15 April 2025

European Statistics Awards for Web Intelligence: register now for the final round!

Enrico Schlitzer

Eurostat is pleased to announce the final round of the European Statistics Awards for Web Intelligence, with a focus on Multinational Enterprise (MNE) Groups Data: Discovery & Extraction Challenges. Running in parallel, these competitions aim to drive innovation, develop new methodologies, and benchmark approaches for processing web content in MNE Group data analysis. Both competitions are now open for registration and the deadline for registering is 22 April 2025.

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By running both challenges simultaneously, the European Statistics Awards Programme aims to strengthen MNE Group Data analysis by enabling those participants that develop integrated pipelines to benefit from possible synergies, while also allowing specialised teams to fully focus on either of the two challenges.

The competition focuses on three main objectives: fostering innovation in web intelligence for statistics, benchmarking methods for identifying financial MNE Group data sources, and assessing extraction techniques using advanced technologies. This initiative contributes to refining methodologies and enhancing statistical practices in MNE Group analysis.

Do you know how to code in Python or R? Register by 22 April 2025 and try your chances on your own or with a team of colleagues.

You and your team have the chance to win up to €50 000 by securing first place in all three award categories across both competitions.

The top prize breakdown per competition includes:

  • €10 000 for Accuracy Award
  • €10 000 for Reusability Award
  • €5 000 for Innovativeness Award

Additionally, second and third place prizes are awarded as follows:

  • Accuracy Award: €5 000 (2nd place) | €3 000 (3rd place)
  • Reusability Award: €5 000 (2nd place) | €3 000 (3rd place)
  • Innovativeness Award: €3 000 (2nd place) | €1 000 (3rd place)

By placing first in all three categories in one competition, your team could win up to €25 000, and by doing so in both competitions, you could win a total of €50 000.

For more information on the European Statistical Awards Programme, please visit to the European Statistics Awards website.