ESSnet project: MNO-MINDS

MNO-MINDS stands for Mobile Network Operator data - Methods for Integrating New Data Sources. The project is co-funded by the European Commission and is a collaboration between the statistical offices of Austria, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.

The aim of the project is to propose new methods for integrating data from mobile network operators with other data sources, for the production of official statistics. Guidelines and training will be provided by the project, in order to prepare the European Statistical System for the use of the new methods.

The project started on 1 November 2023, and will end on 31 October 2025. The first official event was the kick-off meeting organised in Rome on 5 December 2023.

The project activities are structured into four work-packages (WPs)

WP1 – coordination, management, dissemination
WP2 – landscaping analysis of possible non-MNO data sources to be integrated with MNO data
WP3 – development of methodologies and open-source tools for integrating MNO and non-MNO data sources
WP4 – proof-of-concept of an ad-hoc survey to improve MNO data

More about the project

MNO-MINDS (European Commission)