1. The European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) European Statistical week, a study visit to Eurostat
Tim ALLEN Eurostat Press Office
Luxembourg, October 2014

2. The Eurostat Press Office
Issues News Releases
Provides media and institutional support

3. News Releases 200+ News Releases per year 140+ euroindicators
60+ ad-hoc
In English, German & French
Cover EU, EA, Member States
Where possible Candidates, EFTA, US, Japan…

4. Euro-indicators Monthly Quarterly
Flash inflation
Inflation (HICP)
Unemployment
External trade
Industrial production
Industrial producer prices
Production in construction
Retail trade
Quarterly
GDP (flash, 2nd)
Current account (1st, 2nd)
Quarterly sectoral accounts (Households and Business)
Government debt
Government deficit
House prices
Employment
Labour cost
Job vacancy rate
Public Deficit & Debt – April & October

5. Ad-hocs Annual GDP per capita (national & regional)
Foreign Direct Investments
International Trade in Services
Taxation trends
Population
Events
EU summits with China, US, Russia…
Women’s Day
Major publications
Yearbook
Regional Yearbook
Real Ad-hoc
Europe 2020
Healthy Life Years

6. Dissemination of News Releases
Sent at 11:00 by to more than 2000 journalists
Available at 11:00 on the Eurostat web site
Tweeted at 11:00
Authors and Press Office available by phone and
May be commented in daily Press Conference in Brussels

7. Release calendar Includes Euroindicators
Available on the Eurostat web site
Provisional calendar for current year
New year usually available at beginning October
Dates confirmed Friday before publication week
also ad-hocs for coming week
Disseminated by to journalists

8. Eurostat Media and Institutional Support
Specialised support for media…
…and for staff of international organisations
Receives around requests per year
Requests are dealt with as rapidly as possible

9. Things we don’t do… Eurobarometer (DG Comm)
Business/consumer confidence (DG Ecfin)
EU budget figures (DG Budget, DG Regio)
Tax rates (DG Taxud)

10. Monitoring Difficult! 28 Member States 24 languages
How many media outlets?
Cuttings service
EMM
Google
Trendybuzz
Twitter analytics