1. Item 8 Cost assessment survey of production of statistics in the ESS
Walter Sura, A.2 – Strategy and Planning ESS RDG, April 2017

2. State-of-play 1st cost assessment survey in 2015
Need to clarify methodological issues
Data confidential
Agreement by RDG in June 2016 on the way forward: support for the next round
2nd Cost assessment survey in 2016
Best possible estimate on human and financial resources
Two figures: total cost and total FTE incurred by the ESS for production of official statistics
ESS RDG,
27-28 April 2017

3. Guiding principles - General
Official statistics (European, national layer)
The survey covers NSIs, its regional statistical offices, and ONAs
Reference period: calendar year covering
Non-recurrent expenditures (census, research programmes) to be included
Activities, which are not core business of NSIs (e.g. elections), to be excluded
Accrual accounting principles
Consistency between the two cost projects
ESS RDG,
27-28 April 2017

4. ESS RDG,
27-28 April 2017

5. ESS RDG,
27-28 April 2017

6. - available 28 country data - Eurostat data
Based on
- available 28 country data
- Eurostat data
- data from 4 missing countries (1st survey)
Preliminary estimates of the production of statistics in 2015 on ESS level points to
~ 3 bn € costs
~ FTE
ESS RDG,
27-28 April 2017

7. Proposed next steps Eurostat
Who
What
When
Eurostat
Presents the outcome of the 2nd round of the cost assessment to the ESS RDG and clarifies guiding principles
End of April 2017
NSIs
Provide missing information for (for the 2nd round)
Mid June 2017
Calculates ESS aggregates
for and communicates to the RDG members
End of July 2017
Launches the 3rd cost assessment survey covering 2016 and updating the previous years (if appropriate)
Submit estimated 2016 cost data (including ONAs and regional offices) to Eurostat
End of November 2017
Calculates ESS aggregates for 2016 (and if necessary revises ESS data) and communicates to the RDG members
End of December 2017
ESS RDG,
27-28 April 2017

8. Many thanks for your attention In case of further questions: walter
Many thanks for your attention In case of further questions:
ESS RDG,
27-28 April 2017