1. Reporting on QUALITY issues
From the Quality Team of Eurostat & Quality Working Group to the DIME/ITDG
Eduardo Barredo Capelot – Director of GFS and Quality, Eurostat
DIME/ITDG SG meeting, Item 8 – Luxembourg, 28 June 2016

2. Members of the DIME/ITDG are invited to
Acknowledge the developments in the different areas of quality, as presented on the following slides
Provide any comments and suggestions on the future work and directions
Promote the respective initiatives and developments within the National Statistical Institutes, as appropriate

3. Follow-up of the February Q Workshop
Mandate of the High-level Group drafted and approved by the ESSC of May 2016
Quality Declaration of the ESS drafted and discussed by the PG of April 2016 – to be finalised in the coming weeks by the High-level Group, for adoption of the September ESSC
First meeting of the High-level Group planned for 8 July
Continuous information to the DIME/ITDG and Quality Working Group

4. Report from the 18th meeting of the Quality WG, 15 June 2016 (1/2)
Progress on the QUAL supporting framework of the ESS Vision 2020:
Presentation and discussion on 2.0 version of the Implementation paper
Call for interest for the Steering Committee
Presentation and discussion on the Quality aspects of the modernisation programmes
Update on the ESS TF Amended Regulation 223 and the quality aspects of the work: national guidelines for quality, regionalised and decentralised statistical systems
Second round of ESS peer reviews: follow-up, next steps

5. Report from the 18th meeting of the Quality WG, 15 June 2016 (2/2)
Information on the Advanced ESTP training course on Quality Reporting (24-25 November 2016, Luxembourg)
Q2016 conference: first statistics, evaluation of the event, experiences (cf. next slides)
Information on the implementation of the Single Integrated Metadata Structure (SIMS), next steps
Launch of the preparation of the ESS Handbook on Quality and Metadata Reporting, next steps

6. Q2016 conference – overview, main results
32 parallel sessions + 8 special sessions + 4 speed talk sessions + 3 plenary sessions
426 registrations + 66 from staff of INE
Participants from 61 countries, 119 institutions, 47 NSIs and 7 central banks
154 participants in the training courses (31 May 2016)
Overall evaluation was very positive

7. Thank you for your attention
Questions / comments?
Thank you for your attention

8. Implementation of SIMS – progress report
Item 8
DIME/ITDG Steering Group 28th June 2016
Jan Planovsky / Bogdan Zdrentu
Eurostat B5
Data and Metadata Services and Standards

9. Background
DIME/ITDG meeting in February 2015 and the ESSC meeting November 2015:
Supported a full standardisation of the ESS reference metadata by end of 2018;
Acknowledged the revised versions of the ESS quality and reference metadata reporting standards (ESMS 2.0 and ESQRS 2.0) as part of SIMS and the timetable for their implementation.

10. Implementation 2015-2016 ESQRS: 10 processes ESMS: 9 processes
Time Use Survey (TUS);
Community Innovation Survey (CIS);
Detailed Data on Demographic Events (3 processes: BAL, UNI and URE);
Causes of Deaths (COD);
Structure of Earnings Survey (SES);
Owner-Occupied Housing (OOH);
Enforcement of Immigration Legislation (EIL);
Housing Price Statistics (HPS);
Structural Business Statistics and global value chains (RSBS);
European Health Interview Survey (EHIS);
Foreign Affiliates Statistics (SBS-FATS);
Farm Structure Survey (FSS);
Residence permits (RES);
Structural Business Statistics (SBS).
Accidents at Work (ESAW);
Structure of Orchards and Vineyards (VIT).

11. Implementation
First week of August (1-5) – migration to SIMS 2.0
All current files collected and disseminated are migrated to SIMS 2.0.
Metadata Handler developed further to meet user needs and incorporate new trends:
Improved interoperability with national systems;
Improved flexibility for disseminated metadata.

12. Questions?
ESTAT – support Metadata