1. DSS meeting Setting up a medium term program for social statistics in France 

2. Introduction achievements of the previous medium-term
: heavy statistical projects:
The new rolling census
Resane (reengineering of business statistics)
The generalisation of the use of administrative data
The renewal of the business data collection
In a new context:
The decentralisation of public policies and the increase of local needs
New statistical needs for Europe

3. Introduction (2) new constraints
Changes in the external conditions:
The contradiction between the need for ongoing statistical programmes and new emerging demands, from Europe or from national users.
The gap between the objective measure and the common perception: are means still significant for the users ?
The limitation in the number of statisticians due to the replacement of only one half of retiring civil servants

4. Introduction (3) strong difficulties
The result:
An over-extension of the statistical system
A loss in credibility and a real of crisis for official statistics
A need to legitimate statistical productions with respect to external users
An increase in the communication about quality
The necessity to define and to follow international practices
A need for external - and not only internal - legitimacy (peer reviews,..)

5. The principles for the preparation of the medium term strategy
Principle 1 : First for international
Be sure of the consistency of definitions and social classifications with international recommendations (ILO, OECD, Eurostat,ISCO, ISCED,..)
Improve the questionnaires for a better international comparability (LFS, SILC,TUS, HBF,…)
Be ready for assessment in case of international reviews
Be aware of innovation in other countries
Be more active in the European decision making process

6. The principles for the preparation of the medium term strategy
Principle 2: demand driven rather than supply driven
Think « results » rather than « tools » (surveys, data bases..) to provide answers to new societal demands: beyond the GDP, long life learning, local statistics,…
Choose emblematic topics and modify now existing tools to provide new required statistics in the next years (for example a short-term survey about living conditions)
In France, think « official statistical system » rather than Insee alone to provide consistent official statistics

7. The principles for the preparation of the medium term strategy
Principle 3 : increase the efficiency in the supply of statistics
Get on updating of the census process
Increase the use of administrative data, and the combining of administrative data and survey data:
Exact individual merging
Probabilistic individual merging
Aggregate merging
Improve the computation of the CPI using scanned data
Improve the intelligence of built-in controls to reduce the use in human resources
Experiment new survey methods (Internet, multi modal questionnaires,..)

8. What about Eurostat and the member states ?
Eurostat is one of the main partners of Insee
To improve the comparability, for example in the implementation of the ISCO 2008 in Europe
To improve the quality of harmonized statistics:
By editing recommendations as for LFS
By organizing the quality management (peer reviews,..) on the basis of these recommendations
With UNO (ILO, WHO,..), and OECD to manage the improvement of statistics on new topics (Beyond the GDP, propositions of the Stiglitz-Sen Commission, long life learning, consequences of globalisation,..)

9. What about Eurostat and the member states ?
Europe is one way to improve the efficiency of the Member States
By sharing skills to go ahead on specifics topics (ESSnets, TF,..)
In the future, by sharing means of production :
One MS or an ESSnet should be responsible of the questionnaire of the LFS ?
The production of national indicators from international databases should be centralised (price levels, price indexes,..) ?
A methodological framework for multi modal surveys should be implemented
But Eurostat procedures should be lightened, and the consistency of the social ESS should be still improved !

10. Conclusion For Insee, be ready to answer to the stakes for tomorrow
A slogan, four ambitions, many actions
A need for innovation
A need for international concern
Comparability of statistics
Quality of statistics
Improvement of the efficiency
Eurostat is a major partner in the process