1. ESS Resource Directors Group Luxembourg 17.06.2015
State of play: peer reviews
ESS Resource Directors Group Luxembourg

2. Progress since December 2014
end December 2014: 12 peer review visits concluded (+ pilots SK, IS and Eurostat)
18 visits in 2015, all concluded mid-June
Final country reports and improvement action (IA) plans available at
All country reports available in September 2015 and IA plans in October 2015

3. Reports on the outcomes of the exercise
Eurostat to prepare:
A Commission report to the EP and the Council on compliance with the CoP and coordination
An ESSC report on cooperation/integration within the ESS
ESSC of May 2015 endorsed structures for the two reports
Drafts to ESSC of February 2016 – revised timeline
Adoption of the EP and Council report: 1st half 2016

4. Improvement action plans
ESS TF Peer Reviews' proposal for developing improvement actions endorsed by the ESSC in February 2015
Key element: improvement actions SMART:
Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time-bound
Submission by NSIs 4 weeks after final report sent
Implementation deadline: end 2019

5. Monitoring of implementation
ESS Task Force Peer Reviews' proposal endorsed by the ESSC in May 2015
Annual progress reports by NSIs as of spring 2016 until end 2019
Eurostat prepares annual progress reports to the ESSC, and submits information for ESGAB
Final global progress report by Eurostat to the ESSC in spring 2020

6. Eurostat peer review Monitoring conducted by ESGAB
Based on annual reports – as for NSIs
First progress report to ESGAB in May 2015
ESGAB conclusions of Eurostat's and the ESS' implementation in its annual reports to the EP and the Council, normally published in October of each year