The Revista de Estatística (Statistical Journal), a publication which is markedly of a scientific nature, releases original articles on: Scientific research and analysis; Studies and analyses in the economic, social and demographic fields. From an institutional viewpoint, it also releases information on: Important activities and projects developed within the scope of the National Statistical System; Statistical cooperation initiatives developed by Statistics Portugal, within the scope of both bilateral and multilateral cooperation; Congresses, seminars, colloquia and conferences of statistical or similar interest, both at country level and abroad.

This special issue of Revista de Estatística - Statistical Review contains the short summaries of the contributed papers accepted for presentation at the 23rd European Meeting of Statistics, Funchal, 13-18 August 2001.

The 23rd European Meeting of Statisticians, organized under the auspices of the European Regional Committee of the Bernoulli Society, has been a joint venture of the University of Lisbon, the Univeristy of Madeira and the INE.