs, Sweden, August 2002 Kuusamo, Finland, June 2007