1. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 2-3 June 2016
Item 8.2 Implementation of the Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)
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Outline
CVTS 5 – legislation in place
Methodological support to implementation
Data transmission requirements
Planned changes to the online dissemination
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CVTS 5 – legislation (1)
Framework regulation: Regulation (EC) No 1552/2005 of 7 September 2005
Contains basic requirements / features of CVTS
Some basic definitions
Scope in terms of NACE and enterprise size (10+)
Data sources (enterprise survey, administrative data)
Transmission of microdata
Transmission delays (microdata, quality reports)
Every 5 years
etc.
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CVTS 5 – legislation (2)
Implementing act: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1153/2014 of 29 October 2014
Amendment of Commission Regulation (EC) No 198/2006 of 3 February 2006 – some parts still relevant
Annex I: CVTS 5 variables; all mandatory, no optional variables; details in code book (annex 7 of CVTS 5 manual)
Annex II: sampling and precision requirements
Annex III: imputation and record weighting; list of variables for which no missings are accepted: core (no missings and no imputation) and key (no missings but imputation allowed) variables
Annex IV: data file format
- Regulation (EC) 198/2006 applies
- Two data sets: before / after imputation (+ 'control table')
Annex V: standard quality report - requirements
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5. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 2-3 June 2016
CVTS 5 – legislation (3)
For legislation see also:
in particular the consolidated versions
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6. CVTS 5 – implementation (1)
CVTS 5 network
Information on changes in contact persons
Restricted domain in CIRCABC
Overview file on national planning
Update on changes
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7. CVTS 5 – implementation (2)
CVTS 5 implementation manual + annexes
Available since March 2015
Public domain in CIRCABC
Network informed by on availability and updates
Updates since March 2015
September 2015: validation rules in excel
January 2016: control table (for validation of main results / calculations)
March 2016: exchange rates, small correction code book
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8. CVTS 5 – implementation (3)
Stand-alone version of EDIT available
Since March 2016
Restricted domain in CIRCABC
User manual, file format for data transmission ('dummy file')
Validation rules as specified in annex 8 and 9 of the CVTS 5 manual
Countries strongly recommended to run the validation tool before submitting data to Eurostat
For any errors reported by the tool: a justification has to be provided in order for the data file to be accepted
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9. CVTS 5 – implementation (4)
Still missing
'Template' for standard quality report: ESS Metadata Handler (ESS MH) to be used
Web-based application used for the production, validation and dissemination of European and national reference metadata files and standard quality reports (ESQRS)
August 2016: new format / requirements
Information to CVTS network in August / September
Q&A file
Questions received from countries and Eurostat replies
To be shared within the CVTS 5 network
July / August
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10. CVTS 5 – data transmission requirements in a nutshell
Transmission deadlines
30 June 2017: 'clean' microdata files
3 CSV files: non-imputed data file, imputed data file, control table
Format according to code book (annex 7 of CVTS 5 manual, 'dummy file' in CIRCABC)
30 September 2017: quality report
ESS-MH, format to be defined
Validation
The imputed data file has to pass EDIT
Justification of errors reported by EDIT necessary
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11. CVTS – online dissemination (1)
Current structure
By wave – 1999, 2005, 2010
Some tables with 'time series' ( )
Recent project on comparability across waves
May 2015 – March 2016
Objectives
Present time series for indicators where possible
Develop new tables for variables not yet used in online tables
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12. CVTS – online dissemination (2)
Project outcomes
Reports on general comparability of waves and comparability variable by variable for 1999 – 2015
To be made available in restricted domain of CIRCABC
New online table structure covering 35 'indicators'; e.g.
Enterprises providing training by type of training and
- size class: (1999/)2005 – 2015
- NACE Rev. 2: 2010 – 2015
- NACE Rev. 1.1: (1999 –) 2005
Time horizon for implementation
2005 – 2010: end 2016 / early 2017 (due to resource constraints)
1999: ?
Ready to host 2015 data
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The ETS WG is invited to:
Take note of the relevant CVTS legislation, the methodological material available for CVTS 5 and the data transmission requirements and deadlines;
Inform Eurostat on changes in national CVTS 5 contact persons or in the national planning.
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