Welcome and opening remarks DWH Workshop Dublin, 23 September 2015 Central Statistics Office, Ireland 1 Joe Treacy Director of Business Statistics and Methodology

Welcome to Dublin Central Statistics Office, Ireland 2

International co-operation and common standards Central Statistics Office, Ireland 3

Challenges facing Official Statistics User expectations Greater scrutiny of official statistics and processes Focus on quality Production costs and respondent burden Radically changed data landscape Big data Administrative data Fewer surveys, more data linkage Regulation 223 – whole-system view, not just the NSI Need to develop National Data Infrastructures Central Statistics Office, Ireland 4

Data management in CSO Past challenges Introduction of central Data Management System (DMS) Metadata-driven Central, re-usable statistical processes Adoption of GSBPM Business processes Data management – Collect, Process, Analyse, Disseminate Organisational structure - From silos to a process-based organisation Challenges were (are) largely cultural Central Statistics Office, Ireland 5

Changing Data Landscape CSO Administrative Data Centre (ADC) Dedicated CSO business unit for all administrative data Single channel for receipt of data Policies and protocols Secure management and control of internal access Development of statistical products and techniques Job Churn indicator Structural Earnings Statistics from administrative data (SESADP) Development of new data sources Administrative Data and Big Data Works closely with Methodology Division (e.g. SESADP) Central Statistics Office, Ireland 6

CSO – the next 5 years CSO 2020 Transforming how we work Embedding quality management This includes Data Management CDV presentation later today National Statistics Board – Strategy Co-ordination role – CSO and ONAs Developing the National Data Infrastructure Central Statistics Office, Ireland 7

Concluding remarks Value of sharing knowledge and experience Data is the raw material and core product of Official Statistics International collaboration needs to be “real” - challenge of making solutions re-usable and shareable Central Statistics Office, Ireland 8