Co-ordination and linking of the statistical system, international co-operation, standards setting (methodological, classifications, administrative records), anticipation of users' needs, collection of users' requirements and measuring their satisfactions with output, collection, processing and dissemination of statistical data, R&D in the field of official statistics and last but not least very strong care for data confidentiality are the most im portant tasks defined by National Statistics Act and applied though statistical programmes.
Usklajevanje in povezovanje statističnega sistema, mednarodno sodelovanje, določanje standardov (metodoloških, klasifikacij, administrativnih evidenc), predvidevanje potreb uporabnikov, zbiranje njihovih zahtev in spremljanje njihovega zadovoljstva s proizvodi, zbiranje, obdelava in diseminacija statističnih podatkov, raziskovanje in razvoj na področju uradne statistike in nenazadnje zelo velika skrb za zaupnost podatkov so najpomembnejše naloge, ki jih določa Zakon in se izvajajo s statističnimi programi.