1. Products, costs and priorities – Introduction Pieter Everaers, Director Eurostat Directorate A, Cooperation in the ESS, International Cooperation, resources
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17 June 2017

2. Promoting Value of official statistics
Overall objective: to promote role and place of official statistics and enhance statistical infrastructure
Various initiatives currently underway
Pre-requisite: common understanding on users/producers interaction model and clear typology of users, of quality expectations and of products that can be offered by official statistics
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3. Current initiatives
Vienna Group - A small group of NSIs are discussing with Eurostat on the value of official statistics
- Revision of the long term mission, vision and values statements for official statistics
-Exchange of innovative practices on user interaction and new products and services
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17 June 2015

4. Current initiatives (contd)
Towards a more active branding/labelling policy of official statistics:
design a visual stamp giving a strong identity and conveying the values of official statistics, and promote this quality mark;
establish labels ('indicators', 'standard', 'experimental') reflecting different quality grades
Procedure for certification (who and how?)
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17 June 2015

5. Interaction model
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6. Typology of products of official statistics
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17 June 2015