ESS Validation Project State of Play and next steps IPA training course Item 05 Luxembourg, 18 May 2017 Vincent.tronet@ec.europa.eu Eurostat, Unit B1

Presentation Outline Standard framework for validation rules and roles Brief history – ESS VIP Validation Goals and expected outcomes for ESS Validation Timeline for deployment actions Main cooperation instruments Main achievements 2016 – May 2017 Next steps for 2017-2019 Standard framework for validation rules and roles

ESS.VIP Validation Project finished in Nov 2015 The ESSC approved the ESS.VIP Validation project in November 2012 and gave the green light for the beginning of the execution phase in November 2014. The project ended in November 2015. Collaboration with the Member States was ensured through a Task Force during the course of 2014 and through an ESSnet (the ValiDat Foundation ESSnet) during the course of 2015.

Deliverables provided by ESS VIP Validation Dimension Deliverables Methodology ESS methodological handbook for validation Standards Standard ESS validation syntax (VTL) Processes/Governance Proposal for a Business and IT architecture IT Prototype for a validation rule manager Prototype for a structural validation service

Next steps: May ESSC conclusions In May 2016, the ESSC approved a set of follow-up actions to the ESS.VIP Validation. These actions focus on deploying into statistical production the deliverables of the ESS.VIP Validation.

Goals and expected outcomes for ESS Validation Medium-term goals Business Outcomes Goal 1: Ensure the transparency of the validation procedures applied to the data sent to Eurostat by the ESS Member States. Increase in the quality and credibility of European statistics   Reduction of costs related to the time-consuming validation cycle in the ESS ("validation Ping-Pong") Goal 2: Enable sharing and re-use of validation services across the ESS on a voluntary basis. Reduction of costs related to IT development and maintenance

Timeline of the project (ESSC May 2016)

Focus on action 1 Obtaining harmonised and jointly designed validation rules

Main cooperation instruments 7 Pilot domains (Animal, Asylum, BOP-ITS, Energy, HBS, NA, STS) 8 countries in Task Force on Validation (DE, EE, IE, IT, NL, PT, SI, UK) 6 countries in ESSnet Validat Integration (DE, LT, NL, PL, PT, SE)

State of Play – Main achievements 2016 – May 2017 Business architecture for ESS Validation finalised and approved VTL: Assessment of VTL for content validation rules in 5 domains Proof of concept of a VTL interpreter (VTL sandbox) Contribution to improvement of VTL (via public consultation) Tools and services: STRUVAL available at Eurostat in Process Manager and exposed for sharing service CONVAL-1 available at Eurostat in Process Manager Communication (Video, Training courses, Web pages, …)

Next steps for 2017-2019 Standard framework (template, guidelines, best practices, …) for describing and agreeing on validation rules and roles covering all statistical domains Deployment of Business Architecture in ESS Validation services available: (STRUVAL), CONVAL-2 (with VTL support), Validation Rules Manager Validation rule registry available

Standard framework for validation rules and roles practise of designing and agreeing on validation rules at Working Group level will be extended to all statistical domains until end 2019 validation rules will be documented using common cross- domain standards clear validation responsibilities will be assigned to the different actors

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