Agenda item 5 ESS Vision 2020: other activities DIGICOM and SIMSTAT DIME-ITDG joint plenary Luxembourg,
DIGICOM Developments in 2015: 12 Feb: Green light from ESSC to develop scope proposal 14 April (VIG-VIN Workshop on ESS Vision 2020 implementation) : VIG asked to set up TF to develop Business Case 29 May-10 Sept: TF DIGICOM videoconferences; development of Business Case (in consultation with other stakeholders) 19 Nov: Business Case endorsed by the ESSC 21 Dec: Steering Group (SG DIGICOM) set up
DIGICOM SG DIGICOM: Mandate to oversee the execution of DIGICOM (to be approved by VIG) 12 NSIs represented ( AT,CH,DE,ES,FI,FR,IE,NL,PL,PT,SE,UK ) Inaugural meeting (Videoconference) of 4 February 2016 Work Package Teams: To support implementation work in the four WPs Request for expressions of interest to all ESS members (via the VIN) forthcoming
DIGICOM Plans for 2016
DIGICOM Plans for 2016 – highlights: Inventories Social network platform ESS Visualisation Workshop May (Valencia) Statistical portrait of Europe Experimental statistics
DIGICOM DIME-ITDG involvement Foreseen in particular for WP3 (Open Data): Linked Open Data Dissemination of microdata Also for other areas, such as quality Coordination via the corresponding Work Package Teams
SIMSTAT: Activities in 2015 Agreement on all relevant statistical issues ensuring exchange of micro-data on intra-EU trade Agreement on the organisation of the pilot exchange Development of the IT system (Hub, Communication component) Connection of all participating MSs to the network CCN Agreement on the procedure to analyse exchanged data, to document the results and to draft the reports.
SIMSTAT: Activities in 2015 Pilot exchange of micro-data Participants: AT, BG, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EL, FI, FR, HR, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, PL, PT, RO, SI and SK Time: April – October 2015 Data elements: 31 data elements, as agreed Reference period: January 2013 – August 2015 Volume: MSs transmitted 839 files, 17.4 GB (zipped) to the Hub; and received files, 23.1 GB (zipped) from the Hub.
SIMSTAT: Activities in 2015 Following the pilot exchange, the MSs: analysed the exchanged micro-data with the aim to assess quality, completeness, comparability and re- usability of the exchanged micro-data evaluated the exchange process from an IT point of view documented the results, and drafted individual country reports.
SIMSTAT Current developments On the basis of the inputs received from the Member States Eurostat has prepared a consolidated report The report was discussed in the SIMSTAT Task Force and the related IT Task Force on 9 February 2016 It will be presented to the SIMSTAT Steering Committee on 2 March 2016, for approval, and to ITGS-Steering Group on 3-4 March 2016.
SIMSTAT Next steps VIG+VIN workshop15 March 2016 BSDG-SDG17 March 2016 Stakeholders' forum7 April 2016 BoP Working Group20-21 April 2016 NA Working Groupwritten consultation BSDGwritten consultation ESSC meeting18-19 May 2016
SIMSTAT DIME-ITDG involvement Developments of the IT systems was presented to ITDG plenary in 2015 Results on the pilot data exchange were presented to DIME-ITDG steering committee in November 2015 Final report will be sent to DIME-ITDG for written consultation in March/April 2016
ESS Vision 2020: other activities Thank you for your attention ! Questions?