Ag.no.14.1 Dissemination of A65 No document Ag.no.14.1 Dissemination of A65 Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations Meeting in Luxembourg 21st & 22nd March 2016

Content of this presentation Policy reminder Access to CIRCABC (and nomination of delegates) EUR-LEX Dedicated section Statistics explained Free data tables and SDMX metadata

Policy reminder

Current A65 dissemination policy Manual Doc.A6465/14/26rev does not include dissemination policy and implementation Clear rules regarding treatment of confidential data European Statistics Code of Practice requires equal treatment of all user groups Specific procedural rules for Commission expert groups Otherwise, Transparency Regulation 1049/2001 unless exemptions apply Extensive discussion at March 2015 WG

Reminder of WG transparency policy All meeting documents should be released for wider distribution… …unless exception is permitted under Article 4 of Transparency Regulation 1049/2001 Decision in the course of being taken Third party document (with justification) Private or commercial data Court proceedings and legal advice Relating to public security/military/international relations/financial policy Would influence purpose of inspections/audits

Access to CIRCABC

What is CIRCABC ? CIRCABC stands for Communication and Information Resource Centre for Administrations, Businesses and Citizens. It is a software application used to create collaborative workspaces where communities of users can work together over the web and share information and resources. CIRCABC is used extensively by the European Institutions. Some interest groups are public (ie. they can be visited without formalities). Others are restricted (ie. only accessible using a login password).

Reminder of the CIRCABC structure for the A6465WG A64&A65WG (Correction Coefficients and Remuneration Indicators) – Restricted Library folder "Documents from 2016-03 meeting of A64&A65WG" (created for the nominated delegates) A64&A65WG (Correction Coefficients and Remuneration Indicators) - Public Library folder "Documents from 2016-03 meeting of A64&A65WG" (currently empty pending meeting decision) https://circabc.europa.eu

Restricted dissemination of documents In the first instance the documents and powerpoint presentations for the meeting are covered by Reg.1049/2001 exemption 1 (decision in progress). They are consequently NOT AUTHORISED FOR DISSEMINATION and are only accessible from the restricted CIRCABC website by nominated national delegates (using their individual login/password). ie. Must not be communicated by delegates to anybody outside the Working Group who is not directly concerned in data supply. Not even to other departments of government.

Initial nomination of WG delegates A6465WG created by 2013 amendment to Staff Regulations, replacing separate A64WG + A65WG Regulation 1023/2013 ► ESTAT letter requesting DGINS to formally nominate delegates 19.3.2014 Ares(2014)803452 Exceptionally, ESTAT authorised to reimburse two national delegates (1x A64, 1x A65): notification in MS invitation letter 11.2.2015 Ares(2015)570636

An email is not enough… Permanent change of delegate Complete the standard form Ares(2015)1164692 (17.3.2015) Temporary substitute delegate NB. Temporary access to CIRCABC will be revoked after the meeting Person will still be deemed to have necessary authority to bind MS Person is subject to the same rules regarding non-dissemination

EUR-LEX

What is EUR-LEX ? http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html EU law and other public EU documents, including: Legislation (Treaty, Regulation, Directive, Decision) International agreements EU case law (ECJ, CFI, CST) Preparatory acts (Commission Communications, Staff working documents, Council common positions, Parliament Resolutions, Audit opinions, etc) Procedures Parliamentary questions

A6465 on EUR-LEX… Treaty Protocol Original Council Decision on "the Method" Subsequent Regulations to amend the Staff Regulations (OJ 'L' series) Consolidated version of Staff Regulations Old legal procedure (to 2013): Proposal = Commission Communication (SWD) Adoption = Regulation (OJ 'L' series) New legal procedure (from 2014): Annual update communication (OJ 'C' series)

Dedicated section NEW

What is a dedicated section? Page on Eurostat website which aims to provide an introduction to a statistical topic and links to further information, including methodology, data and reports The "Civil Servants Remuneration" pages were launched in November 2015 http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/civil-servants-remuneration/overview Meets a need: 1900 hits in first two months…

Where is the A64/A65 dedicated section? Eurostat website http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat Top of screen: Bottom of screen:

Structure of the Dedicated Section text

SI text :

SEE ALSO page includes links, eg.: Method manual 2015 (SI, GSI, CI) Free data tables GDP % share, HICP % change Free data tables CI source data Statistics explained (national civil servants)

Database page gives direct link to A65 tables

Statistics explained A65 NEW

What is “statistics explained”? ”Statistics Explained” is an official Eurostat website presenting all statistical topics in an easily understandable way. Together, the articles make up everyone's encyclopedia of European statistics, completed by a statistical glossary clarifying all terms used and by numerous links to further information and the very latest data and metadata, a portal for occasional and regular users alike.

Several pages about labour statistics generally …BUT: Nothing focusing on remuneration of civil servants …Therefore: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Civil_servants_in_the_EU_member_states

Background for new A65 S.E. pages Dissemination of A65 data was discussed at the March 2011 WG meeting (doc.A65/11/09). Concrete plans were discussed at the March 2012 meeting (no document), and an action plan was agreed. Progress was reported at the March 2013 meeting (no document). Release was then halted, pending clarification of status. This was resolved during 2014. Decision to implement at March 2015 meeting. Went live in November 2015

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Example country fiche extract

Next steps to improve the S.E. pages Update maps, population statistics, etc. with information from GISCO, Eurostat free data tables, etc. Add a selection of summary tables eg. from Annual Report "annex 2“ (see Ag.Pt. 14.2) Informal task force? Volunteers?

PROPOSAL : country assessments (see Ag.Pt.16) Work will continue to establish detailed inventories (manuals) For bilateral use… To be reference for annual SRQ exercise Eurostat to draft compliance assessment reports As is typical in other statistical domains For public dissemination… Will refer to the date of latest manual

Free data tables A65 NEW

A65 Dissemination Tables Nov. 2015 The creation of a new domain with 3 datasets has been done, just below the domain prc_colc : Remuneration of civil servants – key indicators (Art. 65) (prc_rem) Remuneration of national civil servants in central public administration (prc_rem_cs) Number of national civil servants in central public administration (prc_rem_nr) Joint Index (prc_rem_idx) Data for all EU28 member states Time series since 2004 Will be uploaded after publication in Official Journal

Remuneration of national civil servants in central public administration

Remuneration of national civil servants in central public administration (net) : Nominal Index (Net Remuneration) from Excel Sheet

Remuneration of national civil servants in central public administration (net) : Real Index (Net Remuneration) from Excel Sheet

Number of national civil servants in central public administration In the second dataset, we have the sample & total data for the national civil servants : Sample Total

Any questions? Any suggestions for improvement?