Resources and links

Useful website links listed below belong to a range of key organisations that provide valuable resources, research, and insights relevant to the work of IGEES.

These external sources offer additional information and data around economic analysis, policy evaluation and public sector decision-making.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is Ireland's national statistical institute. Their role is to provide independent statistics about our society, economy, and environment, which are freely available to everyone and support evidence-informed decision making.

Central Statistics Office

The European Commission is the principal executive body for the European Union that has the monopoly on legislative initiative as well as other important executive powers in policies such as competition, external trade and managing the EU budget.

European Commission

Eurostat is the statistical office for the European Union, which provides high-quality statistics and data on Europe and promotes harmonised statistical methods across member states.

Eurostat

The Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI) is a national institute that produces independent, high-quality research with the objective of informing policies that support a healthy economy and promote social progress.

ESRI (Economic & Social Research Institute)

The Government of Ireland is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. Various departments are responsible for specific areas of public administration and services.

List of government departments and agencies

The UK Government Economic Service (GES) is a professional grouping of public sector economists in the UK, aiming to improve economic policy through expert advice and analysis.

UK GES (Government Economic Service)

The National Statistical Services (IGSS) was formed by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to operate as a cross-departmental network of statisticians that supports data collection, analysis and policy-making.

The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) is an advisory body that provides research and advice on strategic policy issues relating to sustainable economic, social and environment development in Ireland.

NESC (The National Economic and Social Council)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation that works to build better policies for better lives to improve economic and social well-being globally through data and analysis.

OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development)

Open Data gives everyone access to non-personal government data which can deliver enhanced economic, social, environmental and democratic benefits to all. The Open Data Initiative is designed to benefit society by increasing the amount of governmental data available to the public, promoting enhanced innovation and fair competition.

Open Data

​​​​​​​The Scottish Government Centre of Expertise in Appraisal and Evaluation is responsible for driving forward a stronger culture of appraisal and evaluation throughout the Scottish Government.

Scottish Government Centre of Expertise in Appraisal and Evaluation

The Spending Review encompasses policy analysis and evaluation in support of the service-wide agenda of evidence-informed policy making in addition to the focus on expenditure re-prioritisation in the context of the Budget.

Spending Review