The Section Official Statistics SSS-O is a section of the Swiss Statistical Society SSS. Members of the SSS (natural and juridical persons as well as official administrative bodies) can become members of this section if :
- they are engaged in the area of official statistics
- their activities relate to official statistics
- they further the goals of the section.
The Section Official Statistics:
- represents the interests of statisticians engaged in official statistics
- interacts with universities, public and private research centers as well as users of statistical information
- facilitates contacts among statisticians on a national and international level
- promotes professional trainings and programs
- supports and defends the professional ethics
- encourages the use and development of statistical information
- supports the activities of statistical offices with regard to satisfying the informational needs of users
- contributes to the recognition of statistics as an independent discipline in the sciences and to the acknowledgment of official statistics as a public service and national task.