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Developments in European Statistics. Challenges in Official Statistics Visit to NSO Romania 15-16 July 2009 Walter Radermacher, Chief Statistician of the European Union, Director General Eurostat. European Statistics. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Developments in European Statistics
Challenges in Official StatisticsVisit to NSO Romania 15-16 July 2009
Walter Radermacher, Chief Statistician of the European Union, Director General Eurostat
Walter Radermacher, Eurostat 2
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in the early 1950s: The harmonisation of methods was the foundation of European statistics
Rome Treaty on the European Economic Community (EEC) marked the birth of European legislation on statistics, for which the basis is laid in Art. 213 (subsequently Art. 284) => “Gentlemen's agreements“
Since the 1990s, European policies directly based on statistics (e.g. convergence criteria of the Maastricht Treaty )
The NSIs collect and produce harmonised data that are compiled by Eurostat to construct statistics at EU level. The approach continued to be "augmented": the European level was added to the national level
European Statistics
Walter Radermacher, Eurostat 3
European Statistical System ESS
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European Statistics
Strengthens the cooperation in the ESS, in particular – cost-effectiveness-principle (Art. 2 (f)),
– the European Statistical System Committee (Art. 7),
– collaborative networks (Art. 15.), and a
– European approach to statistics (Art. 16).
Generally, a next phase for official statistics in Europe has been initiated, in which the intentions of the law, namely to put in place a real "system" that makes use of cooperation and standardisation as far as possible while respecting the subsidiarity principle have to be realised.
Walter Radermacher, Eurostat 4
Elements of the ESS
ESS Committee (ESSC) European Statistical Advisory Committee (ESAC) European Statistical Governance Advisory Board
(ESGAB) Partnership Group Directors Groups Comitolgy and advisory committees ESSnets Sponsorships DGINS and other conferences
Walter Radermacher, Eurostat 5
Organisational structure of the ESS
ESSC
Walter Radermacher, Eurostat 6
Situation of Statistical Offices
Need to reduce costs and increase efficiency Increasing demands for statistical products and
reduction of respondent’s burden Improvements in quality are needed Emerging user needs Progress in information technology
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Starting points for a solution: Efficiency!!
Standardisation of processes (CVD-approach) Re-use of available data (administrative sources, online
link to business accounting and other instruments of eGovernment, …)
Common infrastructure (registers, meta-data, geo-spatial information)
Meta-data driven architecture Collaborative networks, common tools and knowledge
sharing Decentralised centralisation of production in shared
webs …
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Reengineering of statistical production
1:1 Stovepipes Multiple Source Mix Mode
Survey Table
Survey Table
Survey Table
Survey Table
Survey
Survey
Register
Register
Survey
Data Ware-houses
Macrodata
Access
Microdata
Mesodata
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The new architecture: a vision
GIS
Business register
Meta-data
Entry Processing AnalysisPrimary surveys
Administrative data repository
ERP SystemSample Selectio
n
External registers
External registers
Communication
Processes
Infrastructure
Input Output
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European systems method of statistics
An integrated model for statistics in Europe: – horizontal integration across statistical domains at the
level of NSIs and Eurostat, – and vertical integration covering both the national and EU
levels. Improving efficiency by elimination of unnecessary
variation and duplication of work Creation of free capacities for upcoming information
needs
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Change in the professional paradigm
From "data-collectors" to "re-users of data" Risks
– concepts and definitions may be changed by the owners of the data
– data collections could be discontinued or altered – a loss of control (at least in the perception of statisticians)– higher complexity
Reallocation of R&D in statistics needed
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Technical and methodological challenges
Standardisation and integration of formerly separated production processes will demand great efforts and an effective change management.
Stepwise approach and with intensive collaboration Quality assessment + assurance of statistics will
become much more complex The legitimate interest of statistics, i.e. the position vis-à-
vis the owners of re-used data (administrators, regulators or others) has to be reconsidered and strengthened
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New ways of communicating with users
The more statistical production is based on complex methodology the more it is necessary to explain the results.
Trust in the statistical system and the perception of the quality of statistical information are closely related.
„Official“ has to become a quality stamp that users can assess against predefined quality guidelines
A basic education in simple statistical elements could help to mitigate a tendency of misunderstanding with the general public (“innumeracy”).
As a consequence, user orientation has to be the guiding principle in communication.