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Jaroslav Sixta, Vice President of the Czech Statistical Office

Jaroslav Sixta, Ph.D., Vice President of the Czech Statistical Office

doc. Ing. Jaroslav Sixta, Ph.D. - místopředseda ČSÚ

Born on 19 March 1979 in the town of Český Brod, Czech Republic
Married, has 4 children

Work Experience

04/2018–presentVice President of the Czech Statistical Office, Prague, Czech Republic
03/2016–presentReader, Department of Economic Statistics, Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czech Republic (quarter-time job)
06/2014–03/2018Director of the Macroeconomic Statistics Section, Czech Statistical Office, Prague, Czech Republic
09/2010–03/2016Senior lecturer, Department of Economic Statistics, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic (quarter-time job)
01/2007–05/2014Head of the Input-Output Tables Unit, Czech Statistical Office, Prague, Czech Republic
10/2002–08/2003Expert in non-financial assets, Czech Statistical Office, Prague, Czech Republic

Education

04/2016Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic

Field of studies: Statistics
Title of reader

09/2004–04/2010Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic

Field of studies: Statistics
PhD title

09/1997–09/2003Faculty of Informatics and Statistics, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic

Field of studies: Statistical and insurance engineering
Ing title

09/1993–06/1997Grammar school, Prague

A-level examination

Memberships in Professional Organisations

2007–presentInternational Input-Output Association
2007–presentCzech Statistical Society
2015–presentCzech Demographic Society

Other Important Professional Activities

  • Member of the executive board of the Prague Economic Papers

Language Knowledge

  • English (advanced)
  • German (basic)
  • Greek (basic)

Participation in International Projects of Technical Assistance in the Field of National Accounts Statistics

2007–2010, 2010The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, short-term expert
2009, 2010Ukraine, short-term expert
2009Egypt, short-term expert
2010–2012Azerbaijan, short-term expert
2014–2016Kazakhstan, short-term expert

Essential Professional and Scientific Engagements

Mr Jaroslav Sixta has been professionally engaged in the field of macroeconomic statistics and national accounts. He contributed to implementation of European national accounts standards (ESA 1995 and ESA 2010) at first in the area of non-financial assets and useful life models, then in input-output tables. Concurrently, he also cooperated on capitalisation of intangible assets in accordance with the ESA 2010 standard. Besides his work for the Czech Statistical Office he also devotes his time to scientific and pedagogic activities in the domain of economic statistics and national accounts at the Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague, Czech Republic. He cooperated there on estimates of the gross domestic product of the Czech Republic for the years 1970 to 1989. He is also an author or a co-author of two teaching texts and over a hundred of scientific and professional papers, conference papers, and research studies.