ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION DE COOPÉRATION ET DE DEVELOPMENT ÉCONOMIQUES OECDOCDE Workshop on improving statistics on SME’s and Entrepreneurship OECD, September 3003 Morvarid BAGHERZADEH 1 An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD STATISTICS DIRECTORATE TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS SECTION

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 2 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD What is available at the OECD: –the SEC database A first Inventory of information on SMEs: –definitions Future needs –taking stock of existing information on SMEs

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 3 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: the database The Statistics on Enterprises by size- Class (SEC) database: Data (Business statistics by size class) + Interface

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 4 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: the data coverage The SEC database contains: –Business statistics classified in ISIC rev. 2 and rev. 3 –for OECD countries –by employment size class

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 5 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: the data coverage

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 6 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: the data coverage In practice: –20 variables –15 years –30 countries –2 classifications –70 size classes

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 7 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: the data coverage Outstanding issues: –Different national activity classifications >Memorandum of understanding with Eurostat >Bilateral co-operation with countries –70+ – overlapping – size-classes >SEC interface –Data availability - limited coverage of core and specific variables by size class >workshop and stocktaking exercise

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 8 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: the interface Microsoft Excel based Designed for the specificities of international structural statistics by size class

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 9 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: the interface Allows: Database administration Data validation and upload Extractions tailored to user needs… –size class groups –country groupings

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 10 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: the interface Size class selection screen:

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 11 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD SEC: database … will be released soon !

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 12 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD What is available at the OECD: –the SEC database A first Inventory of information on SMEs: –definitions Future needs –taking stock of existing information on SMEs

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 13 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD An Inventory of definitions: sources … 18 replies to the SME Statistics Strategy questionnaire Metadata available at the OECD Papers presented at the workshop … late inputs will be used for the stocktaking exercise

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 14 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD An Inventory of definitions: SME …

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 15 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD An Inventory of definitions: Size groups …

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 16 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD An Inventory of definitions: the reference unit …

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 17 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD An inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD What is available at the OECD: –the SEC database A first Inventory of information on SMEs: –definitions Future needs –taking stock of existing information on SMEs

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 18 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD Stocktaking: some facts on SME statistics At the national level: Diversity of definitions Diversity of methods Diversity of variables collected At the international level: Insufficient knowledge of national diversities in SME statistics

STATISTICS DIRECTORATE STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 19 An Inventory of SME statistics and metadata in the OECD Stocktaking: Objectives Better service policy makers : gather and share information on SME statistics Identify areas where harmonisation can be achieved Help build consensus on needs, feasibility and future developments