1. Cost estimates for production of official statistics in the European Statistical System: different approaches
CCSA Meeting, March 7, 2016, New York
Pieter Everaers 1

2. Costs – analysis from different perspectives
Catalogue of products
Cost assessment
survey on
official
statistics
in ESS for
Costs by
European
products
TF on Reg. 223/2009
COSTS
Income
generation survey
MSs experience
on cost
accounting
Deployment
costs survey
for ESS.VIP
projects
Cost-benefit
methodology
for the ESS.VIP
projects

3. Surveys - on statistical production costs - NSI income generation
Two surveys with the goal to collect cost related information:
Cost assessment of production of official statistics in the EU Member States, Candidate and EFTA countries - developed by Eurostat.
Income Generation survey on current practices and future intentions in the NSIs to generate income - survey developed by ONS UK 3

4. Survey on statistical production costs - Objectives
to better assess the resources used for production of official statistics by NSIs and ONAs
to follow the overall trend of the funding allocated for the production of official statistics
allow making comparisons between the ESS as a whole and other statistical infrastructures in the world 4

5. Survey on statistical production costs - Results
The survey results cannot yet be used to compare the countries
Further methodological work is needed so that the results are reliable
Definition of scope and coverage – European/national statistics; NSIs (including regional statistical offices, ONAs; FTE or head count, etc. 5

6. Costs by European products ,contd.
Cost collection Catalogue 2016 (=product list) will be used Timeframe Pilot phase with volunteering NSIs on selected products until May 2016; main phase starts in September and results will be available end of 2017. 6

7. Thank you for your attention.7