Dear colleague,

we would like to draw your attention to a

DwB�\Training Course: Working with data from official statistics in Europe particularly the European Union Labour Force Survey

Ljubljana (Slovenia), 17�\19 September 2014, hosted by Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia and Social Science Data Archives at the University of Ljubljana

One of the core objectives of Data without Boundaries is to promote the use of integrated official statistics in Europe. The Data without Boundaries project seeks to inform the research community on possibilities for application and the potential for social enquiry of official European microdata. To this aim Data without Boundaries, in cooperation with Eurostat, is organizing a series of three day training courses on integrated Eurostat datasets. Courses will provide information on available microdata in Europe as well as ways to access these data. This fourth course will focus on the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU�\LFS). The training is hosted by the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia and the Social Science Data Archives at the University of Ljubljana; other partners involved in this course are Eurostat (Luxembourg), GESIS�\Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (Mannheim), R��seau Quetelet (Paris) and INSEE�\Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques (Paris).

The course is aimed at post graduate and senior researchers from throughout Europe who are seeking to conduct research on the basis of the EU�\LFS. Besides highlighting the legal and administrative aspects of data access the course will demonstrate the possibilities of the EU�\LFS in a hands�\on computer session which will explore the potential for both international as well as longitudinal analysis. Basic understanding in multivariate statistical methods and SPSS will be required.

The course will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from the 17th to the 19th of September 2014 and will consist of the following parts:

Part I: Overview of European Data from Official Statistics Part II: Introduction to LFS Part III: Practical Training Session

For more information see http://www.dwbproject.org/events/tc4.html

Interested parties should send a short application letter (max. 500 words) explaining their motivation to participate in this course to 4th�\dwb�\training@gesis.org.

Deadline for applications will be August 11, 2014.

For further information please contact christof.wolf@gesis.orgmailto:christof.wolf@gesis.org. Participants will have to cover their own expenses for travel and accommodation, attendance of the course is free.