Eurostat Unit B5 – Statistical Information Technologies GLC 23rd Meeting – 23/24 November 2009

Questionnaire 2009 – Assessments Part 1: Satisfaction survey Overall satisfaction of eDAMIS: user friendliness, performances eDAMIS functionalities: send screen, reports… User support and documentation Proposed data formats: SDMX-ML, GESMES…. Part 2: Situation in countries Integration of eDAMIS Data transmission application Provided services Part 3: Compliance monitoring Community legislation Eurostat Unit B5 – Statistical Information Technologies GLC 23rd Meeting – 23/24 November 2009

Questionnaire 2009 – Results (1/3) Overall satisfaction re-confirmed Rank good : 60% Rank very good: 31% Most significant improvements eDAMIS Web Forms: user-friendliness, performance, reliability Use of SDMX-ML and structured data formats Up-to-date information of the Inventory Data Transmission Courier Central Helpdesk and Support Eurostat Unit B5 – Statistical Information Technologies GLC 23rd Meeting – 23/24 November 2009

Questionnaire 2009 – Results (2/3) Local Coordinators’ concerns Occasional failure of eWA eWP response-time Synchronisation eWA/eWP in terms of user management Memory problem with Java applets and update of JRE Expectations for improvements awaited Documentation in line with the latest version of the tools Standardisation of data exchange using SDMX-ML Corporate approach at the level of production units Adding further content to the Eurostat’s SDMX registry Eurostat Unit B5 – Statistical Information Technologies GLC 23rd Meeting – 23/24 November 2009

Questionnaire 2009 – Results (3/3) Coordination activities with other organisations Varying from Country to Country No coordination at all Full coordination Improving from ‘regular contacts’ to ‘structured coordination’ Compliance monitoring with legislation highlighted The importance of the accuracy of the eDAMIS inventory Links between datasets and countries Maximum delay Expected to send flag Eurostat Unit B5 – Statistical Information Technologies GLC 23rd Meeting – 23/24 November 2009