1. ESSPROS Conference Main conclusions Agenda point 6
DSS Meeting February 2015

2. ESSPROS Conference 19 November 2014
50th anniversary of the European System of Social PROtection Statistics (ESSPROS)
Discuss future developments of ESSPROS

3. User requirements
General users: Questionnaire on-line on Eurostat web site
Specific users: Conference participants (EMPL, ECFIN, SPC-ISG, OECD, National administrations, etc.)
More than 20 possible future developments were discussed

4. Future developments? 5 areas and examples
1) improving dissemination of collected data (ex: dissemination of data by scheme) 2) improving timeliness (for ex. by improving efficiency of existing production process) 3) more details (for ex. qualitative information by scheme) 4) extension of the scope of ESSPROS ("net enlarged" module; other beneficiaries) 5) methodological developments (links with other statistics, ex. National accounts or EU-SILC; improving/clarifying implementation of existing methodology)

5. Priorities : user perspective
Links with national accounts
Methodological review + improvement of existing system
Dissemination of data by scheme (27/33 OK)
Improving timeliness
Number of beneficiaries
Net enlarged module
NB: links between different developments

6. "Costs": producer perspective
Questionnaire on costs to be circulated
Discussion in the Working Group on Social protection statistics (26-27 March 2015): "cost –benefit analysis"
Resources ?

7. Main conclusions by directors EMPL and ESTAT
Political support: rebalancing economic and social objectives in the European semester ( growing importance of social statistics)
Better links between different data sources
Conference: good initiative to maintain dialogue between users and producers of statistics

8. Thank you