1. Project objectives and benefits
ESDEN
Project objectives and benefits
ESDEN Steering Group meeting
Álvaro DÍEZ SOTO
Directorate B - Methodology; corporate statistical and IT services
Eurostat
October 11th, 2017

2. Agenda What was ESDEN, again? Current project status
Objectives and benefits of the ESDEN project
Current project status
Overall planning
What has the project achieved?
What will the project do next?
For more information

3. What was ESDEN, again?

4. ESS Vision 2020 Where do we want to be? How do we get there?
Five key areas for delivering our vision:
Identifying user needs and cooperation with stakeholders
Quality of European statistics
New data sources
Efficient and robust statistical processes
Dissemination and communication on European statistics
ESS = European Statistical System
The ESS Vision 2020 is a common strategic response of the European Statistical System (Eurostat, EU Member States and EFTA countries) to the challenges that official statistics are facing.
It was adopted by the ESS Committee in May 2014.
More information on the ESS Vision 2020:
The ESDEN project contributes to two of the five key areas defined in the ESS Vision 2020.

5. ESS Vision 2020 Key area 3: new data sources
We will exploit the potential of new data sources
Find suitable technology to use new data sources
A digital transformation is taking place across the globe: the data revolution is already presenting official statistics with profound strategic questions.
The ever increasing availability of data is a trend that is of strategic relevance for official statistics. We want to harness new data sources to produce meaningful statistics.
The possibility of using big data in the production of official statistics will be fully explored.

6. ESS Vision 2020 Key area 4: efficient and robust processes
Collaboration based on standards and common technological and statistical elements
Sharing IT services and infrastructure
We will use common methods and tools.
We will explore other areas and use all the opportunities, in particular when dealing with new technology-driven areas like big data, open data and visualization techniques where we expect concrete opportunities to emerge.
We will benefit from exchange of (micro)data, while fully respecting statistical confidentiality.
CONCLUSION: all the elements of the ESS Vision 2020 explained so far call for a modernisation of the data exchange infrastructure.

7. What is ESDEN? ESDEN is a project of the ESS Vision 2020 Objective:
"Modernisation of the data exchange services across the ESS, increasing the data exchange capacity and upgrading the security to allow a more efficient and secure data exchange in the ESS"

8. Data Exchange in the ESS
European Statistics are produced by Eurostat alone. The production of European Statistics is only possible thanks to the exchange of statistical data between the organisations that are part of the European Statistical System (ESS).

9. Data Exchange: secure network
In order to perform the exchange of data, organisations in the ESS need an IT infrastructure than can transmit big amounts of data, in a secure way, between organisations. The first objective of the ESDEN project is to provide this secure IT network.

10. Data Exchange: Single Entry Point
In the ESS, the exchange of data revolves around the concept of Single Entry Point: data for all statistical domains arrives at a common reception area in Eurostat where they can be automatically monitored, checked and delivered to the target production environment with a set of common informatics tools.

11. Data Exchange: Single Entry Point
The Single Entry Point concept is implemented by the application EDAMIS, therefore a fundamental part of the effort of the ESDEN focuses on the modernisation of EDAMIS.
Single Entry Point
(EDAMIS)

12. ESDEN benefits Provide connectivity to secure networks A new EDAMIS
ESDEN has two main objectives, and therefore two main areas of activities: 1. provide connectivity to secure european networks, operated by the European Commission (i.e. TESTA, CCN); and 2. modernise EDAMIS.

13. ESDEN benefits Provide connectivity to secure networks
Capacity to exchange sensitive data through secure networks, avoiding Internet
Capacity to transfer higher volumes faster
Enable the usage of new data sources

14. ESDEN benefits A new EDAMIS Increased security
Better support for encryption
Better traceability
Use of standard protocols
Easier to plug to national systems
Allow automation
New EDAMIS portal, faster and easier to use

15. Current project status

16. Overall planning Phase 1 (2015-2016) Phase 2 (2016-2017)
Secure infrastructure for the pilot on microdata exchange (SIMSTAT)
Phase 2 ( )
Connect rest of ESS members to the secure network infrastructure
Modernisation of the data exchange infrastructure (EDAMIS)
Phase 3 (2018)
Migration to the new EDAMIS

17. Timeline Init. Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phases Project life span
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Init.
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phases
Project life span
Closure
ESSC
ESSC
ESSC
ESSC
Decision points
Steering Group
ESSNet
Grants
Today

18. Phase 2 achievements New EDAMIS Connectivity to secure networks
New architecture defined
Migration plan prepared
New version coming up
Connectivity to secure networks
TESTA network validated
Successful tests carried out with the NSIs of Spain, Sweden and The Netherlands
The data revolution is already presenting official statistics with profound strategic questions
Global digital transformation
Ever increasing availability of data
We want to harness new data sources to produce meaningful statistics

19. Secure connectivity: current status
Connected
to TESTA
to CCN
Unknown
NSIs
DK, ES, HU, LV, NL, SE
Ongoing: AT, HR, PL, UK
Total: 10
AT, BG, CZ, CY, DE, DK, EE, EL, HR, IT, LU, LT, MT, PL, PT, RO, SK, SI
Total: 18
BE, IE
Total: 2
ONAs
ES National Bank
ECB
All customs
Ongoing: BE NBB
All other ONAs

20. Next steps New EDAMIS Connectivity to secure networks
Migration to the new version
Connectivity to secure networks
Connect additional organisations
Support micro data exchange in production
The data revolution is already presenting official statistics with profound strategic questions
Global digital transformation
Ever increasing availability of data
We want to harness new data sources to produce meaningful statistics

21. For more information

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