The German Commission on Improving the Information Infrastructure Between Science and Statistics (KVI) and their Realization Since 2001

Abstract

In 1999 the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) appointed a commission to examine the informational infrastructure in Germany and to make proposals for its improvement. The central objective was to improve the cooperation between the scientific community and official statistical agencies. The “Commission to Improve the Informational Infrastructure between the Scientific Community and Official Statistics” (KVI) presented its final report in 2001 (KVI 2001).