Survey on GVCs and IS – Scope and remaining issues Peter Bøegh Nielsen Statistics Denmark

Update the information about international sourcing Scope (1) First dedicated collection of statistical evidence of Global Value Chains within the ESS Update the information about international sourcing Provide policy makers with evidence supporting future policy shaping regarding European enterprise policy

Monitor the global organisation of European enterprises Scope (2) Translation: Monitor the global organisation of European enterprises Create evidence about the jobs leaving Europe Create knowledge about the jobs Europe never gets

Two delaid field testings with different participating countries Challenges New and complex field Two delaid field testings with different participating countries Tight time schedule

Revised questionnaire v 1 Total coverage of the value chain: responding enterprise domestic affiliates foreign affiliates external providers globally Collecting quantitative information about domestic and foreign affiliates broken down by BF and region

Revised questionnaire v 1 Problems identified: burdensome possible double counting in relation to domestic affiliates

Revised questionnaire v 2 Focusing on organisation and relations abroad Collecting few quantitative information relying on MDL Abandoning the domestic dimension