1. H.I. Reuter – DG EUROSTAT - E4 - GISCO
2015 Call for proposals for merging statistics and geospatial information
H.I. Reuter – DG EUROSTAT - E4 - GISCO

2. Background
Legal basis: Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the European statistical programme
The ESS 2020 vision states that " there is a growing need to develop statistics with increasing geographical detail to support national and regional policy making" (e.g. development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EU policies).

3. Aims:
Improving the integration of geospatial and statistical information
processes required for a (semi) automated regular update
stable and unique national identifier systems
linking geo- and statistical information provides additional value
creates new information (open data initiative, Big Data streams)
web applications to show the spatial distribution of statistics.
Improving the integration of geospatial and statistical information during the statistical production process including the survey design;
Establishing internal and external processes required for a continuous (semi) automated regular update of geospatial data sources for statistics;
Conducting projects with the aim to introduce stable and unique national identifier systems for geospatial reference data;
Illustrating how linking geo- and statistical information and corresponding metadata provides additional value and creates new information in particular towards the open data initiative and the usage of Big Data streams;
Designing innovative web applications to show the spatial distribution of statistics.

4. Structure of the call for proposals
Total available ESTAT funding €
Co-financing 70%
Mono-beneficiary
Duration up to 24 months, shorter time periods preferred.
14-15 March 2013
GISCO working group meeting 2013

5. Simplified Process of Grant execution

6. Proposal Evaluation Criteria Maximum Mark
Understanding of the action and quality of the proposed approach
10 points
Presentation of expected results, expected impact and sustainability of the action
45 points
Time schedule of the action (work plan); management arrangements
15 points
Coherence, relevance and proportionality of the estimated budget in relation with the proposed action
20 points
Relevance of the individual proposal within the framework of the whole action
Maximum total score
100 points

7. Evaluation Criteria
Complexity of linking or integrating geography and statistics
Innovativeness of the approach
The sustainability of the georeference process
Quality of the information derived
Extent to which software solutions can be used by others
Free and open access to all the data
Quality and comprehensibility of the provided reports and studies, and the documentation to allow for uptake by others

8. Thank you for your attention