1. Meeting Of The European Directors of Social Statistics
Links between social protection/ health/education statistics and national account progress report Item 6 of the agenda
Meeting Of The European Directors of Social Statistics
Luxembourg, 4-5 October 2016

2. The Project covers three areas of work
Background
The Project covers three areas of work
in social statistics:
Social protection
Health
Education

3. Background
The project started in November 2015 It was presented at the DSS meeting of February 2016 This progress report concerns Social protection and Education

4. Progress made since February 2016
Social protection
Methodology
methodological documents from the ESSPROS Task force discussed and approved at the Working Group on Social Protection Statistics (WGSPS) in April 2016
validation rules presented at the WGSPS have been approved in April data comparison between ESSPROS statistics and national accounts for countries
Next step: ESSPROS Task force meeting Nov 2016

5. Progress made since February 2016
Social protection
Early estimates for ESSPROS main indicators
Analysis of possibilities to produce early main indicators for social protection. Two NSIs involved thus far with bilateral meetings
Next step: ESSPROS Task force meeting Nov 2016

6. Progress made since February 2016
Social protection
Data on beneficiaries and ESSPROS/EU-SILC
Analysis of data on the characteristics of beneficiaries from EU-SILC is being conducted in cooperation with unit F4 and with countries
Next step: presentation at WGSPS in 2017.

7. Progress made since February 2016
Education
A preliminary study for satellite accounts of education and training has started in September 2016 and will last six months
Contacts are being made with countries possessing experience in this field in order to organise bilateral meetings on various technical aspects
Next step: presentation of results in 2017.

8. Involvement of countries in this project
Eurostat makes efforts to develop the project in close cooperation with experts at national level in the different areas.
The Working Groups will discuss results progressively achieved.
Task Force ESSPROS
Cooperation with national accounts is important also at the country level.
Country visits

9. The DSS is invited to take note of this progress report
Thank you for your attention