State of play of the ESSnet programme

1. State of play of the ESSnet programme …and the new ESSnet strategy State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

2. Overview • Workshop 2011 • Evaluation 2012 • Communication survey 2012 • New ESSnet strategy • Top-down ESSnets • Centres of Comptence • New collaborative portal • ESSnet programme for 2013 State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

3. Conclusions ESSnet workshop 2011(Section 10 of final report) • Bottom-up vs. Top-down approachesShould ESSnets follow a general strategy (and if so, which strategy?) or focus on specific needs? • Communication, collaboration and coordinationEspecially projects with similar content(Thematic workshops; support from Eurostat project managers; Steering Groups.) • Centres of Competence and knowledge transferThe last link in the chain, ensuring the sustainability of results. • Administrative burden State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

4. 2012 ESSnet assessment report • Main authors: • Professor Risto Lehtonen • Professor Beat Hulliger • Published by Eurostat(linkprovided on the CROS portal) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/product_details/publication?p_product_code=KS-RA-12-017 State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

5. 2012 assessment report – findings • Coordination problems (“A tendency of fragmentation of ESSnet projects is still visible”) • within large projects • between ESSnet projects • between ESSnet and other projects • lack of exchange with other disciplines/areas But also good examples: • EGR and Profiling • Scientific aspects • lacking in certain “architecture” ESSnet projects(“However, it is not necessary so that an ESSnet action must have a TTK aspect”) • impressive in other “architecture” ESSnet projects(as well as certain “sectoral” ESSnet projects) State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

6. 2012 assessment – findings (cont.) • Cost/benefit analysis • “Costs/benefits of implementation are very seldom quantified” • Contribution to the ESSNot surprisingly: • “Architecture” ESSnet projects are generally viewed as contributing well to standardisation/harmonisation • “sectoral” projects are assessed to have a relatively narrow impact on the ESS as a whole State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

7. 2012 ESSnet communication survey • Invitation to all ESSnet portal users • Response rate < ½ % (23 / 500)  Useful for hypothesis generation • Otherinteresting survey initiatives(no manageriallinkwith Eurostat) State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

8. 2012 ESSnet comm. survey – findings • General satisfaction (generalisable?) • Internet fora • “interesting and useful, but…”Lack of time, email alerts needed, lack of awareness, too many existing fora, lack of purpose. • Suggestion: Discussion “leader”for each forum • Reflection: Continuous discussion won’t happen; “leader” to launch discussion when needed. • The portal should have a very brief summary on its home page about recent ESSnet activities. State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

9. Comm. survey – findings (continued) • ESSnet newsletter welcomed. Suggestions: • Thematic summaries of ESSnets • New calls for proposals for ESSnet projects • What’s new: Short summaries of deliverables and meetings. • What to expect in the next few months: deliverables, meetings • Notification service on the portal, with possibility to subscribe. • First newsletter issue: Summary of ESSnets and how they fit into the ESS strategy.(Subsequent issues could then focus on individual ESSnets and how they could be useful to different NSIs) State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

10. Comm. survey – findings (continued) • ESSnet newsletter welcomed. Suggestions: • Thematic summaries of ESSnets • New calls for proposals for ESSnet projects • What’s new: Short summaries of deliverables and meetings. • What to expect in the next few months: deliverables, meetings • Notification service on the portal, with possibility to subscribe. • First newsletter issue: Summary of ESSnets and how they fit into the ESS strategy.(Subsequent issues could then focus on individual ESSnets and how they could be useful to different NSIs) State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

11. Overview (again!) • Workshop 2011 • Evaluation 2012 • Communication survey 2012 • New ESSnet strategy • Top-down ESSnets • Centres of Comptence • New collaborative portal • ESSnet programme for 2013 Plenty of input… …so what has been done? State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

12. New ESSnet strategy(ESSC 2012/13/2/EN) Adopted by the ESSC (24 May 2012): • New typeof ESSnet projects: ”Top-down” projects(”Vision Implementation stream”) • Centres ofCompetence • The normal (”bottom-up”) streamremainsopen State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

13. 1. The ESS VIPs ESS VIPs (Eurostat) Vision Implementation projects (VIP) ESSnetprojects • Focus on a few projects bringing high value added to the Vision implementation • Results should be generic enough to be reusable in other contexts • Measurable contribution to common ESS infrastructure and implementation of the ESS vision State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

14. 1. The Vision Implementation stream ESS VIPs (Eurostat) Vision Implementation projects (VIP) ESSnetprojects • The ”top-down” ESSnet projects will be the main instrument for collaborative work in the ESS in the ESS VIP projects • The ”top-down” part of the ESSnet programme is part of the ESS VIP programme (for 2013: SIMSTAT and Validation … and ESBRs?) • Same principles as for the ESS VIPs: fewer, larger projects State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

15. 2. Centres of Competence • Principlesendorsed by ESSC in (May 2012) • Pilot Centre ofCompetence in 2013 (DWH)(Possiblyadditional pilot Centres in 2014) • Modalitiesto be elaborated • Business case/technicalconditions? • Organisational setup? • Human and financialresources? … will be treated at tomorrow’s panel discussion! State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

16. 3. ”Bottom-up” ESSnet projects • All current ESSnet projectsare ”bottom-up” • The ”bottom-up” stream is still open, but… …priority given to the Vision Implementation Stream! State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

17. CROS – the new collaborative portal CROS portal – Research topics ESSnet portal – ESSnet projects Collaboration in research and methodology for official statistics … the one-stop shop for collaboration in Official Statistics Learn more about it at parallel session 6 tomorrow! State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

18. ESSnet programme for 2013(Annex 3 to ESSC 2012/15/6/EN) • Vision Implementation stream–ESSnet projects within the ESS VIPs on: • SIMSTAT (presented tomorrow morning) • Validation (presented tomorrow morning) • Centres of CompetencePilot Centre of Competence on: • Data Warehousing Outside the programme: ESS VIPs (such as ESBRs) and other topics within the framework of already approved ESSnet projects State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

19. ESSnet programme consolidation • 21 projectsrepsesented at this workshop • 4 projectshavingended/ending in 2012 • 9 projectscompleted in 2013 • 6 projectslaunched in 2013 (foreseen) • 14 projectsrunning on 31 December 2013 (6/1/1 projectsending in 2014/2015/2016) State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat

20. The parallel sessions will now begin… • 2 out of 3 sessions arranged around ESS VIP • Take the opportunity to learn • where your project fits into the ESS VIP programme • what the opportunities are for future collaboration Questions? Suggestions! Which 2011-2012 input has not beensufficiently taken intoaccount? Coffee? State of play of the ESSnet programme Martin Karlberg, Eurostat