Euro-indicators Working Group Luxembourg, 4th & 5th December 2008 Eurostat – Unit D1 Key indicators for the European policies

Ongoing collaboration with DG ECFIN Item 7.1 of the Agenda Ongoing collaboration with DG ECFIN By Gian Luigi Mazzi Doc 240/08 Eurostat – Unit D1 Key indicators for the European policies

Introduction DG ECFIN and ECB are privileged partners Extended cooperation to OECD, IMF and other institutes Important role of the AIECE network In this context original definitions of the PEEIs list Specific aspects of cooperation with DG ECFIN Business-Consumer Surveys disseminated via Euro-IND Co-organization in 2003 of the 4-th Colloquium on BC analysis Methodological discussion on the business climate indicator Participation to DG ECFIN task force on SA of Business and Consumer Survey Co-operation strengthen thanks to the work of respective WGs Eurostat – Unit D1 Key indicators for the European policies

Ongoing cooperation Two Eurostat projects of interest for DG ECFIN: - dating and detection of turning points (more fruitful) - back-calculation of PEEIs Following a specific request, in-depth analysis of turning points traced by the DG ECFIN indicator Comparative study with the Eurostat experimental GCCI Investigation of the possibility of representing the Economic sentiment indicator in self-explaining maps … to be used by the two Institutions in their communication strategies The enhancement of cooperation stressed in a recent high level meeting among Institutions Eurostat – Unit D1 Key indicators for the European policies

Conclusions Promising context for developing common activities Common views by I. Steinbuka and M. Buti are an ideal basis for several potential cooperation activities Next meeting planned in January will identify cooperation areas Definition of a common work plan Eurostat – Unit D1 Key indicators for the European policies