Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 1-2 June 2017 Item 7.2 Implementation of the Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS) Sabine.Gagel@ec.europa.eu Eurostat F3 Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 1-2 June 2017

Outline CVTS 5 – legislation in place Data transmission requirements Methodological support to implementation Validation and dissemination Current situation of data transmission

CVTS 5 – legislation in place Framework regulation: Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of 7 September 2005 Basic requirements / features of CVTS Basic definitions, scope (NACE and size), transmission deadlines for microdata and quality reports, periodicity (every 5 years), etc. Implementing act: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1153/2014 of 29 October 2014 Amendment of No 198/2006 Variables, sampling and precision requirements, imputation, weighting, data file format, quality reporting requirements http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/education-and-training/legislation

Data transmission requirements 30 June 2017: checked microdata files 3 CSV files via Edamis non-imputed microdata file imputed microdata file control table (results) format according to code book (annex 7 of CVTS 5 manual, 'dummy file' in CIRCABC) 30 September 2017: quality report ESQRS-format via ESS-MH

Methodological support to implementation CVTS 5 implementation manual + annexes Available since March 2015 Current version Manual - 1 December 2016 Annexes - 3 April 2017 Public domain in CIRCABC Network informed by e-mail on availability and updates CVTS 5 network Information on changes in contact persons Network list available in restricted domain in CIRCABC Information on national planning (implementation monitor)

Methodological support to implementation Data checking tool EDIT Available since March 2016 Corrected versions, CVTS network informed on updates Last version 8 March 2017 + 'corrections in pipeline' User manual, file format for data transmission ('dummy file') Validation rules as specified in annex 8 and 9 of the CVTS 5 manual EDIT tutorial sessions (webinars) Eurostat 'helpdesk' Jean for data validation and Sabine for methodology

Validation and dissemination Validation - EDIT The imputed microdata file has to pass EDIT Countries should validate the data file with EDIT before transmission to Eurostat Countries should provide an explanation for reported errors (exceptions from EDIT rules are possible) Control tables Part of the data transmission Validation of results Dissemination Planned for autumn 2017 New structure of online database (presented at 2016 ETS WG)

Current situation of data transmission Microdata files Received: CZ, DE, IE, ES, LU, UK, NO (7) Control tables Quality report Received: LU (1)

The ETS WG is invited to take note of and comment on: Data transmission requirements Methodological support to implementation Validation and dissemination