1. Item 9.1 – Implementation of the Adult Education Survey (AES)
Philippe Lombardo Eurostat F5
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

2. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
Outline
2016 AES – implementation issues
Future of AES – recent developments
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

3. 2016 AES – Implementation issues (1/3)
Commission Regulation for 2016 AES
At the last ETS WG: information on consultation process
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1175/2014, adopted 31 October 2014
Repealing Regulation (EC) No 823/2010
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

4. 2016 AES – Implementation issues (2/3)
Implementation of 2016 AES
2016 AES network
Information on changes in contact persons
CLA: new version adopted this year (September)
2016 AES implementation manual
Version 1 (first stable version) made available in Nov. 2014
Version 2 (manual + annexes) after new CLA is adopted
Validation (checking) rules under preparation
To do: standard control tables, details for national quality reports
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

5. 2016 AES – Implementation issues (3/3)
National planning
Information to be shared (CIRCABC)
Tool:
- for Eurostat to know where countries are with the data collection and when to expect the data + quality reports
- to help national coordinators to exchange information if needed
To be revised when needed: many countries have provided tentative dates
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

6. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
Future of AES (1/2)
New Integrated European Social Statistics (IESS) Regulation (see item 8.1)
DSS September 2015 to discuss the way forward (link with modernisation - IESS)
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

7. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
Future of AES (2/2)
An 'Education and training survey'
- extended age band (error in version presented at meeting)
- frequency made compatible with the overall rotating scheme of all social surveys => even frequency: 4 or 6 years (odd numbers excluded)
When… ? AES 2020 or later ? Not yet known, depending on IESS progress
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015

8. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 16-17 June 2015
The ETS WG is invited to take note and comment on the following:
2016 AES: adoption of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1175/2014; availability of the implementation manual; information on national planning
Future of AES: state of play and link with IESS (modernisation of social statistics)
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – June 2015