Economic and social classifications: methodology and application - 2025

Economic and social classifications: methodology and application - 2025

Course Leader

Matthias FLOHR

• Any statistician of a National Statistical Institute (including newcomers) dealing with any statistical domain and wishing to understand better the system of classifications used

• Sound command of English. Participants should be able to make short interventions and to actively participate in discussions.

• The course should provide participants with a better understanding of the underlying principles and concepts of European and international economic classifications, their content and use.

• Basic principles of classifications
• International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic classifications
• Legal aspects of European classifications 
• International and European economic classifications: 
• NACE Rev. 2.1 and ISIC Rev. 5 
• CPA Version 2.2 and CPC Version 2.2
• Harmonised system, Combined Nomenclature, PRODCOM
• Overiew of other classifications:
• Functional/purpose classifications: COICOP 2018 and EU-COICOP, COPNI, COFOG and COPP
• ISCO, ISCED etc.
• Interpretation and classification guidelines and rules

• Tools and sources: ShowVoc, CIRCABC, the UN classification registry and other classification databases

• Participants will be familiarized with statistical classifications, their correspondences and their applications.

• Improved knowledge and understanding of the main issues related to classifications and their use.

• Presentations and lectures
• Exchange of views/experiences on national practices
• Exercises

Required Reading 

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• Participants are required to write a short summary of their own activity as well as that of the organisation regarding practices, problems and experiences in the subject.
• Bring your institution notebook

• Claude Macchi (B1)
• Matthias Flohr (B1)
• Michael Mietzner (B1)

Further lecturers (G3, B1, A2) to be confirmed.