1. SPC-ISG needs for more timely estimates of Social Protection Statistics
Workshop on early estimates for ESSPROS main indicators
17 May 2018
Rudi Van Dam
Chair Indicator Subgroup SPC

2. 1. Main policy developments
European Pillar of Social Rights
Proclamation 3 Institutions November 2017
20 principles on employment and social protection
Overall objective: stimulate upward social convergence
Accompanied by monitoring (social scoreboard)
European Semester
Integration of EPSR in 2018 European Semester
Increasingly balanced approach between economic and social issues

3. 2. Overall needs regarding social protection statistics
Overall increasing needs for monitoring tools following policy developments:
More issues to be monitored
Enhanced quality requirements
Regarding ESSPROS:
Benefit recipients: increasing need related to benchmarking
Timeliness
Remains an issue for social protection expenditure data
Is also an issue regarding benefit recipients
Overall need for more integrated monitoring: enhancing links between ESSPROS and National Accounts (and micro-data).
Clearer identification of long-term care function

4. 3. Specific needs for more timely Social Protection data
Catch new developments and their impact at an early stage (cf crisis)
Allow for more integrated assessment of:
social and economic developments
social outcomes and social policy inputs (taking account improvements in timeliness of social outcomes (including flash estimates)

5. Policy context
More timely estimates of ESPROSS main indicators to be used in different reports leading to endorsement by Council (epsco)
Joint Employment Report (European Semester)
Annual Report of Social Protection Committee
SPC/Commission Pension Adequacy Report