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The EFTA Statistical Office:

Building a common language for the EEA

EEA Seminar EEA Seminar Brussels, 19 January 2012

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Statistical Cooperation

Comparable, impartial and reliable statistical data are a prerequisite for a democratic society and a necessary condition for the smooth running f

• Statistics are important for policy making in a modern society
• Statistics are vital for monitoring the effects of policies
• f any economy.
• Statistics are vital for monitoring the effects of policies
• Statistics are crucial for understanding the society around us
• Comparable statistics across countries and regions are a necessity
• Comparable statistics across countries and regions are a necessity

in a globalised society

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European Statistical System (ESS)

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EFTA Statistical Office (ESO)

• Established in 1991 as a result of the EFTA State’s informal

cooperation with ESS

• Formalised in 1994 in its role as liaison office between Eurostat and

the EFTA national statistical institutes through the EEA Agreement

• Part of the EFTA Secretariat and driven by the working group of the

y g g p Heads of the EFTA National Statistical Offices

• Located on the premises of Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the

European Union, in Luxembourg p , g

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EEA Statistical Cooperation

• Goal

Developing an integrated European Statistical System (ESS) which can give coherent descriptions of all fields of cooperation covered by the EEA give coherent descriptions of all fields of cooperation covered by the EEA Treaty

• Objectives of the EEA Statistical Cooperation

P d ti d di i ti f bl t ti ti l i f ti f Production and dissemination of comparable statistical information for describing and monitoring all economic, social and environmental policies covered by the EEA Treaty Harmonising concepts methods structures and technical standards in Harmonising concepts, methods, structures and technical standards in all relevant statistical fields. In this respect, Eurostat organises around 200 meetings with experts from EU and EFTA Member States Collecting data from EU and EFTA national statistical authorities and di i ti th th h i h l

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disseminating them through various channels

EEA Statistical Cooperation

• Legal Basis for the EEA Statistical Cooperation

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• Art. 76 of the EEA Agreement concerns statistical cooperation

– Provisions for the organisation of statistical cooperation, including EFTA Statistical Office (ESO), are mentioned in Protocol 30 – Annex XXI deals with EC legislation in the field of statistics relevant for the EEA

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European Statistical System (ESS)

• European Statistical System Committee (ESSC)

– The ESSC is the management body of the ESS. The ESSC discusses and agrees on the objectives and actions of the ESS. g j – It has comitology functions in all issues delegated to the Commission by the Council and the Parliament. – The ESSC is chaired by Eurostat and brings together the Heads of all – The ESSC is chaired by Eurostat and brings together the Heads of all EU and EFTA National Statistical Institutes (NSIs). – The ESSC meetings are combined meetings with the EEA Statistical Conference (EEA NSIs, Eurostat and ESO) ( , )

• Other EU committees and groups

– EFTA States participate fully, without the right to vote, in EU itt ki d th b di d li ith t ti ti

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committees, working groups and other bodies dealing with statistics.

EFTA Statistical Cooperation

• Technical Assistance in the field of statistics

Assisting countries neighbouring the EU to develop their statistical capacity and to harmonise statistical methods and standards with international norms

• European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP)

EFTA participation in the design and the implementation of a training programme for official statisticians of the EU and EFTA States

• Secondment of National Experts to Eurostat

Secondment of National Experts to Eurostat

EFTA States second 9 SNEs, of which 2 as part of technical assistance, 4 through EEA agreement and 3 through the CH/EU agreement.

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Role of the EFTA Statistical Office (ESO)

• Following up on and implementing the procedures for incorporating

EU statistical acts into Annex XXI

• Contributing to the development of the EEA Statistical Programme

Contributing to the development of the EEA Statistical Programme

• Supporting the production and dissemination of EFTA statistics (via

Eurostat)

• Coordinating EFTA experts’ participation in Eurostat meetings
• Liaising between Eurostat and the EFTA national statistical institutes

in the recruitment of EFTA national experts e ec u e

• a o a e pe s
• Designing and implementing EFTA technical assistance projects
• Organising courses for the European Statistical Training Programme

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Challenges in the field of statistics

• Do official statistics fail in measuring market disturbances and

imperfections ?

• Do official statistics pay enough attention to the long term and

Do official statistics pay enough attention to the long term and sustainability ?

• Are official statistics timely enough in showing changes in the

economy and the society ? economy and the society ?

• Do official statistics give priority to economic growth instead of the

distribution of income and wealth in our societies

• Is official statistics capable of capturing globalisation?
• Do official statistics appropriately communicate with users ?

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Useful links

• Eurostat website
• Eurostat website

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu

• ESO webpage

http://www.efta.int/statistics

Takk! Merci! Takk fyrir! Grazie! Danke! Thanks! Thanks!

External Trade Statistics

EFTA's top import and export sources of merchandise trade, 2010

Rest of the world Brazil 0.8% Vietnam 1.2% Rest of the world Brazil 1 0% Russian Federation 1.2% 5.1% China 4.8% Japan 2.1% Japan 2.5% Russian Federation 1.2% India 0.9% China 2.9% Rest of the world 5.4% Brazil 1.0% United States 5.4% EFTA's 33 FTA partners 6.2% China 2.9% United States 8.1%

2009

EU27 73.1% EU27 67.4% EFTA's 33 FTA partners 10.7%

External Trade Statistics

EFTA second largest trade partner of EU 27 (goods and services) EFTA second largest trade partner of EU-27 (goods and services)

2010 figures, Mio EUR

700 000 800,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 100,000 200,000 300,000

• 300,000
• 200,000
• 100,000

United States EFTA China Russian Federation Japan

Balance Trade

Europe 2020: Employment rate, % of age 20-64

100

2010

80 90 100

2010

50 60 70 30 40 50 10 20

U O K G E E R K K T K O MT HU IT EL RO EL LT PT SK IE LV BG EE BE FR SI CZ PT LU FI UK DK AT TARGET CY DK NL SE NO IS CH

Europe 2020: R&D expenditure, % of GDP

2010

3 3.5

2010

2 2.5 1 1.5 0.5

RO CY BG EL 2007 LV MT SK PL LT HU IT ES CZ PT EE LU NO UK IE NL BE SI FR AT DE CH 2008 TARGET DK IS 2009

Europe 2020: Energy intensity of the economy

2010 2010

700 800 900

2009 Energy consumption divided by GDP

Kilogram of oil equivalent per 1 000 Euro

500 600 200 300 400 100 200

Europe 2020: Early school leavers, % of age 18-24

2010 2010

30 35 40

2010

20 25 5 10 15 5

MT PT ES IS IT RO NO UK BG EL LV FR CY BE DE EE DK IE HU FI NL TARGET SE AT LT LU CH PL SI CZ SK T

Europe2020: People at-risk-of-poverty or social exclusion, %

45

2010 2010 2010

35 40 45

2010

25 30 10 15 20 5 10

G O V T U L L E S T T K Y E E T K E R K SI U H FI T L E O Z S BG RO LV LT HU P E I ES PT IT UK CY E BE MT SK D FR DK S LU CH F AT N SE NO CZ IS

Government deficit/surplus: % of GDP

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2010 2010 2010 2010 2010

10 15

2010

5

• 5

IE EL UK IS PT ES LV PL SK FR LT RO SI CY NL CZ IT AT DE HU BE MT BG LIMIT DK FI LU EE SE NO

• 15
• 10

General government gross debt : % of GDP

2010 2010 2010 2010 2010

80 90 100

2010

60 70 30 40 50 10 20 30

EL IT BE PT IS IE DE FR HU UK AT MT NL CY ES LIMIT PL FI LV NO DK SK SE SI LT CZ RO LU BG EE

Inflation rate: annual percentage changes

2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 Nov 2011

Eurostat‘s Inflation Dashboard: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/inflation_dashboard/