1. ESTP course on the Macro-economic Imbalances Procedure (MIP Scoreboard)
ESTP Course Luxembourg 9-11 December 2014 Rosa Ruggeri Cannata and Iliyana Savova

2. Overview Overall picture: MIP dedicated section - access
Challenges in the dissemination of policy relevant indicators
MIP dedicated section - access
MIP dedicated section - structure
Strengths
MIP dedicated section - content
Overcoming the drawbacks

3. What is the MIP dedicated web section about?
Present statistics serving EU policy framework
Combine indicators stemming from different domains in an user-friendly manner  MIP Scoreboard
Introduce cross-cutting issues
Communicate to the general public all the information related to the domain in an user-friendly manner

4. Why do we talk about indicators?

5. European Statistical Programme 2013-17

6. What is the MIP Scoreboard?
It is composed of:
11 headline indicators
28 auxiliary indicators
Combines different indicators in the context of a policy framework
Allows user-friendly and comprehensive presentation

7. Overview Overall picture MIP dedicated section - access
MIP dedicated section - structure
Strengths
MIP dedicated section - content
Overcoming the drawbacks

8. Where to find the MIP dedicated section? (1)
Eurostat HOME page:

9. Where to find the MIP dedicated section? (2)
Eurostat sub-page STATISTICS:

10. Overview Overall picture MIP dedicated section - access
MIP dedicated section - structure
Strengths
MIP dedicated section - content
Overcoming the drawbacks

11. How is the MIP web section structured?
The left-side panel allows an easy navigation of the sub-pages

12. What do we present on the web section?
Indicators
Relevant information on methodological issues, related to the underlying statistical data
Tailored metadata files for the MIP indicators
Legal basis
Publications
Latest news in the domain
Frequently asked questions
Links

13. Overview Overall picture MIP dedicated section - access
MIP dedicated section - structure
Strengths
MIP dedicated section - content
Overcoming the drawbacks

14. Characteristics of main page - INDICATORS
Multi country
Multi frequency
Offering headlines and auxiliary indicators
2 * 28 pages accessible by country selection
Last 6 values as default
Full screen with the last ten years displayable and downloadable
Download data for country

15. Characteristics of main page (cont.)
Multi layers
Additional data
Quarterly data
Plus GDP total in NAC, current prices (Q and A)
Metadata information
Link to the last AMR report (with a disclaimer about possible differences)
Bulk download functionality

16. Improved services for users: the FAQ
35 questions on:
General information on MIP
AMR; MIP scoreboard and indicators
Broad policy framework
Accessible from the different sub-pages
Inter-linkage among the questions

17. Methodological information
Improved presentation of the information on indicators
New sub-section: presenting the changes in the underlying statistical methodology:
BPM6
ESA2010
Links to related pages:
Eurostat
External

18. Accessibility and Clarity: availability of metadata files
Indicator specific
Tailored-made
Linked to the source metadata files

19. Where to find the metadata files?
Under this icon:
In the INDICATORS page
In the Data Navigation Tree

20. Looking at non-experts: Statistics Explained pages
An official Eurostat website presenting all statistical topics in an easily understandable way
Encyclopedia of European statistics, completed by a statistical glossary
A portal for occasional and regular users alike.

21. Characteristics of the MIP data tables
Longer time series
Short descriptions
Full TGM functionalities (downloading, map, graphs…)
More indicators (one variable dimension)
Tailored metadata information

22. Where to find the MIP data tables? (1)
MIP dedicated web section:

23. Where to find the MIP data tables? (2)
Data Navigation Tree:

24. Overview Overall picture MIP dedicated section access
MIP dedicated section structure
Strengths
MIP dedicated section content
Overcoming the drawbacks

25. Up-to-date information Quarterly data included Scoreboard layout:
Easy to access
Better visibility and user-friendly presentation of the statistical data
Indicators presented by countries

26. Advanced download options Improving services for users: the FAQ
Functionalities:
Expandable menus
Customisable maps and graphs
Short descriptions for the indicators
Metadata information
Advanced download options
Improving services for users: the FAQ

27. Overview Overall picture MIP dedicated section access
MIP dedicated section structure
Strengths
MIP dedicated section content
Overcoming the drawbacks: the way forward

28. Ongoing works Enlargement of the indicators published in the data tree
Ongoing improvement of the user friendliness of the section

29. Enlargement of the set of the disseminated indicators
NOW
Headline and auxiliary indicators
Some quarterly data
FUTURE
Components of the headline and auxiliary indicators
basic statistics used to compute scoreboard indicators
Indicators used in the In-depth reviews
More quarterly data

30. Disseminated indicators  NOW
Follows the structure of the Scoreboard

31. Disseminated indicators  IN the FUTURE
– Organized by statistical domains - Headline indicators in a separated folder

32. Developments for 2015
Improvement of the Scoreboard functionalities/layout
Development of interactive dashboards
Articles in Statistics Explained
Assessing the possibility of MIP scoreboard for non EU countries

33.  Thank you! 