{"id":13756,"date":"2023-10-13T16:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T14:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/?page_id=13756"},"modified":"2024-05-03T10:56:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:56:42","slug":"organisation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.istat.it\/en\/about-istat\/organisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Istat\u2019s headquarters are in Rome. A network of regional offices represents the Institute throughout the country. In each region and autonomous province, in fact, there is a unit which operates in close contact with local bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive bodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Institute\u2019s executive bodies are the President, the Governing Board, the Policy-making and Co-ordinating Committee for Statistical information (COMSTAT) and the Board of Auditors. The first two perform governance functions, COMSTAT carries out management functions for Istat in dealings with Sistan\u2019s statistical offices, and the Board of Auditors ascertains that accounting procedures are correctly followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Presidency of the Council of Ministers the Commission for the Protection of Statistical Information has the task of monitoring the impartiality and completeness of the information produced and on the quality of the statistical methods used for collecting, storing and disseminating data.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t

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President<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The President is appointed in accordance with article 16, paragraph 1, of Legislative Decree no. 322 of 6 September 1989, through a Presidential Decree, upon the proposal of the Prime Minister, subject to the approval of the Council of Ministers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President is selected from among full professors of statistical, economic and related subjects; his term of office lasts four years and may be renewed once only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the legal representative of the Institute with regard to issues of a general nature, oversees Istat\u2019s performance and ensures its technical and scientific coordination. He attends to relations with institutions and international organisations. He verifies the implementation of guidelines expressed by the Governing Board, to which he reports periodically.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t

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Governing Board<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pursuant to Article 8 of Istat\u2019s Statute, approved by Council Resolution No. CDXLIV of 7 December 2017, amended by Council Resolution No. CDXCV of 13 December 2019, effective 21 January 2020, the Council is a policy, planning and control body and exercises the other functions assigned to it by law and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council consists of the President of Istat, who presides over it, and four members. One is appointed from among its members by the Committee for the Direction and Coordination of Statistical Information, two are appointed by the President of the Council of Ministers from among full professors or directors of statistical institutes or statistical research institutes, and one researcher or technologist appointed in accordance with the organisational regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t

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Policy-making and Co-ordinatind Committee for Statistical Information<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The governing body of the National Statistical System, it performs steering functions in relation to statistical offices and resolves upon the National Statistical Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Committee\u2019s term of office lasts for four years and its members may be re-elected no more than twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Istat\u2019s President, who presides over it, the Committee is comprised of 15 members: 10 representing state administration bodies, one representing Regional Authorities, one representing the Union of Italian Provinces (UPI), one representing the Union of Chambers of Commerce (Unioncamere), three representing the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI), two representing public bodies, Istat\u2019s Director-General, and two experts chosen from among full professors in statistical, economic or related subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t

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Board of Auditors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Board of Auditors ascertains that accounts are kept in a compliant fashion and that the final statement of accounts corresponds to accounting records. In addition, it verifies the results attained by the Institute in relation to predetermined targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is appointed for a term of three years by Prime Ministerial Decree and consists of a magistrate of the Council of State (the supreme legal and judicial body), who holds the role of President, an executive of the Presidency of the Council and an executive of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For further information about the executive bodies composition, please see the\u00a0Italian version of this page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\r\n\t

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