1. ESS VIP SERV 14 – 15 February, ITDG/DIME
Item 7 – Progress and roadmap to deployment

2. Contents Stakeholders Project Deliverables
Progress report (ESSnet SCFE – INSEE, France)
Timeline
Next steps

3. Stakeholders ESSnet SCFE Task Force Steering Group
6 countries + 1 ONA
Task Force
14 members (UNECE as observer)
To be renewed for 2017
Steering Group
6 Countries: FI, DE, NL, NO, SI, SE
Network of countries
Consists of 11 countries

4. Estimated delivery date
Project Deliverables ID
Name
Description
Estimated delivery date
SERV.D01
Service Guidelines
Guidelines allowing for sharing (by replication of services or by exposing them centrally) of statistical services across processes and among partners in the ESS and Eurostat (Commission).
Draft: Dec 2016
Final: Dec 2017
SERV.D02
Recommendations for governance
Recommendations for governance of statistical services; including the setup of an (ESS) service certification committee and maintenance of an ESS service catalogue as part of the CSPA service catalogue.
SERV.D03
CSPA service catalogue
Hosting and maintenance of the CSPA service catalogue by the Commission/Eurostat.
Version 1: Dec 2015
Version 2: Dec 2016
Version 3: Dec 2017
SERV.D04
SOA Infrastructure
An ESS/Eurostat SOA infrastructure that can be used by the ESS, Eurostat, other Commission DGs to expose those statistical services for which no replication is necessary
Version 2: June 2016
Version 3: June 2017
SERV.D05
Open Source Guidelines
Recommendation on utilizing Open Source solutions for statistical production
SERV.D06
POC Services
Implementation of statistical services that are re-used in multiple ESS members
Iterative delivery till
Dec 2017

5. Contents Stakeholders Project Deliverables
Progress report (ESSnet SCFE – INSEE, France)
Timeline
Next steps

6. ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalities
Olivier Lefebvre, Insee

7. - Objectives and organization - Work packages - Conclusion

8. Background
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
ESS Vision 2020: further improve the cooperation within the ESS
ESS.VIP project “shared SERVices”: define and implement the necessary preparations for developing and sharing generic software solutions
ESS Enterprise Architecture Reference Framework
Common Statistical Production Architecture (CSPA)
Objectives and organisation

9. Objectives of the ESSNet
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Increase awareness on how to use and take part in an ESS service oriented architecture
Deliver the necessary methodology and tools for NSIs and ONAs to start engaging in the implementation of a SOA and share their solutions with others
Improve the process which consists in reusing a component and integrating it into the NSIs/ONAs environment
Objectives and organisation

10. ESSnet grant agreement
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Partners
INSEE (France) 
ONS (UK)
SL (Lithuania)
SURS (Slovenia)
INE (Portugal)
Destatis (Germany)
GENES (France)
Duration: 24 months (01/2016  12/2017)
Budget: € (95 % Eurostat co-funded)
Objectives and organisation

11. Driving principles Be concrete and pragmatic
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Be concrete and pragmatic
We want services that actually work, and that are simple to understand, install and use. The deliverables should be as operational as possible.
Be complementary with other works
TF on shared services, major CSPA actors, architecture working group, ESS Enterprise Architecture Board, works on standardization…
Be open
Open-source is preferred. The ESSnet work is conducted openly. External partners are associated.
Objectives and organisation

12. Work packages ESS guidelines and procedures (ONS)
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
ESS guidelines and procedures (ONS) 
Center of excellence (SL)
Apply services (INSEE)
Identification of re-usable services and analysis of requirements (SURS)
Fostering open source solutions (INE)
Management & dissemination (INSEE)
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

13. WP1 deliverables Guidance document How-to guide ESS service templates
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Guidance document
Produced as a text document (21 pages).
How-to guide
Produced as a power point presentation (32 slides).
ESS service templates
Recommendations produced to be considered by the CSPA governance.
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

14. WP2 deliverable Prepared deliverable (December 2016):
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Prepared deliverable (December 2016):
Description of the setup of the Center of Excellence on Shared Services (CoE SERV).
The document contains five sections:
Background and the scope;
Roles and responsibilities of the CoE SERV;
Governance;
Organizational setup;
Description of the actions.
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

15. WP3 deliverables Report on the re-use of services Services selected:
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Report on the re-use of services
Interim version: M18
Final version: M24
Services selected:
Time series services, re-using organization (DO): Destatis
Questionnaire generation service, DO: SURS
Metadata dissemination services, DOs: ONS & CASD
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

16. WP3: Times series service
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Based on a web service implementation of JDemetra+ (National Bank of Belgium).
Features implemented :
X13 /Arima and Tramo-Seats seasonal adjustment algorithms
Benchmarking
Automatic modeling
Destatis re-use cases and architecture documented, test datasets available.
7 February 2017: NBB-Destatis-Insee meeting to define precise road map.
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

17. WP3: Questionnaire generation service
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Objectives and organisation
Work packages
Service re-designed to make it more flexible, and environment and language independent.
Functional and technical documentation of the service provided.
Service open-sourced in August 2016.
SURS installed the service in September 2016.
2&3 February 2017: meeting in Ljubljana with Insee experts to help integrate the service in SURS architecture, process and organization.

18. WP3: Metadata dissemination service
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Objectives and organisation
Work packages
API specification published in October 2016 and implemented in November 2016.
Re-use of deliverables from the “Implementing Modernstats Standards” UNECE project, e.g. classification explorer web client.
Collaboration with Re-using Organizations
Dec / Jan. 2017: CASD-Insee meetings, re-use focuses on descriptive and quality metadata
First quarter of 2017: ONS-Insee bilateral meeting to detail the re-use case.

19. WP4 deliverables
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Initial list of services that are candidates for re-use in ESS
The document contains an initial cost/benefit analysis of re-use for each of these services, based on the Achievability, Affordability, Attractiveness (AAA) assessment model.
Questionnaire for service selection
Sent to NSIs in the ESS and EFTA countries
Goal: service assesment with AAA and ranking of services in ESS
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

21. WP5 deliverables
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
To provide information and tools regarding the state-of-art of open source solutions
To enable any of our statistical organization to replicate, integrate and collaborate on the identified open source solutions.
A survey is being developed in order to have an overview of current and planned open source solutions and projects for statistical production in the ESS.
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

22. WP5 deliverables
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
To provide information and tools regarding the state-of-art of open source solutions
To enable any of our statistical organization to replicate, integrate and collaborate on the identified open source solutions.
A survey is being developed in order to have an overview of current and planned open source solutions and projects for statistical production in the ESS.
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

23. WP6 Dissemination activities
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
Presentations
ESS Modernisation workshop, Bucharest (Feb. 2016)
CSPA Implementation Group (March 2016)
IT Working Group, Luxemburg (May 2016)
UNECE/Eurostat CSPA workshop, Geneva (June 2016)
NTTS 2017 paper (with Destatis): how SCFE relates to discussions held within the CSPA community
Preparation of a dissemination workshop
6-7 July 2017 in Wiesbaden
Objectives and organisation
Work packages

24. Conclusion First lessons learned: Future perspectives
ESSNet on Sharing Common Functionalies
First lessons learned:
Open-sourcing and internationalization are more costly than expected, but is is worth it
Standards are necessary but they need to be detailed with « profiles » fit for concrete uses in order to ensure interoperability
For example, CBS-Insee initiative to come on representing questionnaires with DDI
Future perspectives
Catalogue of services which could be reused
Creation of a Centre of excellence on Shared Services
Objectives and organisation
Work packages
Conclusion

25. Contents Stakeholders Project Deliverables
Progress report (ESSnet SCFE – INSEE, France)
Timeline
Next steps

26. Timeline Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Project life span (Phases)
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Project life span (Phases)
ESSC
ESSC
ESSC
Decision points
Steering Group
Task Force
ESSNet SCFE
Project Goal: "to set up conditions for sharing statistical services and supporting their integration in statistical production processes at national, ESS and Commission level."
SOA infrastructure ready
4 services delivered by Eurostat, 3 by the ESSnet
Service Catalogue implementation undergoing
Based on the results from the 1st ESSnet (list of selected services, available services) a 2nd ESSnet will implement and resuse services
Towards the end of the project a CoE wil bet set up for ESS-wide service governance and service assessement for the catalogue
ESSNet #2 "implement"
SGAs use in PROD
CoE on Sharing Services

27. Next steps
In the context of ESS.VIP.SERV, 3 instruments are used or planned:
Procurement
Service Catalogue implementation – H to H *
ESSnet
Develop selected services and align architecture – H to H *
Single grants
Implementation of available services in production with architecture alignment – H to H *
* Funded by ISA²

28. Thank you for your attention Discussion