United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division Big Data International Cooperation Steven Vale UNECE

UNECE  Sandbox Produce and release a set of internationally comparable statistics from one or more Big Data sources  Big Data workshop 9 March, Brussels Satellite event to Eurostat NTTS conference  Possible joint event(s) later in the year

 Scheveningen Memorandum (Sep 2013)  Eurostat Task Force Big Data  ESS Task Force on Big Data  Big Data Action Plan and Roadmap Part of ESS Vision 2020 portfolio  ESSNets / Pilots –

 Principles Stepwise development with regular review Focus on strengths of ESS  Partnerships, Legislation, Harmonisation in EU context Coordinate at national and international level  Definition of Goals Short – medium – long term  Pilots Data driven approach Hands-on experience  Long term Goal: Full integration of big data sources into statistical information infrastructure Roadmap and Action Plan

Action plan and roadmap: PolicyQualitySkills Experience sharing Legislation IT Infrastructures Methods Ethics / Communication Pilots T O P I C S

Short-term objectives (1)  Official statistics integrated in the Commission big data strategy  Identification and analysis of output portfolio of big data sources  A number of successful pilot projects on big data applications in official statistics launched and delivering first results  The requirements in terms of skills needed for the exploration of big data in official statistics and ESS professional training programmes are established

Short-term objectives (2)  Research lines on big data relevant to official statistics are included into the Work Programme of the Horizon 2020 Research Framework Programme  Communication to the general public on planned and ongoing big data activities of the ESS with users/policy makers on their needs, and with big data owners on data aspirations  Exchange of information with stakeholders within the statistical system and the research community,

UNSD  International Conference on Big Data for Official Statistics, Beijing, October 2014 Mobile phones / GPS / other tracking devices Satellite imagery / geospatial information Twitter and other social media

Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics: Task teams Mobile phone data Satellite imagery Social media data Access / partnerships Advocacy / communication Big Data and SDGs Training / skills / capacity building Cross-cutting issues

Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics: Deliverables for 2015 (1) Proposals for training, skills and capacity building to exploit Big Data sources for official statistics A report on links between Big Data and the sustainable development goals A strategy on advocacy and communication of the use of Big Data for official statistics A report of the use of mobile phone data for official statistics

Global Working Group on Big Data for Official Statistics: Deliverables for 2015 (2) A report of the use of social media data for official statistics A report of the use of satellite imagery and remote sensing data for official statistics Proposals for access to Big Data sources and partnerships with private sector A report on cross-cutting issues, classification, frameworks and taxonomy

Possible joint actions  Calendar of events  Communication / advocacy  Share training materials  Classification of types of Big Data – V2.0  Common web portal  Inventory of national Big Data projects  Share all outputs - re-purpose

What are the priorities for international collaboration on Big Data?