1. ESSnet on Measuring global value chains
Peter Bøegh Nielsen

2. Measurement Challenges
Official statistical production systems mainly designed to measure domestic incidents
The increased globalisation of business organisation and their value chains influences the existing statistics
Implicit multiple counting of intermediate goods/services
Hiding of actual patterns of trade
The dynamics of globalisation requires introduction of new concepts
Business functions
Global Value Chains
Changed framework conditions focusing on diminishing respondent burden on enterprises
Puts focus on micro data linking 2

3. Background Real economy justification: Demand from policy makers:
Increased fragmentation of the production chain
Increased digitalization of tasks, especially services
Growing global trade in intermediates
Enterprises establish increasingly foreign affiliates
Demand from policy makers:
EU 2020 strategy:
The Commission will draw up a framework for a modern industrial policy. The framework will address all elements of the increasingly international value chain from access to raw materials to after-sales service.

4. Work packages Globalisation indicators
basic, supplemental and experimental
GVC survey fine tuning and support
New survey on GVCs and international sourcing
Micro data linking
Develop methodology and identify indicators and sources
Test methods of improving FATS quality
Mirror statistics exercise IFATS vs OFATS
Publish analyses
globalisation indicators, GVC survey and micro data linking results
Information-sharing within ESS 4
9/3/2019

5. Overall organisation and communication
Eurostat and Partners
STATDK, STATFI, STATNO, CBS, INE, INS RO, INSEE
Steering Group
Task Forces with WP leads
WP1 CBS
WP2 STATDK, STATFI
WP3 STATDK
WP4 STATNO
WP5 STATDK
Co-ordinator STATDK
9/3/2019

6. Overall organisation and communication
Communication within the group:
ESSnet portal
Secretariat function (STATDK):
SG status documents
Minute meetings
Broader perspective:
Dissemination and information-sharing with broader ESS
Other external stakeholders
9/3/2019

7. Project design and organisation
WP1
WP2
WP3
WP4
WP5
WP6
STATDK x X
STATFI -
STATNO
CBS
INE
INS RO
INSEE
X=WP lead x=WP participant = Not WP participant
9/3/2019

8. Project design and organisation
9/3/2019

9. Risks Ambitious program Contents partially unknown
Time schedule very tight
Large degree of interdependence between
work packages in the project
ESSnet and “external” projects (survey, micro data linking)
9/3/2019

10. Background for WP4
First discussion and decision taken at meeting of Nordic DGs in 2009
Difficult to verify the information collected for OFATS
Supplement needed for the EGR as many groups with Nordic affiliates are relative small

11. Starting point
End goal: Exchange information about Nordic owned affiliates and affiliates in the other Nordic countries to sequire data quality and reduce resources needed
First action: Test feasibility of the proposal by:
Addressing the legal issue
Esting the quality of existing identification numbers (BvD no.)