1.  Second meeting of the scientific working group in Berlin on 19 March  Preliminary search results for 12 countries or regions were presented and discussed, including: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Europe, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom  No contribution from France (and no contact since first meeting)  Italy joined the initiative and provided first input Current status of the JPI data project

2. 1.Health and performance 2.Social systems and welfare 3.Work and productivity 4.Education and learning 5.Housing, urban development and mobility 6.Public attitudes towards old age 7.Social, civic and cultural engagement 8.Uses of technology 9.Wellbeing 10.Intergenerational relationships Thematic areas covered in the data search 5 working group themes of JPI 5 cross-cutting issues within JPI

3.  Type of data – Registry, regular/ occasional or longitudinal survey  Governance – Contact information, timeliness, transparency  Conditions of access – Ease, conditions of access, language issues  Coverage – Sample size, population sample covered, geographic al area  Linkage – Harmonized standards, possibility of linkage among different national datasets  Data quality – Entry errors, breaks, consistency of terminology  Strengths and weaknesses – Expert opinion, from national experts and data agencies Appraisal criteria for the evaluation of data sources

4.  Impressive response in terms of scope and detail  Compilation of preliminary search results = 170 pages plus 3 national reports in Excel Responses

5. Next steps  Integration of written national reports  Set-up of an online data entry tool  Design and programming of a searchable database  Formulation of policy recommendations, i.e. data needs = Focus of the next meeting in Berlin on 3 June 2013  Alignment with the SRA draft for the final report  First draft of the final report will be sent to experts on 15 July 2013  Experts have to provide feedback until 9 August 2013  Final report ready for submission to the GA on 30 August 2013