Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014 Item 4.1(1) – Modernisation of social statistics First framework regulation for social statistics John Allen Head of Unit F1 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Why do we need framework legislation? Current status of proposal Background Why do we need framework legislation? Current status of proposal Next steps Slide 2 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Background November 2013: DSS agreed to work towards a first framework regulation covering scope of LFS, SILC, AES, EHIS, ICT (HH), HBS, TUS as part of modernisation. Document on strategy for the modernisation of social statistics (74 pages) provided to ETS WG on 13 November 2013. These are micro data collections based on individual data on individuals and households ("surveys") Other framework regulations planned later: - population and census - aggregated data collections not based on surveys Slide 3 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Why do we need framework legislation? Part of the strategy of the ESS new "legislative architecture" facilitates planning internalises decision-making in the ESS separate policy ("what") from implementation ("how") allows ESS to organise itself to deliver results Slide 4 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Why framework legislation? Will be an instrument for modernisation facilitates integration, standardisation, efficiency aligns financial and administrative arrangements across the surveys will make it easier to adapt the system => a system more responsive to user needs Slide 5 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Legal base: current situation Education Slide 6 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Future legal architecture Slide 7 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Current status of proposal for the FR DSS April 2014: discussion on principles + pre-draft DSS Board 30 June/1 July: discussion on first draft Slide 8 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Current status of proposal for the FR First draft features multi-annual planning of data collections specifies elements which determine cost of data collections: high-level list of content of data collections - "topics" and "domains" precision requirements periodicity, deadlines, sample characteristics allows for adoption of more detailed provisions through delegated and implementing acts to specify the data collections in detail Slide 9 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Next steps 2014 DSS September: second draft version ESSC November: report on modernisation WG ETS Q4: written consultation 2015 ESSC February: present draft regulation DSS April: final consultation ESSC May: opinion on draft regulation September/December: adopt Commission proposal Slide 10 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014

Next steps Early 2016 start co-decision procedure Late 2017 or 2018 (depends on co-decision) adoption of framework regulation followed closely by adoption of first set of implementing provisions 2020? first year of implementation Slide 11 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014