Cost analysis of European statistics in Eurostat – pilot exercise Presentation by Eurostat - Mr EVERAERS, Director of Resources ESS RDG 2014 Item 5 ESS RDG 12 December 2014
Context of Eurostat's cost exercise: -. Scarcity of resources - Context of Eurostat's cost exercise: - Scarcity of resources - Human resources in the European Commission decrease by 5% over five years - Possibility to add new products or services is limited Objectives: - Cost transparency - Input for prioritization and allocation of human/financial resources ESS RDG 12 December 2014
Disassemble block 'EUROSTAT' by costs of outputs ESS RDG 12 December 2014
Cost calculation: - Pilot exercise, mandated by Eurostat's decision in April 2014 - Focused on statistical outputs (products and services) in Eurostat and not on projects and processes - Two phase approach phase A: production cost centres phase B: horizontal cost centres+ enhancing the merit part - Project still on-going (April 2015) ESS RDG 12 December 2014
Coverage: - Estimated 2014 costs in Eurostat - Ventilation of statistical outputs =products/services by the three big costs blocks: - Human resources (in FTE) - Financing decision - IT costs - Merit part of first phase contains information on main beneficiary and on legal basis ESS RDG 12 December 2014
Multi-domain Indicators Primary Data & Indicators Statistical products & services estimated 2014 costs in Eurostat(phase A) Multi-domain Indicators 01. Europe 2020 02. Economic governance 10.7 mio.€ 73 FTE 03. Economic globalisation Accounting systems 04. Economic and social performance 106 FTE 27.8 mio.€ 27.8 mio.€ 05. Environmental sustainability Primary Data & Indicators 06. Business 07. People's Europe 08. Geospatial, environmental, agricultural, other sectoral statistics 43.5 mio.€ 218 FTE 2.8 mio.€ 14.Partnership within the ESS and beyond 16 FTE Total costs = 85 mio. € Human Resources = 412 FTE ESS RDG 12 December 2014
Total costs in Eurostat by priority area, as percentage of total, 2014 (phase A) ESS RDG 12 December 2014
Next step: After finalizing the second phase (horizontal units and enhancing the merit part) results of this project will be evaluated by Eurostat's management. ESS RDG 12 December 2014