1. ESDS International Celia Russell and Susan Noble Economic and Social Data Service University of Manchester ESDS International Conference 2007

2. ESDS International Part of the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS), funded by ESRC and JISC. Led by Mimas at Manchester University in partnership with ESDS management at the UK Data Archive. What we do:  Provide the UK academic community with free web-based access to a range of key international databanks produced by organisations such as the United Nations, OECD and World Bank.  helps users locate and acquire international micro level datasets

3. ESDS International is split into two types of data Aggregate or macro data is data that has been aggregated to a country or regional level. This type of data is typically produced by inter-governmental organisations like the UN or World Bank. All the aggregate databanks contain time series data. Survey or micro data is data about individuals. This type of data is typically produced by an organisation in the academic sector and looks at values and attitudes.

4. The databanks originate from:  International Monetary Fund  Organisation for Economic Coorporation and Development  United Nations  World Bank  Eurostat  International Labour Organisation  UK Office for National Statistics  The International Energy Agency International Data Providers

5. Databanks cover: economic performance and development trade, industry and markets employment demography, migration and health governance human development social expenditure education science and technology land use and the environment energy International Data Themes

6. Aggregate data portfolio … International Monetary Fund Direction of Trade Statistics Balance of Payments Statistics Government Finance Statistics International Financial Statistics World Bank World Development Indicators World Bank Global Development Finance International Labour Organisation Key Indicators of the Labour Market United Nations Common Database United Nations Industrial Development Organization Industrial Statistics Databases Demand Supply Databases ESDS International provides free online access to the full versions of the latest releases of these databases to the UK academic community.

7. Aggregate data portfolio (cont) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Main Economic Indicators International Development International Direct Investment Statistics International Migration Statistics Main Economic Indicators Main Science and Technology Indicators Measuring Globalisation Quarterly Labour Force Statistics Services Statistics International Trade by Commodities Social Expenditure Database Education Statistics Eurostat New Cronos International Energy Agency Coal Information CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion Electricity information Energy Prices and Taxes Energy Technology Research and Development Database Natural Gas Information Oil Information Renewables Information World Energy Statistics and Balances ESDS International provides free online access to the full versions of these databases to the UK academic community.

8. Example from IEA: CO 2 emissions from electricity generation in Latin America

9. freely available to UK FE and HE access via Athens authentication and ESDS online registration special conditions may also apply delivered over the web via Beyond 20/20 Web Data Server (WDS) download formats include *.xls, *.csv and *.ivt Accessing the Data

10. ESDS International website: –Data catalogue –Dataset guides –Software guides –Guide to other sources of freely available data Specialist helpdesk Training courses Supporting the User

11. User guides

12. The Beyond 20/20 interface

13. Visualisation Interface

14. Mark Barrett, University College London Investigated energy strategies for the EU25 that achieve multiple environmental, economic and energy goals Based data from ESDS International (International Energy Agency and Eurostat databanks) Energy scenarios for Europe, The Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Rome, 2006 Research Example

15. Usage Statistics

16. Usage by Dataset

17. Some developments over the last year CommonGIS interface developments New version of Beyond 20/20 New teaching and learning materials – LIMMD project Additional OECD databases Data licenses renewed until 2012 Release of IMF World Economic Outlook in Beyond 20/20 In past year international macro data has been accessed over 100,000 times by 5741 unique users from 125 different UK academic institutions

18. ESDS International provides: Up to date data Data free at point of use Single web interface to all the databanks Single portal for wide range of international databanks, links to other resources eg. freely available data Consistent and comprehensive documentation Training, user support, helpful helpdesk http://www.esds.ac.uk/international In Summary