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Developments regarding Research and Innovation in the ESS

Pascal Jacques Head of sector ESTAT B2 Methodology and research

Political Elements

EU 2020 – Digital Agenda – GDP and Beyond – Stiglitz, Sen, Fitoussi report Forecasting critical events (financial markets, wars) Need of new indicators: environmental statistics/green economy, quality of life/well-being Privacy protection Communication 404 on revision of production method of EU statistics + ESS committee paper 2010/05/6

Make data more understandable and relevant Publish high quality data Reduce costs of production Reduce allocation of staff (0 growth) Reduce administrative burden Lower and lower response rate Need to capture reality and changes of our information societies NSI Organisational Challenges

Research activities

– FP7 – FP8

Eurostat Initiatives

– Sponsorship on Dissemination and on Standardisation – ESSnet – VIP projects

• Statistical matching
• Agricultural statistics and EU-SILC Validation
• NAPS extension
• ESS infrastructure for decentralised access to and Exchange of

confidential data

European Master in Official Statistics (EMOS) Communication channel – CROS portal

Research line in Official Statistics since 2007

– Research projects selected : RISQ, SAMPLE – BLUE-ETS – DWB (Data Without Boundaries)

Others projects of interest

– AMELI, POINT, INNO S&T, SMILE, GEOLAND 2, ESSprep…

Research line on Coordination action on ‘Beyond GDP’ closed February 2011. Future research line on Spatial statistics/Use of spatial information for statistics. FP7 (2007-2013) Activities

FP8 (2014-2020) Preparation

Analysis of future research areas relevant to official statistics in FP8

– Online Questionnaire

• Number of respondents : 1504, Response rate: 71.68%
• Complemented with face to face interviews with key players (from

research and official statistics)

Discussions with DG RTD on future ESTAT involvement Presentation of the first results of the study on future research needs in OS at NTTS 2011 Definition of a roadmap for developing research in STATISTICS with all interested communities with the objective to implement the results in OS Propose research directions to the interested communities to get their feedback and involvement in the future. Improve networking between the different parties : NTTS is one step, CROS is the communication channel.

Online questionnaire - General Information Issues raised

Statistics as a data-intensive science Necessity to put into place appropriate infrastructures (data infrastructures, services infrastructures, Challenges linked to the changes in the environment Quality related issues Training and education

Research topics Big data Linking administrative sources and data from survey Metadata, DDI, SDMX, Treatment of measurement errors New data collection (multi-mode) methods Confidentiality Simulation techniques, Bayesian inference Small area estimation Integration of multiple sources

Relevant technological changes Cloud computing Internet of things Web 3.0 Data Warehousing Mobile applications Virtualization Open software Service oriented architecture

Research directions

From Data to Information, from Information to Knowledge… What about wisdom?

– New technologies for data analysis and presentation

Better ways to communicate and involve users in statistics

• Storytelling for statistics

Better ways to share and exchange data between NSIs, with researchers and with general public (data warehouses, web 3.0 technologies, etc.. Using new data types, new ways of collecting data and combining different data types (registers, web, text, video, mobile, gps/GI, etc). Semantics and ontologies for statistics Standardisation/harmonisation of definitions, formats, methods and processes Work on indicators

ESSnet?

‘A network of several ESS organisations aimed at providing results that will be beneficial to the whole ESS’

• 1. Several partners. Results to non-participating

countries.

• 2. Issues of European interest
• 3. Compatible with 5 Year Programme
• 4. Cost-effective (avoid duplication)
• 5. Knowledge sharing, innovation, harmonisation
• 6. Sustainability
• 7. ESS organisations in partnership (NO

Universities)

ESSnet

22 ESSnet projects have been launched since 2007 – 15 are running, – 7 are finished – Around 16 M€ of community financing provided to 158 partners. – 10 ESSnet contracts are under preparation in 2011 out of which 5 are new projects and 5 are continuations of MEETS projects.

Year ESTAT M€) MEETS (M€) 2008 2.3 2009 2.2 1.1 2010 3.2 5.7 2011 2.3 5.9

MEETS Methodology for modern business statistics (Memobust): first action

FPA 3 years, first SGA 18 months started in December 2010 Participating countries: NL (Leon Willenborg coordinator), PL, HU, NL, NO, SE, CH Update the current 1997 handbook on business survey methodology Put in a web format Develop on some special topics: integrated design, data collection, estimation Reuse and link other available information Eurostat project officer Wim Kloek

MEETS Methodology for modern business statistics (Memobust): second action Second SGA 18 months start July 2012 Conclude on the special topics Complete the revision of the handbook Test the usability as training instrument Make methodological standards explicit; refer to available tools Propose maintenance plan Dissemination CROS portal

Next actions

Answer to the consultation on the Green Paper on major changes to EU research and innovation funding to make participation easier, increase scientific and economic impact and provide better value for money http://ec.europa.eu/research/csfri/index_en.cfm?pg=home Have a look on CROS portal for forum and consultation

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