Eurostat and its activities A. Näslund, Head of Unit A2 The European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) European Statistical week, a study visit to Eurostat Eurostat and its activities A. Näslund, Head of Unit A2 Luxembourg, 13-17 October 2014

Eurostat The Statistical Office of the European Union Mission: To be the leading provider of high quality statistics on Europe A Directorate General of the European Commission Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta The central institution of the European Statistical System (ESS)

About Eurostat Created in 1952 as a service of the High Authority for Coal and Steel - 7 staff Based in Luxembourg Director General Mr Walter Radermacher Today over 800 staff with increasing responsibilities

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Eurostat objectives Provide statistical information on the EU to the European instutions, journalists, businesses, decision makers, researchers, students, citizens, etc. Cooperate with NSIs to develop the ESS Cooperate with third countries and with international organisations (ECB, IMF, OECD, World Bank, UN, etc.)

Responsibilities of Eurostat Collect data from NSIs Define harmonised methods, definitions and classifications Compile European aggregates – EU and Euro area Disseminate statistics Coordinate the partnership with the NSIs within the European Statistical System (ESS) Coordinate statistical activities within the European Commission

The European statistical programme ESP 2013-17 Regulation (N°99/2013) of the European Parliament and the Council Legislative framework and budgetary envelope for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics 2013-2017 Programming tool of the ESS – what European statistics will be produced during the period EU funding programme - financial envelope and financial instruments

Structure and dynamics of the ESP

Indicators linked to EU policies Priority area Europe 2020 Updated headline target indicators for Europe 2020 (in the areas of employment, research and development, innovation, energy/climate change, education, environment, social protection, social inclusion and poverty) Statistics to support the monitoring of the implementation of Europe 2020 flagship initiatives

Indicators linked to EU policies Priority area economic governance Providing statistical input for the macroeconomic imbalances scoreboard Providing statistical input for an enhanced Stability and Growth Pact specifically aimed at the production and provision of high-quality statistics on public debt and deficit Developing and producing a set of indicators to measure competitiveness

Annual Work Programmes (AWP) AWP implements the ESP 2013-17 Provides detailed information on the planned statistical activities of a given year A European Statistical System programme (Eurostat + NSIs) Takes into account needs of the users (Commission DGs, ESAC, ECB) and political priorities as well as possibilities of the producers Basis for establishment of national statistical programmes

Legal framework Article 338 of the Lisbon Treaty provides Community statistics with a constitutional basis ... the European Parliament and the Council shall adopt (by ordinary legislative procedure) measures for the production of statistics where necessary for the performance of the activities of the Union The production of Union statistics shall conform to impartiality, reliability, objectivity, scientific independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical confidentiality; it shall not entail excessive burdens on economic operators Regulation ((EC) no 223/2009) on European statistics, the so called "Statistical Law"

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