1. Eurostat ESS.VIP.SERV – sharing statistical services in the ESS Gergely Koevesd, Eurostat (B3) DIME/ITDG Steering committee 18 November 2015 1

2. Eurostat 2 Introduction Objectives Deliverables Governance Roadmap Status Transition Stage 1  2

3. Target architecture (CSPA)

4. Progress towards target architecture (CSPA) in ESS CSPA certified ESS CSPA basecamp Project ESS.VIP.SERV: Sharing common functionalities in the ESS

5. The purpose of the project is to: Implement governance structure to enable sharing of services Contribute to standardising the description of business needs by providing CSPA compliant guidelines for describing service definitions Host and maintain a CSPA service catalogue at the Commission/Eurostat containing also services identified at ESS level Provide guidelines and recommendations for the ESS enabling national projects to realize technological solutions for industrialisation and integration of processes and for the rationalisation of information systems. Provide an ESS/Eurostat SOA environment for sharing services in the ESS for which no replication is necessary. Provide Proof of Concepts statistical services that are re- used in various organizations Objectives

6. Deliverables IDNameDescription Estimated delivery date SERV.D01 Service Guidelines Guidelines allowing for sharing (by replication of services or by exposing them centrally) of statistical services across processes and among partners in the ESS and Eurostat (Commission). Dec 2017 SERV.D02 Recommendations for governance Recommendations for governance of statistical services; including the setup of an (ESS) service certification committee and maintenance of an ESS service catalogue as part of the CSPA service catalogue. Dec 2017 SERV.D03 CSPA service catalogue Hosting and maintenance of the CSPA service catalogue by the Commission/Eurostat. Dec 2019 (version1 by Dec 2015) SERV.D04 SOA Infrastructure An ESS/Eurostat SOA infrastructure that can be used by the ESS, Eurostat, other Commission DGs to expose those statistical services for which no replication is necessary Dec 2019 SERV.D05 Open Source Guidelines Recommendation on utilizing Open Source solutions for statistical production Dec 2017 SERV.D06 POC Services Implementation of statistical services that are re-used in multiple ESS members Dec 2017 6

7. Project Governance Project reports to VIG TF SERV is an integral part of the project Steering Group will be established soon: Core group – main involvement Wider group – for information 7 1 st TF SERV meeting took place on 28 October 2015

8. Cost and benefit CostsBenefits OPT-IN/OPT-OUT PRINCIPLE For those who participating: Cost of development of re- usable services Cost of integration of re-usable services Flexible business processes Easier exchange of information about re-usable statistical services Cost reduction of development and maintenance of information systems Easier management of skills 8 Participation is voluntary. Each country can decide on the cost/benefit of re-using a particular statistical service.

9. SERV ROADMAP

10. Status 10 IDNameDescription SERV.D03 CSPA service catalogue The CSPA service catalogue is hosted and maintained by EUROSTAT. SERV.D04 SOA Infrastructure Middleware based on Oracle OSB was configured and available for use for hosting services. SERV.D06POC ServicesThe first POC service, Structured Validation Service (STRUVAL) was developed. It is planned to be tested and applied in NAPS-S by the end of 2015.

11. Transition from Stage 1 to 2 11 ActionStatus 1Setting up the Steering Group for the project. Core group for governing and decision making and a wider group for consultation. ongoing 2Perform consultation in Eurostat to review business needs ongoing 3Perform a survey for the IT Directors of ESS regarding their priorities planned 4Discuss Roadmap with the Task Force SERVdone 5Evaluation of the ESSNet proposal and start of the ESSnet consulta tion Project reviews: VIG (Jan 2016), ESSC (May 2016)

12. Eurostat 12 Thank you for your attention!