1. Cooperation on Dissemination within the ESS
Dissemination Working Group 19/20 May 2009

2. Assessment of the cooperation
Quality of the cooperation: Very Good
Different aspects:
IT projects: Just right
Publications: Just right
Exchange of best practices: Just right
Information on Eurostat dissemination policy: Just right
We would like to thank the delegates to the DWG
for the assessment and the confidence expressed !

3. General comments on cooperation
Appreciation of cooperation, communication spirit and open exchanges
Points of reserve:
Formality of meetings
Length of meetings
Too few discussions between delegates (informal side meetings)
Strong role of Eurostat in discussions
Balance of subjects should be more towards Internet

4. Balance of discussion and cooperation subjects
General consideration of good balance. Some specific points:
Exchange of best practices is particularly appreciated
Earlier consultation and discussions, e.g. on Internet developments, testing of systems by NSIs.
Differences of opinion on guidelines for publications (in favour – against)
More possibilities for discussions and exchanges between Member States
Sometimes need for specialists (-> stronger role of Task Forces)
More future orientation in the discussions, e.g. use of new technologies

5. How should the cooperation evolve?
Development of common dissemination principles
Care for image that the ESS can well work together <--> independence of NSIs
Common projects very important (few but good ones, value added services, concentration on digital services)
Improve metadata and its presentation and integration (cooperation with meta data group)
SDMX and related visualisation tools (open source)
More exchange of best practices, i.e. on specific promising techniques (RSS, common keywords, ..)
More well focused workshops and Task Forces
Cooperation with communication teams

6. Concrete proposals for cooperation projects
Strategic Dissemination Plan
Increased cooperation on existing projects:
Sharing of tables
Common keywords
Common search facility
Proactive communication on Census 2011 and dissemination of census data
Stronger use of INSIte for exchange of dissemination information and best practices
Cross border cooperation on regional statistics
Guideline documents, such as those of UNECE (European inter-institutional style guide)

7. Concrete proposals for cooperation projects (cont.)
More aligned Internet designs
More and common visualisation tools and WebTV for EU statistics
Benchmarking-type auditions on usability and accessibility of websites
User satisfaction/user needs surveys
Common content and structure of announcements
Common project(s) on statistical literacy
All national statistics in English

8. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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