The European Statistical Training Programme Basic structure / Business Plan Target groups IT training in 2001

Business Plan European statistical training should surpass national boundaries fill the gap between national training schemes and the challenges of the ESS support national training schemes support the future development of the ESS raise the quality of European statistics

to support the future development of the ESS … in detail to support the future development of the ESS Harmonisation of European statistics Comparability Transfer of new tools, methods and technology Coverage of current topics (e.g. EMU) to support national training schemes Customer-orientation Focus on training needs within the ESS

Our target groups - Customers of the programme

Business Plan Who does what in training?

Programme 2001 Time series analysis The European Statistical System Statistical disclosure control Quality Management in Statistics Marketing and Sales of Statistical Products and Services Publication and Dissemination of Statistical Products Towards a User-friendly Statistical Reporting Adding value through strategic management Seasonal Adjustment Methods Sampling Techniques and Practices Geographical Information Systems New Tools and Methods of Data Transmission Imputation of Missing Values and other Estimation techniques Measuring economic activity on the Internet The European Statistical System The Use of Administrative Sources ESA 95: The European System of Accounts (2x) National Account Statistics in Practice Enterprise Statistics Living conditions & social indicators Construction and use of employment cost index Statistics on death causes Environmental Statistics and Accounts Nomenclatures, Classifications and their Harmonisation Confidentiality and Protection of Privacy Business Cycle Statistics Use of auxiliary information in sampling surveys Enterprise panel surveys

IT training in 2001 Two courses, which could be counted as IT courses are already planned for 2001: Measuring economic activity on the Internet New tools and methods of Data Transmission For the following years IT courses are foreseen, like Techniques of Electronic Data Dissemination Information Society

Perspective … within the next years Computer assisted training wider usage of CIRCA for planning and evaluation preparation and follow-up of training courses via CIRCA