Uwe Kunzler Eurostat – Research R&D Framework Programme 5 Information Society Technologies European Plan for Research in Official Statistics FP5 – IST – EPROS R&D in Statistics Uwe Kunzler Eurostat – Research

Legal background Treaty establishing the European Community Title XVIII, Articles 163-173 Multi-annual RTD framework programmes First framework programme (FP1) launched in 1984 Current framework programme: FP6 (2002-2006) Framework programme 5 (FP5) Period: 1998-2002 Budget: € 13.7 billion Decision No 182/1999/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 December 1998

Statistical research FP2 (1987-1991) FP4 (1994-1998) FP5 (1998-2002) DOSES – Development Of Statistical Expert Systems 7 projects (~ € 570,000 average budget) FP4 (1994-1998) DOSIS – Development Of Statistical Information Systems 18 projects (~ € 980,000 average budget) SUP.COM – Activities of scientific and technical Support of a Competitive nature 93 projects (~ € 150,000 average budget) FP5 (1998-2002) EPROS – European Plan for Research in Official Statistics 36 projects (~ € 1,300,000 average budget)

EPROS 36 statistical research projects under FP5 Part of IST – Information Society Technologies 28 projects are finished 5 projects will end in October or November 2004 2 projects will end in 2005 End date of the last EPROS project is May 2006

Some results CASC – Computational Aspects of Statistical Confidentiality μ-ARGUS and τ-ARGUS software to protect micro data and statistical tables IQML – Intelligent Questionnaire Mark-up Language Electronic questionnaire software including questionnaire design and presentation, database interrogation, metadata repository and survey administration STATLAS – Statistical Atlas of the European Union Interactive analytical electronic atlas of statistical information covering the EU at country and regional level

Ownership of results FP5 RTD projects FP5 accompanying measures Knowledge shall be the property of the contractors who carried out the work leading to the knowledge. “Knowledge” means the results, including information, arising from any project covered by Decision No 182/1999/EC (…), as well as copyright or rights attaching to the results following applications for, or the issue or registration of, patents, designs and models, plant varieties, additional certificates or other similar forms of protection. FP5 accompanying measures Knowledge resulting from the project shall be the property of the Community. The principal contractors undertake to grant such right to the Community.

Future FP6 (2002-2006) FP7 (probably 2006-2010) Budget: € 16.27 billion No specific statistical research programme, but there are statistical research projects KEI – Knowledge Indicators EU-KLEMS – Productivity in the EU: A Comparative Industry Approach FP7 (probably 2006-2010) November 2003: Parliament requests budget of € 30 billion June 2004: Communication from the Commission: Science and technology, the key to Europe’s future – Guidelines for future European Union policy to support research (COM(2004) 353)

Conclusion Statistical research under past framework programmes: DOSES, DOSIS, SUP.COM, EPROS EPROS under FP5 is coming to an end No specific statistical research programme under FP6 FP7 is currently being discussed Needed: Discussion on a strategy for future statistical research Next EPROS meeting: 8-9 November 2004