1. ESS Vision 2020

2. Why does the ESS need a strategic debate on its future today?
"Information and knowledge are fundamental building blocks for all modern societies"
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"Official statistics offer an information infrastructure and a public good that responds to the needs of many categories of users - citizens, decision makers, researchers and journalists"
"Official statistics have always strived to adapt to major developments in society and the economy"
Why do we need a new Vision? We had one, hadn’t we? There was even a small block in it about dissemination: the start of ‘Statistics explained’!
Well, here are three quotations from the new Vision. In each of them, you will see that there is some link to what our, your core-business is.

3. Four main drivers Data revolution New metrics Price of statistics
Future of Europe
Digital transformation
Globalisation
Quality vs. resources
Enhanced economic governance
New data sources
Complex reality
Reduced budgets
Evidence based policy making
Go through this, stressing:
Pillar 1: digital transformation, of the processes, but also of the output; new data sources, but also new dissemination and communaction metrics; competition among providers, not only of data but also of off-the-peg statistics.
Pillar 2: this is a real challenge for us: we come from the description of one-dimensional national phenomena and have just arrived at European harmonisation.
Pillar 3 and 4 are other challenges, especially for communication and interaction with users.
Competition among data providers
Geo-details
Cutting
the red tape
Objectives, thresholds, quality requirements

4. A cooperative approach at ESS level: Task Force Vision 2.0
September 2013 DGINS
Open brainstorming on improving the cooperation within the ESS
Task Force Vision 2.0
Elaborating a shared vision on the future of European statistics…
…taking into account the perspectives of individual ESSC members
Working together
7 months
14 countries and Eurostat
physical and virtual meetings
2 DG workshops
Result of September 2013 DGINS: we need a new vision!

5. Dissemination and Communication
Five priority areas
better understand and address user needs
be a global partner and leader for innovation
build strategic alliances with public and private partners
Users
abide with the European Statistics Code of Practice
apply fit-for-purpose tools to enhance quality assurance
assess the usability and quality of source data
Quality
exploit potential of new data sources
invest in new IT tools and methodology
continue to improve existing data collection methods
New data sources
adopt a new dissemination and communication strategy
create a data pool of European statistics
optimise ESS portfolio of products and services
promote European statistics as a brand
Dissemination and Communication
further intensify the collaborative partnership of the ESS
further identify and implement standards for statistical production
adopt enterprise architecture as a common reference framework
advance in sharing IT services and infrastructure
benefit from exchange of (micro)data, while fully respecting statistical confidentiality
Production processes

6. Users in the Vision 2020
We will engage proactively in a regular dialogue with users to better understand their needs.
Our strategic alliances with both public and private partners will help to respond flexibly to users’ needs.
We recognize that different user groups have different needs and we will address this diversity by offering the right information in the right way.
We will respond to the need to provide policy-makers with reliable, comparable and timely statistics to execute economic and financial policy.
We will strive to be a respected partner and a leader for driving innovations and progress in the global statistical community.

7. Dissemination and Communication in the Vision 2020
We aim for a future-proof dissemination and communication strategy that satisfies divergent and ever-changing user needs at both national and European level, is flexible enough to adapt to emerging technologies, gives guidance in a world of data revolution and serves as a reliable pillar of democracy.
We recognise that different user groups have different needs and capabilities, both in terms of products and dissemination channels and we will address this diversity by offering a variety of output channels and services.
We will explicitly introduce the brand of “European Statistics” that guarantees a reliable basis for evidence-based decision-making and an unbiased picture of society.

8. What is your Vision? Now it’s the time for implementation.
What would you think could be practical actions to take in order to implement the Vision in the field of
User Orientation and
Dissemination and Communication?
Could you perhaps think of ESS.VIPs or other projects/programs to be developed in these key areas?
If this doesn’t work:
Questions to launch the discussion on Vision 2020
User orientation
Could you think of any more modern means of measuring user satisfaction than a survey?
How can we predict future user needs? Or new user groups?
Should the ESS provide training for users to enable their analytical capacity? If yes, how?
Are there other any future-oriented tools you could think of that would enhance active user involvement?
What could be the future role of ESAC?
And finally: What of all this (and what else) should, in your opinion, be part of a possible ESS.VIP on User Orientation?
Dissemination and Communication
Are linked open data really the future?
What innovative products could we develop for new metrics (globalization/global value chains, sustainable development, well-being…)
Should we ourselves create mobile dissemination products and services or should we leave this to the private sector?
Where (in which NSIs) do we find best practices on web services?
How can we develop the brand of ‘European Statistics’?
And finally: What of all this (and what else) should, in your opinion, be part of a possible ESS.VIP on Dissemination and Communication?

10. ESSC agreement – 15 May 2014 The ESSC:
Came to an agreement on the ESS Vision 2020 as the guiding frame for the ESS development during the years up to 2020
Endorsed the PG Chair's proposal for working arrangements and a roadmap leading up to the 2014 September DGINS meeting in Riga
Agreed to align the ESS.VIP Programme with the ESS Vision 2020
Welcomed the roadmap for the extension of the European Statistical Programme for the period on the basis of the ESS Vision 2020

11. PGTF Vision Implementation up to Riga
Governance structure:
ESSC as decision making body
Vision Implementation Group (VIG) + Vision Implementation Champions Network (VIN)
Portfolio Management Unit (within Eurostat)
Principles
Good portfolio, programme and project management
Good governance
Definition of
Key areas
Objectives
Actions
For instance, in the key area Dissemination and Communication, the following actions were defined:
Improve ease with which users can compare national and European statistics
Improve communication of European statistics
Furtg-her exploit social media channels
Develop new dissemination and communication strategy
Develop open data portal and products
Develop linked open data and web services
Develop/promote EU statistics as a brand
Develop innovative products for new metrics (globalisation measures/value chains, sustainable development, well-being etc.) -> UA-IPROD?
Develop LOD ontologies and navigation end points to integrate EU data
Develop dissemination web services, allowing user active data navigation, analytics, visualisation and data upload functions

12. PGTF Vision Implementation up to Riga (continued)
Key Area Dissemination and Communication: objectives
new (generic, flexible and global) dissemination and communication strategy;
EU data pool and data services allowing navigation, reuse and visualisation. Dissemination data warehouse architecture, Single Entry Point for European statistics, open data portal, tailored products and services (e.g. apps);
promoting European statistics as a brand.
You can see, these were rather general principles, not very concrete…

13. DGINS and ESSC Riga DGINS acknowledged results of PGTF
More elaboration needed:
Concrete deliverables
Limited portfolio of ESS.VIPs (‘minibus’)
Clarification and operationalisation of selection and prioritisation criteria
Prolongation of mandate of PGTF until december
Reporting to ESSC in november, there decision on the ‘minibus’ and other issues
From on: VIG
This is why the DGINS said: More elaboration is needed

14. PGTF Vision Implementation after Riga: Filling the Minibus
How to fill the remaining places in the Minibus?
All ‘old’ ESS.VIPs are about efficient and robust processes
Consequently, new ESS.VIPs should be in other key areas of the Vision: User orientation, Quality, New Data Sources and Dissemination/Communication
Proposals:
UA-IPROD (User Analytics and Innovative Products)
BIGD (Big Data)
DIGICOM (Digital Communication)
QUAL (Quality)
SUPP (Supporting Frameworks)
Business cases needed
All this to be confirmed by November ESSC

15. PGTF Vision Implementation after Riga: Filling the Minibus
Your input will be taken on board
New challenges will be ahead of you in the implementation phase
… but let’s wait for the outcome of the november ESSC
We will come back to you !

16. Thank you !