Tasks
The Statistical Office in Białystok is part of the public statistics services under the Central Statistical Office and operates pursuant to:
- the Act of June 29, 1995, on Public Statistics (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 1799, as amended),
- the Office’s Statute introduced by Order No. 12 of the President of the Central Statistical Office dated August 21, 2012 (Official Journal of the Central Statistical Office, item 39, as amended),
- the Office’s organizational regulations introduced by Internal Order No. 9 of the Director of the Statistical Office in Białystok dated July 1, 2024,
- other legal provisions applicable to the Office.
In accordance with the above documents, the Office’s tasks include:
- collecting, compiling, storing, analyzing, and processing statistical data,
- providing information services to the public, public administration bodies at all levels operating within the Podlaskie Voivodeship, and entities of the national economy,
- maintaining official registers:
- REGON - the National Official Register of Economic Entities,
- TERYT - the National Official Register of Territorial Division,
- promoting knowledge about statistics.
As part of its work in support of public statistics as a whole, the Office performs specialized nationwide tasks. These include:
- in the field of environmental, natural, and forestry statistics:
- conducting methodological work,
- collecting, compiling, and analyzing statistical data,
- conducting work on methodology and the preparation of environmental-economic accounts for forests,
- preparing publications
- cooperation with other ministries, institutions, and organizations in the area of research methodology.
- In the field of research and analysis of the senior economy:
- conducting methodological work aimed at carrying out statistical surveys of entities in the national economy, older adults, and local government units,
- conducting work related to identifying and collecting data from administrative sources to describe the silver economy in Poland,
- preparing publications and statistical reports,
- creating and maintaining statistical databases,
- cooperating with other ministries, institutions, and organizations in the area of research methodology.