On 9 January 2018 the kick off meeting of the MAKSWELL project was held in Rome, at Istat premises.

The event officially launched the activities of the 30-month co-ordination action MAKSWELL (11/2017-04/2020), funded by the European Commission – DG Research and Innovation within the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, coordinated by Istat with the partnership of other three NSIs (CBS, Destatis and HCSO), three Universities (University of Trier, University of Southampton and UNIPI) and a non-profit entity focused on public management and organisation (Consorzio MIPA).