1. Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics - MEETS OECD-Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Statistics (WPTGS) – November 2009

2. Objectives of the MEETS programme
To review priorities and develop target sets of indicators for new areas
To achieve a streamlined framework for business-related statistics
To support implementation of a more efficient way of producing enterprise and trade statistics
To modernise Intrastat
 Further broken down into ~ 25 projects

3. Project “Economic indicators on globalisation”
Aim:
To further develop economic indicators on globalisation using the OECD Handbook on Economic Globalisation Indicators as a reference
Actions:
Internal project group created, publication of already available indicators, work shops with EU MS, feasibility and methodological studies
Expected results:
Dissemination and publication of indicators

4. Project “Developing Statistics based on enterprise groups”
Aim:
To identify useful and meaningful indicators for enterprise groups. Either enterprise group as statistical unit or economic phenomena related to enterprise groups
Actions:
Work shops with EU MS, feasibility and methodological studies
Expected results:
Indicators for enterprise groups, agreed methodological guidelines

5. Project “EuroGroups Register (EGR)”
Aim:
To develop and implement the methodology, processes, systems and organisation of the EGR
Actions:
2 ESSnets on profiling and methodology, work shops, feasibility and methodological studies
Expected results:
EGR network, which is used as a population frame by NSIs and NCBs to define survey populations and to produce coordinated statistics on globalisation

6. Projects on consistency (3)
Aim:
To provide a methodological, sustainable and cost-effective harmonised framework of business and trade statistics
Actions:
ESSnet consistency, work shops, feasibility and methodological studies
Expected results:
Consistency between legal acts and methodology on business and trade statistics improved

7. Projects “Linking business and trade statistics”
Aim:
To further develop indicators which combine variables from external trade and business statistics  structure of enterprises active in trade, impact of trade on production, employment and enterprises' performances
Actions:
Feasibility and methodological studies
Expected results:
Harmonised set of new indicators of European enterprises involved in internal trade

8. Project on international sourcing
Aim:
To link data from the survey of international sourcing with data on structural business statistics
Actions:
Implementation in 9 MS
Expected results:
New statistical data on the impact of international sourcing on employment and the economic impact of international sourcing

9. Projects on foreign trade (7)
Aim:
To improve the quality of foreign trade statistics as well reducing statistical requirements and minimising the burden on enterprises
Actions:
Feasibility, methodological and technical studies
Expected results:
Modernised and simplified foreign trade statistics

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