Big Data at Eurostat and the ESS NTTS 2015 Workshop on Big Data 9 Mar 2015 Brussels Albrecht Wirthmann

Big Data at Eurostat European Statistical Programme 2013-17 ESS Statistical Information Infrastructure ESS Scheveningen Memorandum Sep 2013 Task Force Big Data Big Data Roadmap and Action Plan 1.0 June 2014 ESS Pilots 2016 - 2019 European Commission Communication "Towards a thriving data driven economy" Implementation of ESS Vision 2020 Big Data roadmap and action plan integral part of portfolio Examine the potential of Big Data sources for official statistics Official Statistics Big Data strategy as part of wider government strategy Address privacy and data protection Collaboration at European and global level Address need for skills Partnerships between different stakeholders (government, academics, private sector) Developments in Methodology, quality assessment and IT Adopt action plan and roadmap for the European Statistical System

Big Data Roadmap and Action Plan by ESS Big Data Task Force 9 Statistical Offices ECB International Organisations OECD UNECE Academic Experts European Commission DG CNECT DG JRC Eurostat Chaired by Eurostat

Big Data Roadmap and Action Plan 1.0 Principles Stepwise development with regular review Focus on strengths of ESS Partnerships, Legislation, Harmonisation in EU context Use national and international experiences Definition of Goals Short – medium – long term Pilots Data driven approach Hands-on experience Long term Goal: Full integration of big data sources into statistical information infrastructure

Ethics / Communication T O P I C S Policy Quality Skills Experience sharing Legislation IT Infrastructures Methods Ethics / Communication Pilots

Big Data Pilots Big Data Pilots 2016 - 2019 Communication WWW Sensors Mobile phone data Social Media WWW Web Searches Businesses' Websites eCommerce Websites Job Adver-tisements Real Estate Websites Internet Traffic Sensors Traffic Loops Smart Meters Vessel Identification Satellite Images Webcams Process generated Flight Reservation Systems Supermarket Cashier Data Loyalty Programs Financial Transactions eGovernment Mobile Payments Crowd Sourcing VGI websites (Open Streetmap) Community Pictures Collections

Activities at Eurostat Within European Commission Strategy on Big Data for evidence based policy Interservice coordination group Collaboration with DGs on specific aspects of Big Data Within ESS Analysis of legal situation Ethical guidelines Communication guidelines Training Execution of pilots as ESSnets exploring potential of big data sources for European Statistics Big Data contributing to goals of ESS Vision 2020 With UN Contribution to Global WG Big Data HLG on modernizing statistics and Big Data project of UNECE

Thank you for your Attention! Albrecht.Wirthmann@ec.europa.eu