On 24–25 February, Mr. Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, Director General of Statistics Netherlands, and Mr. Marcel van der Steen, Chief Innovation and Strategic Partnership Officer, paid a high-level visit to Statistics Lithuania.

During the visit, an exchange of best practices concerning modernization of production of official statistics took place, followed by discussions on possible cooperation of both institutions, which could entail innovation strategy, advanced data collection, Big Data and information dialogue as well as communication strategy and process improvement, efficiency and quality.