1. Concrete actions for improving cooperation with countries
Item 4.3 on the agenda
P. Jacques – ESTAT B2 Methodology and Research
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Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics

2. Summary – ESSnet projects
Background
Concepts
Criteria
(current) Examples in the ESS
Preparing ESSnets
Support
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3. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
Background
Sep 2002, DGINS Palermo meeting:
Need to find synergies, harmonisation and dissemination of best practices in the ESS
Creation of Cenex « centres and networks of excellence »
Feb 2005, SPC meeting
Launching of Cenex pilots
SDC ‘Statistical Disclosure Control’
ISAD ‘use of administrative and statistical data’
Hedonic prices
Feb 2008, SPC meeting
Procedure for implementing ESSnet projects
Launching the ESSnet exercise for 2008
May 2008, May 2009, May 2010
ESSnet action plan presented to ESSC
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4. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
Concepts
Idea:
« A few countries, interested in a specific domain, actively collaborate to its development and disseminate the results to those not participating; the actions supported by the ESSnet shall serve the interests of the whole ESS while in line with the 5-year statistical programme »
Funding:
Each member (of which one coordinator) + the Commission (Eurostat) must contribute
Financial instrument for Eurostat is:
FPA ‘Framework Partnership Agreement’ (~4 years)
Multi-beneficiary grant (~2 years)
Normally 70% co-financing, possibly up to 90%, a few improvement proposed for 2011 onwards
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5. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
Concepts
Benefits for the ESS:
Resource savings
Sharing expertise
Better quality
More harmonisation
Outstanding problems:
Additional administrative burden, especially for the coordinating member, under discussions after ESSnet workshop of 31/5-1/6 in Stockholm
Participation of each individual member with in mind the benefit of the whole ESS
Dissemination of results and their exploitation by the whole ESS
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6. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
Criteria
An ESSnet project …
Involves several partners and disseminates results to non participating NSAs
Focuses on issues that answer a European interest
Is compatible with the 5-year work programme
Is cost-effective (enough financial investment, no duplication)
Promotes knowledge sharing, innovation and harmonisation
Is sustainable (beyond its duration, also at national level)
Is carried out by ESS organisations
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7. (current) Examples in the ESS
Follow-up of Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC)
EC Financing 70%: 450,000 €
Partner countries: NL(C), IT, UK, DE, SE, SI, AT, PT, NO, LU, HU, BG
Started 01/01/08 for 2 years
Decentralised access to micro data
EC Financing 70%: 170,000 €
Partner countries: DE (C), NL, IT, HU, UK, DE(LDS-NRW)
Started 01/02/09 for 1 year
EuroGroups registers (EGR)
EC Financing 70%: 1,000,000
Partner countries: IT (C), EE, NL, UK
Started 7/10/2008 for 4 years
EU-SILC: advanced analysis
EC Financing 90%: 400,000 €
Partner countries: LU (C), CZ, FI, AT, NO, UK, IT, EE
Started 1/12/2008 for 2 years
SMDX
EC Financing 80%: 500,000 €
Partner countries: P (C), IT, LV, SK, ES, SE
Started 29/09/2009 for 18 months
Common Reference Architecture (CORA)
EC Financing 70%: 250,000 €
Partner countries: I (C), DA, SE, LV, CH, NO, NL
Started 8/10/2009 for 10 months
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8. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
Overview 2009 and beyond BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL NO AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE CH UK 01
Hedonic Prices 05
Handbook on Data Quality Assessment 06
SDC - Phase 1
Edimbus
Flash Estimation
CENEX Statistical Methodology - ISAD 2
SDC - Phase 2
EU-SILC
EuroGroups registers (EGR) 8
Decentralised Access to Microdata
Small Area Estimation (SAE)
Data integration (DI)
Common reference architecture (CORA)
SDMX
GEOSTAT 1A 9
Culture Statistics
Partnership Health (PH)
MEETS - Use of administrative and accounts data (AdminData)
MEETS - Profiling
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9. Overview of new projects for 2010BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL NO AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE CH UK
MEETS - Methodology for modern business statistics
To be defined
Standardisation and the integration of statistical processes in the ESS
Cooperative Development and Innovation in Data Analysis for production of ESS statistics
Common tools and harmonised methodology for SDC in the ESS
Decentralised and remote access to confidential data in the ESS
Common reference environment (CORE)
SDMX
GEOSTAT 1B
Lifelong learning accounts
Automated Data Collection and Reporting in Accommodation Statistics
MEETS Linking of micro data on ICT usage
MEETS - Consistency
MEETS Micro-data linking and data warehousing in statistical production
KEY
Interested Coordinator
Interested Co-partner
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10. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
Situation in March 2010
2008
Total
Finished projects
Follow-up SDC
Decentralised Access
MEETS EGR (phase 1) 3
Running projects
EU-SILC
Partnership Health
MEETS Admin Data (phase 1)
CORA
SDMX
Small Area Estimation
Data Integration
Culture Statistics
GEOSTAT 1A
MEETS EGR (phase 2)
MEETS profiling (phase 1) 11
Projects under preparation
CORE
Data Analysis
Remote Access
Accommodation Statistics
Standardisation (phase 1)
Harmonised methodology for SDC
MEETS micro-data linking for ICT (phase 1)
MEETS EGR (phase 3)
MEETS Admin Data (phase 2)
MEETS profiling (phase 2)
SDMX II
Geostat 1B
EU-SILC II 13
Cancelled projects
Agri-Environment
Material Flow Accounts
Development of heat pumps statistics
Projects postponed to 2010
Life Long Learning Accounts
MEETS consistency (Phase 1)
MEETS Methodology (Phase 1)
MEETS micro-data linking and data warehousing (Phase 1) 4 17 34
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11. Overview of projects for 2011
Continuation of previous ESSnets
GEOSTAT II -Integration of Census 2010/11 data into the EU population grid map
ESSnet-culture
Automated Data Collection and Reporting in Accommodation Statistics (Tourism Stats)
Standardisation and the integration of statistical processes in the ESS
MEETS - Consistency of concepts and methods of business-related statistics
MEETS -Micro data linking and data warehousing in statistical production)
MEETS - Use of administrative and accounts data for business statistics (AdminData)
MEETS -Profiling of large and complex Multinational Enterprise Groups
New ESSnets
European Socio-economic Classification (ESEC)
Data collection on land use and land cover
MEETS - Measuring Global Value Chains
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12. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
Preparing ESSnets
Mechanisms for developing an ESSnet programme:
ESSnet projects content discussed and elaborated in WGs and sector groups until January n-1, identification in WGs and SGs of MS interested to join the ESSnet partnership.
Eurostat to develop the yearly ESSnet plan of activities.
Eurostat to include the ESSnet plan in Work Programme year n
Eurostat to present it to the May n-1 SPC for discussion.
Eurostat units to include ESSnet projects in Financing Decision year n.
Eurostat units to finalise the technical specifications for ESSnet projects
ESSnet restricted call for proposals to be launched once FD adopted.
Detailed technical proposals for the retained ESSnet projects sent by coordinators to Eurostat
Eurostat to evaluate these proposals: accept, reject or request improvements.
Eurostat to prepare the contract (Multi-beneficiary Grant Agreement /Framework Partnership Agreement) and start the project
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13. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
Support
Information
Helpdesk
ESSnet training sessions
Roma : 9/10/2009
Madrid: 26-27/10/09
Stockholm: 18-19/11/09
More to come in 2010
ESSnet workshop
31/5-1/ in Stockholm
2011 under preparation
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14. Cooperation on Land Cover/Use Statistics
THANK YOU
FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
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