1. Managing the European Statistical System E urostat’s Perspective Marie Bohatá, Eurostat 2010 IAOS Conference Santiago, 20-22 October 2010

2.  Governance – strategic partnership  Achieve more operational integration and more specialisation and consequently also reduced heterogeneity among NSIs – operational partnership  European Statistics seen as a by-product of national statistics (the sum of national components, output harmonisation) - development of true EU statistics based on identical methods, more input harmonisation ESS definition and challenges Partnership between the Community statistical authority (Eurostat), the national statistical institutes (NSIs) and other national authorities

3.  The appropriate degree of influence for politicians in relation to statistical matters  The legal, ethical and operational basis of the ESS itself  The complex relationships between actors (Eurostat and the Commission, NSIs and national governments, central banks - at national and European levels…) ESS governance

4. ESSC at the core of the ESS ESSC chaired by ESTAT PG EFC Statistics Subcommittee ESAC (users) CMFB ESGAB (Code of Practice) STC (ESCB)