On 17 April 2019, a workshop on the topic "Initiating cooperation in the field of statistical metadata" was held at the State Statistical Office with the other national authorities that are part of the National Statistical System. The workshop is part of the activities under the metadata pilot project, funded by the IPA 2015 Multi-Beneficiary Statistical Cooperation Programme. The SSO experts shared with the workshop participants their knowledge of the basic quality framework, the metadata system, the SIMS structure of the metadata system with examples of how to complete it.