1. TEN YEARS AFTER MEETING PROPOSALS
First Local Coordinator Meeting : 16-17/10/1997

2. INTRODUCTION 1) Last year I made a comparison between the
First LC meeting in 1997 and the present situation :
Meetings organisation
Dataflows Inventory
Data transmission
Standardisation
Relationship

3. 2) I made a proposal for a 10th aniversary special meeting
INTRODUCTION
2) I made a proposal for a 10th aniversary special meeting
Past lessons
- Next goals
- Next messages

4. 1) PRESENT SITUATION
LC meetings : too big, nobody talks (except a few persons)
Inventory : seems to be complete in Eurostat, but needs update
Data transmission : eWA better than Stadium but what about eWP , Web-Forms , SODI, standard formats ?
Standardisation : SDMX exists, but is SDMX a real success ?
Relationships : how to improve ?

5. 2) PROPOSALS FOR A SPECIFIC MEETING
Lessons until today ?
Goals ?
« Political » messages ?
Does the LC have a future ?
I’ll propose ( with a little help from my friends) some questions on those categories for thinking together

6. LESSONS FROM THE PAST
More difficult task to achieve in your LC life during the last period ?
(To install, train users, modify setup for GENEDI, Web Forms;To manage users’ rights; To convince Management about server necessity for eWA; etc..)
Better experience in your LC life during the last period ?
(if you are « new », ask the « old » LC)

7. NEW GOALS meeting organisation.
How to make LC meetings lighter ?
Proposals : Limit number of participants to one from each country and organize special (advanced meetings) for EU MS? Create specific task-forces ?
What new task-forces ?
other questions ??

8. NEW GOALS inventory Is Eurostat’s inventory complete ?
Is yearly update enough ?
( Errors in Dataset/Domain name descriptions [CSV, Excel split records]; Errors in Country obligation/derogation setup)
What about double sendings ?
(even with Web Forms)
Cooperation with other international organisations : Is it possible to build a common inventory with OECD, IMF .. ?
Other remarks ?

9. NEW GOALS Data transmission
Today : - Only one eDAMIS in Luxembourg and MS around - Eurostat is the center and needs specialized functions (user and domains or datasets management,..)
=> the Sun model.
Question about a new system :
- each MS is a Sun , and Eurostat « primus inter pares »
- eDAMIS very similar for M-S and for Eurostat
=> eDAMIS becoming a package .
Is it thinkable ?

10. NEW GOALS Data transmission
Today : EDAMIS is based on a « push » model.
Web-Forms + eWP is a super push system, without any independance for MS .
Question : Is it the future ?
SODI with SDMX-ML is based on a « pull » mechanism
Question : Is it the future ?
(Simplification of this interface is required with complete explanation and manuals)

11. NEW GOALS : standardisation
Is SDMX-ML the future ?
What problems for Eurostat, M-S and others producers to be completely standard compliants?
What about Excel’s macros to produce Gesmes files.. ?
( One opinion : This should not be continued [PL])
Other remarks ?

12. NEW GOALS relationships
How to improve relationship between INS and other producers ?
Can we have a stable receiver’s situation in Eurostat ?
How to improve mutual control and validation system ?

13. Is full automation the ultimate target ?
« POLITICAL » MESSAGE ?
Is full automation the ultimate target ?

14. Is our shared experience sufficient to be intelligent ?
INTERNAL MESSAGE
These are only proposals for a special meeting .
WE SHOULD TRY TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCES, QUESTIONS AND DOUBTS, TO COLLEAGUES !
Is our shared experience sufficient to be intelligent ?