1. ESTP I 18-19 October 2012, Luxembourg Item 4 of the agenda
Working Group European Statistical System Learning and Development Framework & Human Resources Management
ESTP I
18-19 October 2012, Luxembourg
Item 4 of the agenda

2. ESTP I - Purpose
For the period 2007 – 2011, the European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) I aimed at:
- quality of European statistics;
- qualification of statisticians;
- theoretical and practical training;
- exchange of best practices and experience.
- raising the overall quality of European statistics;
- raising the qualification of statisticians in order to promote their independence;
- encouraging both theoretical and practical training;
- encouraging the exchange of best practices and experience.

3. ESTP I – Deliverables Courses delivered Year
Number of ESTP courses organised by
Total courses
Participants
EUROSTAT on its premises
EFTA
Contractors in Member States
2004 4 - 77
2005 5 2 11
309
2006 8 3 7 18
461
2007 9 19
475
2008 6 27
587
2009 10 32
683
2010
2(1) 14
565
2011
8 (1) 22
383 (2) 17 47
847 42 71
127
2693 59 82
160
3540
The figures of the offered courses and the number of the participants confirm the success of ESTP I programme.
At the end of 2011 the total number of statisticians having participated in the 160 courses of the ESTP amounted to 3540.
(1) 1 course cancelled.
(2) 2011 figures for some courses are not complete.

4. Courses per statistical domain
ESTP I - Deliverables
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Total
area
Economic agricultural accounts 1
National accounts - ESA 95 3 2 4 20
EU trade statistics 6
Seasonal adjustment 12
Education statistics
European Statistical User Support
Structural Business Statistics C 5
Output prices (SPPI)
Surveys (Non response, Labour Force, methodology) 13
Prodcom Statistics
Government Finance Statistics
Statistical Disclosure Control
Quality 17
Study visit
Statistical Methodologies for the integration of data sources
Advanced sampling
Data analysis
Dissemination and publication 9
Business registers
Administrative sources
Waste statistics
New advanced technologies
Nomenclatures 8
European Statistical System 7
Statistical metadata
Training of statistical trainers
TOTAL ALL 11 18 19 27 32 22
160
Courses per statistical domain

5. ESTP I - Participation 2009-2011
Participants by group of beneficiaries
In 2011, almost 87 % of all participants were indeed ESS statisticians, i.e. from EU Member States, EFTA and Eurostat.
68% of them came from EU Member States, 8% from EFTA (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), 8% from Candidate countries (Croatia, Turkey and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) 11% from Eurostat and 5% from NSIs of non-ESS countries or from international organisations.
The number of applications for ESTP I courses received indicates a strong interest in the programme. Although the number of courses increased considerably since 2007 the overall demand could not be fully met by the courses on offer.
EU27
ESTAT
EFTA CC
Other
2009
77,7%
4,7%
4,3%
9,6%
3,8%
2010
67,3%
10,6%
6,0%
11,3%
4,8%
2011
67,9%
11,0%
7,6%
7,8%
5,5% EU
ESTAT
EFTA CC
Other
Total
2009
511 31 28 63 25
658
2010
380 60 34 64 27
565
2011
260 42 29 30 21
383

6. ESTP I - Participation in 2011
EU27 participants (per country)

7. ESTP I - Participation 2009-2011
EFTA participants (per country)

8. ESTP I - Participation 2009-2011
CC participants (per country)

9. ESTP I - Participation 2009-2011
2011 participants (more than 10 participants) DE DK FI IT LV NL PL SI SK NO HR TR
2009 59 15 10 49 9 17 22 35 8 41 21 % 9% 2% 7% 1% 3% 5% 6%
2010 37 27 18 19 28 43 20 8% 4%
2011 45 12 14 13 26
12%
2011 participants (less than 5 participants) BG CY CZ FR HU LU PT LI MK
2009 18 5 30 10 9 12 1 % 3% 1% 5% 2% 0%
2010 13 4 15 8
2011 3 2 9

10. ESTP I – Evaluation by participants
( %) Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
A00
2011 71 74 78
2010 70 76
2009 67 73
2011 top 3 ranking in final evaluation:
Quality management in statistical agencies – advanced
Training for statistical trainers and other professionals
Nomenclatures, classifications and their harmonisation

11. ESTP I – Evaluation by Eurostat
ESTP I was a successful programme:
Very good coordination – keep it also in ESTP II
Contractors NSIs
NCPs
ESTAT
- continue the very good cooperation, coordination and communication between ESTAT, NSIs and the contractors;
- continue respecting the contractual and budgetary issues (change of trainers, reports quality and deadlines);
- organise meetings with the contractors before and/or after each annual programme

12. ESTP I – Lessons learned
Quality
maintain
ESTP II
Methods
follow trends
update if necessary
CIRCABC
main library
all courses material
maintain the overall good quality in the ESTP II programme
maintain and further improve the European dimension;
follow and update if necessary the new teaching trends;
- keep and use the CIRCABC as the main library of the courses material;

13. Thank you for your attention
Any questions?
Georgios Xenellis
Eurostat Unit A3
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