Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics - MEETS OECD-Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Statistics (WPTGS) – 16-18 November 2009

Objectives of the MEETS programme To review priorities and develop target sets of indicators for new areas To achieve a streamlined framework for business-related statistics To support implementation of a more efficient way of producing enterprise and trade statistics To modernise Intrastat  Further broken down into ~ 25 projects

Project “Economic indicators on globalisation” Aim: To further develop economic indicators on globalisation using the OECD Handbook on Economic Globalisation Indicators as a reference Actions: Internal project group created, publication of already available indicators, work shops with EU MS, feasibility and methodological studies Expected results: Dissemination and publication of indicators

Project “Developing Statistics based on enterprise groups” Aim: To identify useful and meaningful indicators for enterprise groups. Either enterprise group as statistical unit or economic phenomena related to enterprise groups Actions: Work shops with EU MS, feasibility and methodological studies Expected results: Indicators for enterprise groups, agreed methodological guidelines

Project “EuroGroups Register (EGR)” Aim: To develop and implement the methodology, processes, systems and organisation of the EGR Actions: 2 ESSnets on profiling and methodology, work shops, feasibility and methodological studies Expected results: EGR network, which is used as a population frame by NSIs and NCBs to define survey populations and to produce coordinated statistics on globalisation

Projects on consistency (3) Aim: To provide a methodological, sustainable and cost-effective harmonised framework of business and trade statistics Actions: ESSnet consistency, work shops, feasibility and methodological studies Expected results: Consistency between legal acts and methodology on business and trade statistics improved

Projects “Linking business and trade statistics” Aim: To further develop indicators which combine variables from external trade and business statistics  structure of enterprises active in trade, impact of trade on production, employment and enterprises' performances Actions: Feasibility and methodological studies Expected results: Harmonised set of new indicators of European enterprises involved in internal trade

Project on international sourcing Aim: To link data from the survey of international sourcing with data on structural business statistics Actions: Implementation in 9 MS Expected results: New statistical data on the impact of international sourcing on employment and the economic impact of international sourcing

Projects on foreign trade (7) Aim: To improve the quality of foreign trade statistics as well reducing statistical requirements and minimising the burden on enterprises Actions: Feasibility, methodological and technical studies Expected results: Modernised and simplified foreign trade statistics

Thank you very much for your attention. Mail to: Michaela.Grell@ec.europa.eu