The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia (SURS) has established an integrated system for the dissemination of geospatial statistics through a tool called STAGE. This application includes a wide range of variables presented at the level of administrative units or hierarchical grid disseminated as open free geospatial statistical data. SURS adopted the strategy for establishing an integrated system for the dissemination of geospatial statistical data and to wrap various products and services in a portfolio called STAGE (STAtistics & GEography).

There are various legislative, financial (Eurostat grants Merging statistics and geospatial information in Member States) and organisational mechanisms at the European level that support such activities and within this framework STAGE was introduced to the users in 2014. STAGE, being developed in co-operation with the Geodetic Institute of Slovenia and provided with the geospatial data managed by the Surveying and Mapping Authority of the Republic of Slovenia (GURS), is a contribution of Slovene statistics and geodesy to the implementation of ESS recommendations (GEOSTAT ESSnet, INSPIRE) regarding the geospatial information management.