1. ESSNet on Standardisation Mr. Csaba Ábry E-mail: csaba.abry@ksh.hucsaba.abry@ksh.hu Hungarian Central Statistical Office 23-24 January 2014, Valencia

2. History of the project ESSNet ‘STAND-PREP’ in 2010 Sponsorship on Standardisation in 2011-2012 Launch of ESSNet on Standardisation: September 2012 – Framework Partnership Agreement (FPA) was signed in September 2012 – Specific Grant Agreement 1 (SGA1)was launched in December 2012, duration: 15 months – End of SGA1 is in March 2014 – Specific Grant Agreement 2 (SGA2) was launched in December 2013, duration: 15 months – End of SGA2 app. March 2015 2

3. Aim of the FPA Continue the work elaborated by the Sponsorship on Standardisation (connected to several but not all recommendations of the Sponsorship ) Goal: further elaboration of elements related to ESS standardisation and move towards practical implementation of the Sponsorship recommendations Support the establishment of the Integrated Statistical System within the ESS 3

4. ESSnet partners in the FPA Hungary (HCSO, Hungarian Central Statistical Office), coordinator France (INSEE, Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques) Italy (ISTAT, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica) Latvia (CSB, Latvijas Statistika) Lithuania (SL, Lietuvos Statistikos Departamentas) The Netherlands (CBS, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek) United Kingdom (ONS, Office for National Statistics) 4

5. Main topics of the projects SGA1 and SGA2 Inventory of normative documents (legal acts, standards, other normative documents) Process of standardisation (life-cycle model, documentation) Cost-benefit analysis Business architecture Test cases 5

6. Management issues Overlap with the work of the Sponsorship on Standardisation – Problem: ESSNet on Standardisation has to continue the work of the Sponsorship on Standardisation Overlap between SGA1 and SGA2 – Problem: Same human resources for both SGAs SWOT vs. Cost-benefit analysis – Problem: Changes in direction at the half-time 6

7. Budgetary issues Budget of SGA1 – 250 000 euros Budget of SGA2 – 150 000 euros Problem: low budget 7

8. Communication issues (1) In SGA1 no extra money for external communication (informal communication) In May 2013 Forward-looking feedback workshop was held for the Sponsorship on Standardisation, (The Hague) In case of case studies we contacted the SDMX Secretary and Eurostat In SGA2 we ask the DIME standardisation Steering Group to coordinate the communication between ESS-standardisation related initiatives and projects (e.g. validation, feedbacks etc.) 8

9. Communication issues (2) In SGA2 we would like to communicate with the initiatives engaged in ESS standardisation-related activities (e.g. cost-benefit analysis, business architecture, development and use of standards, etc.) In SGA2 the following external communication channels will be used: – European Modernisation Workshop in Valencia – Q2014, Vienna – Joint workshop with DIME – Website for the deliverables of the project (beside CROS portal) 9

10. Communication issues (3) In SGA2 we choose a case study for testing the standard setting process with the help of EUROSTAT and DIME Steering Group 10

11. Thank you for the attention! Csaba Ábry e-mail: csaba.abry@ksh.hu ESSNet on Standardisation on CROS-portal (http://www.cros-portal.eu/content/standardisation)csaba.abry@ksh.hu ESSNet on Standardisation on CROS-portalhttp://www.cros-portal.eu/content/standardisation 11