1. 2019 Eurostat grants (point 8 of the agenda)
Eurostat – Unit E2
Arturo de la Fuente
Joint meeting working groups on Environmental accounts & Monetary environmental statistics and accounts
Luxembourg, 15 May 2019

2. 2019 Eurostat grants Call for proposals ESTAT-2019-PA5-E-ENVECO
Call launched on 7 May
Deadline for applications: 11 June 17:00 CET
Budget: circa euros
Maximum Eurostat co-finance of action costs: 90 %
Topics covered: environmental accounts, ecosystem accounts and circular economy (see next slides)

3. Scope proposed regarding environmental accounts
Extend the scope and quality improvement of the data collected under Regulation (EU) 691/2011 beyond the Regulation, in particular:
extend time series, early estimates, voluntary variables, enhance coherence across modules and an integrated data production, improve methods to adjust for the resident principle, improve methods to assign road transport emissions and energy use to NACE/households for AEA and PEFA; develop direct data sources (dedicated surveys and ad-hoc data collections)
Develop methodology according to the SEEA CF research agenda
Develop environmental subsidies and other transfers accounts, forest accounts (including valuation of wooded land), water accounts, waste accounts

4. Scope proposed regarding ecosystem accounts
Pilot ecosystem extent and condition accounts
Pilot ecosystem services supply and use accounts in physical units
Ecosystem accounts for marine ecosystems
Develop models to fill data gaps
Experiment with valuation techniques
Improve the usefulness of existing source data for ecosystem accounting and extending the source data available, including geo- referenced data
Capacity building and developing a community of practice – organise workshops, conferences, etc.
Explore links between biodiversity, ecosystem condition and ecosystem services

5. Scope proposed regarding circular economy
Develop or improve waste and secondary raw material accounts consistent with SEEA type material flow accounts
Produce the indicator circular material use rate with material breakdowns more detailed than 4 main MFA categories
Improve identification of the flows of waste and of secondary raw materials in imports and exports
Develop or improve visualisation tools to communicate the results, e.g. Sankey diagrams for material flows

6. Conclusions
Countries are invited to submit their proposals for Eurostat grants according to the call
Remember the e-Grants system!
All actions through the Commission ‘Funding & Tenders portal’
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