1. Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 19-20 June 2014
Item 4.1(1) – Modernisation of social statistics First framework regulation for social statistics
John Allen Head of Unit F1
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2. Why do we need framework legislation? Current status of proposal
Background
Why do we need framework legislation?
Current status of proposal
Next steps
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3. Background
November 2013: DSS agreed to work towards a first framework regulation covering scope of LFS, SILC, AES, EHIS, ICT (HH), HBS, TUS as part of modernisation. Document on strategy for the modernisation of social statistics (74 pages) provided to ETS WG on 13 November These are micro data collections based on individual data on individuals and households ("surveys") Other framework regulations planned later: - population and census - aggregated data collections not based on surveys
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4. Why do we need framework legislation?
Part of the strategy of the ESS
new "legislative architecture"
facilitates planning
internalises decision-making in the ESS
separate policy ("what") from implementation ("how")
allows ESS to organise itself to deliver results
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5. Why framework legislation?
Will be an instrument for modernisation
facilitates integration, standardisation, efficiency
aligns financial and administrative arrangements across the surveys
will make it easier to adapt the system
=> a system more responsive to user needs
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6. Legal base: current situation
Education
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7. Future legal architecture
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8. Current status of proposal for the FR
DSS April 2014: discussion on principles + pre-draft
DSS Board 30 June/1 July: discussion on first draft
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9. Current status of proposal for the FR
First draft features
multi-annual planning of data collections
specifies elements which determine cost of data collections:
high-level list of content of data collections - "topics" and "domains"
precision requirements
periodicity, deadlines, sample characteristics
allows for adoption of more detailed provisions through delegated and implementing acts to specify the data collections in detail
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10. Next steps 2014 DSS September: second draft version
ESSC November: report on modernisation
WG ETS Q4: written consultation
2015
ESSC February: present draft regulation
DSS April: final consultation
ESSC May: opinion on draft regulation
September/December: adopt Commission proposal
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11. Next steps Early 2016 start co-decision procedure
Late 2017 or 2018 (depends on co-decision)
adoption of framework regulation
followed closely by
adoption of first set of implementing provisions
2020?
first year of implementation
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