The Future Direction of Statistical Training for the Promotion of Cooperation between Government and Academy

Yunkee Ahn* and Chul Eung Kim

Dept. of Applied Statistics, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749. Korea.
E-mail.: ahnyk503@yonsei.ac.kr and cekim@yonsei.ac.kr

A survey was carried out showing that the knowledge of academic statisticians about the governmental data needs to be improved. We also state the current cooperative activities between government and academy, university education program, and statistical training program by the Korean National Statistical Office. We present some suggestions to promote cooperation between academia and government.

Key words: Cooperation; Governmental data; Official statistics; Statistical training