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The Governance of the European Statistical System (ESS) Eurostat A1 Mr sa Jacob Mr Aaron Cachia Mr Dietmar Maass January 2018 Content of the presentation Introduction to the European Statistical System (ESS) Main governance

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The Governance

  • f the

European Statistical System (ESS)

Eurostat A1

Mr Åsa Jacob Mr Aaron Cachia Mr Dietmar Maass January 2018

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Content of the presentation

  • Introduction to the European Statistical System

(ESS)

  • Main governance bodies in the ESS
  • European Statistical System Committee (ESSC)
  • Partnership Group (PG)
  • DGINS Conference
  • European Statistical Advisory Committee (ESAC)
  • European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB)
  • ESS Website
  • Question Time

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Member states collect and process the national data

  • Partnership between Eurostat and the national statistical

authorities

  • Defined in European Statistics Regulation 223/2009

The European Statistical System

Eurostat processes the received data and disseminates European official statistics

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Regulation 223/09 on European statistics

  • ESS is legally recognised and defined for the first time
  • Establishes the ESS Committee (Art 7)
  • Introduces concept of collaborative networks (Art 15)
  • Introduces European approach to statistics (Art 16)

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The European Statistical System;

  • Reg. 223/2009:

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  • Introduces the statistical principles (Art 2):
  • professional independence,
  • impartiality,
  • objectivity,
  • reliability,
  • statistical confidentiality,
  • cost effectiveness,
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The European Statistical System governance bodies

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Statistical governance structure

Working groups Task forces

ESSC PG DGINS

Council Commission

  • Europ. Parliament

Political level Strategic advice Strategic level Management level Working level

ESCB

VIN VIG ESF STC

ESF Bureau

Directors Groups

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  • At the heart of the ESS, established by Regulation (EC)

No 223/2009 of the EP and Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics

  • Article 7 of the Regulation lays down its task: The

Committee "shall provide professional guidance to the ESS for developing, producing and disseminating European statistics…“

The European Statistical System Committee (ESSC)

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The ESSC

  • Members: Eurostat and representatives of

Member States (NSIs)

  • Observers: EFTA countries' NSIs, ECB and

OECD

  • Meets 3 times a year
  • Chaired by Eurostat Director-General

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The ESSC agenda / Some background

  • An agenda has different

parts:

  • 1. Comitology items
  • 2. Opinions
  • 3. Reports to the Committee
  • 4. Discussion
  • 5. Any Other Business

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Comitology Items

What is "Comitology"?

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Comitology Items

Comitology?

  • Implementation of legal acts
  • Consult ESSC
  • Binding legal acts
  • Not: agreements, guidelines etc.
  • Qualified majority (changed as of 1/11/2014):
  • 55% of the MS, at least 16 delegations
  • Representing 65% of the total population of the EU
  • Blocking minority: 35% of the population, plus one Member State

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Items for Opinion

  • No voting
  • The ESSC agrees on a common

statement at the end of the meeting

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  • Items for Opinion

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Agenda item ESSC 2017/35/5 Optimisation of ESS meetings at Director General level Opinion

  • 1. The ESSC welcomed the proposals put forward by the Partnership Group (PG) towards

the optimisation of the different types of meetings: to continue organising informal workshops at DG level at least once a year; to abolish one ESSC and one PG meeting; to move the annual DGINS Conference to October.

  • 2. A few members of the Committee expressed concerns about abolishing the internal

session of the DGINS Conference, and asked for further reflection on the involvement

  • f the enlargement countries.
  • 3. The PG will continue reflecting on the format and organisation of the DGINS

Conferences, in particular as regards involvement of the enlargement countries.

  • 4. The ESSC agreed to implement the changes from the beginning of 2018.
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  • Reports to the Committee
  • Items for Discussion
  • Any other business

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Statistical governance structure

Working groups Task forces

ESSC PG DGINS

Council Commission

  • Europ. Parliament

Political level Strategic advice Strategic level Management level Working level

ESCB

VIN VIG ESF STC

ESF Bureau

Directors Groups

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The Partnership Group

  • Group of Directors General of the NSIs of the ESS
  • Mission: to ensure the effective functioning of the ESSC
  • Main tasks:
  • Facilitate the work of the ESSC, prepare agenda and

discussions at strategic level

  • Foster cooperation between NSIs
  • Strengthen the strategic capacities of the ESS through

internal discussions, stakeholder dialogues, etc.

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The Partnership Group

  • Members (10 +2):
  • Elected Chair from a Member State - currently

Denmark

  • Eurostat’s Director General (Vice-chair) and Deputy

DG

  • The Heads of NSIs of the previous, current and next

Council Presidencies – currently EE,BG,AT

  • Four elected Heads of NSIs – currently FR,NL,PL,CH
  • Meets 3 times a year, in between ESSC

meetings

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Statistical governance structure

Working groups Task forces

ESSC PG DGINS

Council Commission

  • Europ. Parliament

Political level Strategic advice Strategic level Management level Working level

ESCB

VIN VIG ESF STC

ESF Bureau

Directors Groups

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The DGINS Conference

  • Annual conference organised jointly by a hosting Member

State and Eurostat

  • Attended by Heads of NSIs, including Candidate Countries
  • To discuss:
  • A statistical topic of general interest
  • 2013, The Netherlands: "Big Data"
  • 2014, Latvia:

"Towards global business statistics"

  • 2015, Portugal:

"Indicators for decision making and monitoring"

  • 2016, Austria:

"Statistics on income, consumption and wealth"

  • 2017, Hungary:

"Population Movements and Integration Issues - Migration Statistics"

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Advisory bodies to the European Statistical System

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Statistical governance structure

Working groups Task forces

ESSC PG DGINS

Council Commission

  • Europ. Parliament

Political level Strategic advice Strategic level Management level Working level

ESCB

VIN VIG ESF STC

ESF Bureau

Directors Groups

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European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB)

Members:

  • 7 members for 3-year-term, renewable once, non-remunerated
  • Nominated by Parliament and the Council
  • Eurostat represented as an observer
  • ESGAB was created in 2008

Annual report to EP and Council on compliance with the Code Opinions on:

  • Revision of the Code of Practice
  • Communication "Towards robust quality management"

Letters to Member States on governance issues

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European Statistical Advisory Committee (ESAC)

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Members:

  • 24 for 5-year-term, renewable once, non-remunerated
  • Members a mix of users, respondents, producers and stakeholders:
  • 11 appointed by the Commission
  • Eurostat Director General ex-officio
  • 12 appointed by EU institutions and bodies, ESSC, number of

associations operating at European level

  • ESAC was created in 2008

Opinions and advice:

  • Work programmes
  • Own initiatives e.g. SIMSTAT, resources
  • Relevance of European statistics

Seminars on selected topics:

  • Quality, Quality of Life, Conference on Eur Statistics Stakeholders
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The ESS Website

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ESS website

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ESS website News

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ESS website

  • Partners
  • About ESS
  • European Statistics Day
  • ESS vision 2020

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European Statistics on Facebook

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European Statistics Users Forum

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Questions?

Contact us !

  • ESTAT-ESS-WEBSITE@ec.europa.eu
  • ESTAT-ESSC_DGINS_PG@ec.europa.eu
  • ESTAT-ESGAB@ec.europa.eu
  • ESTAT-ESAC@ec.europa.eu

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Useful links

  • ESS: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/pgp_ess/ess/ess_news
  • Eurostat: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/eurostat/home
  • ESGAB: http://ec.europa.eu/esgab
  • ESAC: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/esac/introduction

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