1. WWW.EDS-DESTATIS.DE THE GERMAN WEBSITE FOR EU STATISTICS
Luxembourg | 2 April 2008
Workshop
ESDS Best Practices Exchange
Birgit Fischer EDS European Data Service Statistisches Bundesamt

2. Agenda 1. Background: Destatis website and corporate design
2. Structure of the website
2.1 Statistics by theme
2.2 Publications
2.3 Topic of the month
2.4 Services of EDS European Data Service
2.5 Statistics by product
3. Website monitoring

3. 1. Background: The main national Destatis website and corporate design
General layout: same colour scheme for all Destatis websites (white background, blue navigation)
Navigation
 Navigation by topic on one side
 Special offers on the other side

4. 2. Structure of the EDS website: basic principles
same colour scheme (white background, blue navigation)
same basic layout as Destatis website but independent navigation
Aktuelle Pressemitteilungen und wichtige Datenbank-Aktualisierungen auf der Startseite

5. 2.1 Structure of the website: The Eurostat themes
 Statistics by Theme
Link to Eurostat Online Database
Link to Eurostat predefined tables
Publications
Statistics / Data in Focus
Working Papers and Studies

6. 2.2 Publications: All Eurostat publications available online
All publications are entered into an SQL database  systematic approach

7. 2.2 Publications Options for download
Options for ordering a print version

8. 2.2 Publications: Order form for print version

9. 2.3 Website feature: Topic of the month

10. 2.3 Topic of the month: Example  World Water Day

11. 2.3 Topic of the month: Website statistics
hits in total
Even older archive topics enjoy great popularity
Most popular topics population, inflation, minimum wages, EU accession of Romania and Bulgaria

12. 2.4 Structure of the website: Services provided
Single access to all services 
ESDS Support
Customized data tables
Media services
Info Centre

13. 2.4 Service: European statistical data support

14. 2.4 Service: Customized data tables
Explanation of this service
Easy-to-use order forms
Information on subscriptions, ad-hoc extractions and prices
Clear indication that all data is available free of charge and online (grant commitment to free service)

15. 2.4 Service: Media services

16. 2.5 Structure of the website: Statistics by products
Publications, Catalogues
Databases
Classifications, Methodology
Geographical Data
Microdata for Researchers

17. 2.5 Statistics by Products: Databases

18. 3. Website Monitoring: Main Results
In 2007 we registered a total of more than 11 million hits
Increase of 47% on 2006
25% of hits for English language version
Most popular downloads: 1. Eurostat Yearbook, 2. Gas and Electricity Market Statistics, 3. Population Statistics, 4. Energy Pocketbook, 5. Cultural Statistics Pocketbook
Eurostat databases accessed times via our website (+130%): main themes of database accessed were economy (18%), social conditions (18%) and enterprise statistics (14%)

19. Thank you very much for your attention!
Birgit Fischer
Federal Statistical Office of Germany / I-Punkt Berlin