UÙU Æ\ The bulletin of European statistics No 1 Jan./Feb. 92 - New avenues, new approaches eurOStat Statistical Office of the European Communities ISSN 1018-5739 ONTENTS c Editorial page 3 DIRECTIONS AND INDICATORS Publishers: Office for Official Publications of the Eurostat: a quality service 4 European Communities The man from EFTA 8 Managing Editor: A. Chantraine, Director of Dissemination, Eurostat General coordination: Eurostat - Public Relations EUROPE AND STATISTICS Design & editorial: J. Drappier- CR.E.A.M. The Steering Committee on Statistical Information (CDIS): managing the priorities 11 Graphics & lay-out: Eurostat - Publications and database administration Methodology and national accounts5 Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1992 MISSIONS, VISITS AND MEETINGS9 Catalogue number: CA-AB-92-002-EN-C © ECSC - EEC - EAEC, Brussels, Luxembourg, 1991 INSIGHT INTO EUROSTAT Reproduction is authorized, except Human resources in Europe at the dawn of the 21 st century 21 for commercial purposes, provided the source is acknowledged. System of nomenclature exchange 24 Printed in Luxembourg New techniques and technologies for statistics7 NEWS ITEMS The points of view expressed in this publication are those of the authors.