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The **Statistical Open Source Software (SOSS) Guiding Principles** (previously referred to as "The Charter") were [endorsed](https://unece.org/sites/default/files/2025-06/OpenSourcePrinciples%20Amended.pdf) by the [Conference of European Statisticians (CES)](https://unece.org/statistics/ces/) at the Seventy-third plenary session in Geneva, Switzerland, 16–18 June 2025.

Open source software is essential for producing official statistics in an open, shareable, and transparent matter.\

The principles are intended to guide both the production and adoption of open source software for official statistics.\


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[![<a href="/principles.html#oss-by-default">Open by default</a>](assets/img/principles/openbydefault_sm.png)](/principles.html#oss-by-default)

[![<a href="/principles.html#work-in-the-open">Work in the open</a>](assets/img/principles/workintheopen_sm.png)](/principles.html#work-in-the-open)

[![<a href="/principles.html#improve-and-give-back">Improve and give back</a>](assets/img/principles/improveandgiveback_sm.png)](/principles.html#improve-and-give-back)

[![<a href="/principles.html#think-generic-statistical-building-blocks">Think generic building blocks</a>](assets/img/principles/thinkgenericbuildingblocks_sm.png)](/principles.html#think-generic-statistical-building-blocks)

[![<a href="/principles.html#test-package-and-document">Test, package and document</a>](assets/img/principles/testpackageanddocument_sm.png)](/principles.html#test-package-and-document)

[![<a href="/principles.html#choose-permissive">Choose permissive</a>](assets/img/principles/choosepermissive_sm.png)](/principles.html#choose-permissive)

[![<a href="/principles.html#promote">Promote</a>](assets/img/principles/promote_sm.png)](/principles.html#promote)

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