1. Euro-indicators Working Group
Luxembourg, 4th & 5th December 2008
Eurostat – Unit D1 Key indicators for the European policies

2. Ongoing collaboration with DG ECFIN
Item 7.1 of the Agenda
Ongoing collaboration with DG ECFIN
By Gian Luigi Mazzi
Doc 240/08
Eurostat – Unit D1 Key indicators for the European policies

3. Introduction DG ECFIN and ECB are privileged partners
Extended cooperation to OECD, IMF and other institutes
Important role of the AIECE network
In this context original definitions of the PEEIs list
Specific aspects of cooperation with DG ECFIN
Business-Consumer Surveys disseminated via Euro-IND
Co-organization in 2003 of the 4-th Colloquium on BC analysis
Methodological discussion on the business climate indicator
Participation to DG ECFIN task force on SA of Business and Consumer Survey
Co-operation strengthen thanks to the work of respective WGs
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4. Ongoing cooperation Two Eurostat projects of interest for DG ECFIN:
- dating and detection of turning points (more fruitful)
- back-calculation of PEEIs
Following a specific request, in-depth analysis of turning points traced by the DG ECFIN indicator
Comparative study with the Eurostat experimental GCCI
Investigation of the possibility of representing the Economic sentiment indicator in self-explaining maps
… to be used by the two Institutions in their communication strategies
The enhancement of cooperation stressed in a recent high level meeting among Institutions
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5. Conclusions Promising context for developing common activities
Common views by I. Steinbuka and M. Buti are an ideal basis for several potential cooperation activities
Next meeting planned in January will identify cooperation areas
Definition of a common work plan
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