Working Group Methodology 7 April 2016 Item 0.1 DIME/ITDG governance

Establishing a governance: Why? strengthen strategic alignment clarify roles: who does what better planning and organisation be more efficient

The governance: a recurring item Discussed by DIME/ITDG for the first time at: DIME/ITDG SG in December 2013 and 5 additional times, namely: DIME/ITDG plenary March 2014 DIME/ITDG SG in June 2014 DIME/ITDG SG in December 2014 DIME/ITDG plenary Feb 2015 DIME/ITDG SG in June 2015

But..

Some recent achievements DIME/ITDG SG, June 2015 Positive opinion on the mandates of 4 WGs: Methodology, IT , Standards , Quality DIME/ITDG plenary written consultation, Sept 2015 Approval of the 4 mandates DIME written consultation, Jan 2016 appointment of NSI representatives WG Methodology 1st meeting April 2016 Formal acceptance of the mandate

Governance Framework: 3 layers Type Nature Members Role Parent 1 Director Group (DG) Permanent All MSs Strategic ESSC 2 Working Group (WG) Operational DG 3 Expert Group (EG) Some MSs Technical WG Task Force (TF) Temporary WG/EG  3 User Groups (UG) Users

Acronym: WG Methodology Title: Working Group on Methodology Layer Type Areas of responsibilities: Statistical methods Confidentiality and micro data access Research and Innovation Data analytics Layer Type Nature Members Role Parent 2 Working Group (WG) Permanent All MSs Operational DG Not open for discussion