Data collection challenges at Statistics Netherlands

Statistics Netherlands is confronted with several developments in society that have a substantial impact on its task of collecting, processing and publishing statistics. Most importantly, Statistics Netherlands has to reduce the administrative burden put upon companies and households. If relevant data are available elsewhere, they should not be collected once again in a survey. This change from survey-based statistics to register-based statistics has a substantial impact on the organisation. This paper describes some of the challenges of this transformation process.