The focus of meetings of world experts is statistics as one of the most important indicators of the state and prospects of sustainable development of the country

The Second International Conference on International Statistics on Official Statistics - ICOS 2019 will be held on 14 and 15 November 2019 at the Faculty of Economics in Sarajevo (EFSA), organized by the Statistical Office of the Federation of BiH and the Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo.

The ICOS 2019 is the second international conference on official statistics to be held in Sarajevo. The focus of this year's conference is to modernize and harmonize methodologies for collecting and analyzing data as major prerequisites for decision making in all aspects of social development. Approximately, 200 scientists, experts and professors from BiH, the region and the world applied for the participation. The conference will also feature student award-winning research papers.

Keynote speakers of ICOS 2019 are world names in the field of statistics: Dr. Edwin Diday - Paris Dauphine University France, Dr. Ksenija Dumičić, Faculty of Economics, University of Zagreb, Dr. Robert Stehrer, Institute for International Economic Studies in Vienna, Dr. Cesar Cancho, World Bank, Dr. Vassilis Monastiriotis - London School of Economics and Political Science, Dr. Jasmin Komić - Director of the Statistical Office of the Republika Srpska.

“We are pleased to have the opportunity, together with colleagues from the Faculty of Economics, to organize the second International Conference on Official Statistics - ICOS2019. This is a continuation of excellent collaboration at ICOS2017 with over 200 scientists and experts from BiH, the region and the world. During the conference we will also remember the late Professor Dr. Harry Miller, an accomplished mathematician and one of the founders of this important initiative. The event is open to all users of our data as well, so I invite all interested to register for participation in ICOS2019 today states Dr. Emir Kremić, director of the Federal Bureau of Statistics.

The conference is sponsored by the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and partners are USAID, the World Bank and the BiH Agency for Statistics.