1. Ag.07 International Collaboration
Memorandum of Understanding 2010
Ag.07 International Collaboration
Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations
Meeting in Luxembourg 24th & 25th March 2014

2. Content of this presentation
Internal users
External users
MoU 2010
EU responsibilities
ISRP responsibilities
UN.ICSC responsibilities
Trilateral meetings Jan/Feb 2014
2008 MS foreign ministry data source of CC

3. Internal (ann.adj.) est. 70000 persons
Legislator
SG, SJ, HR, BUDG
Gr.Stat. Coreper
JURI, BUDG, plenary
PMO, COMM
own SR
=140
=15
EU agencies
= 50
Staff + pens.
=55000
=15000
Admin. 3

4. External (CC) UN.ICSC other (EU) mobility progr. other CO.ISRP (ISRP)
est persons
UN.ICSC
=100000
other
(EU)
= 9000
mobility progr.
= in 2006
other
(ISRP)
CO.ISRP
=25000
=1000 4

5. Coverage and responsibilities
Intra EU
Extra EU
ESTAT-C3
28 +5 9
(tr, efta 3, balkan 5)
CO.ISRP - 7
UN.ICSC
EU28
Grp 1+2
HQ = USANY, USAWDC, CANMON, CHGEN, Mad, Par, Rom, Vie, Lon
???
Taiwan
ECP (ESTAT)
=42
UN.ICSC
=178
ECP (OECD) =7

6. Recent trilateral meetings (27.1, 5.2)
Intra-EU CC
FBS collaboration to be deepened (timing, content, tool)
UN propose to use ECP data for EU28 MS
Extra-EU CC
Methodology collaboration (eg. classification, item descriptions, comparison-resistant basic headings)
Next round of UN surveys
ESTAT will use ECP data for BXLS and for TR, IS, NO, CH, AL, BH, MK, MO, RS, USA, CAN, MEX, JAP, KOR, AUS, NZL instead of UN P2P
Publication criteria for problem locations (eg. war)
Prioritisation criteria for survey timing
Other
Collaboration for internal UN review

7. Conclusions: CC are a credible data source also for MS administrations
Similar remuneration needs for expatriate staff
Ever-deeper collaboration EU/UN/CO
Wide coverage (virtually all capital cities in world)
Robust methodology
Comprehensive, extensive, high quality price data (ECP, ICSC, EARS)
Official statistics
CC/PAI are published free of charge
Already funded by MS taxpayers

8. Update situation examined in 2008 ?
8 MS foreign ministries used data supplied by one private sector firm, Employment Conditions Abroad, often for same duty stations!
No information for 12 MS (=13 with HR)
Changes since 2008
ESTAT/UN Memorandum (2010)
External Action Service (2009)
Austerity
Knowledge of private sector methodologies
→ MS are asked to review the following table

9. CC source for MS foreign ministries 2008
01 – BE
ESTAT + UN
11 – HR ??
21 – PL
02 – BG
12 – IT
22 – PT
03 – CZ
ECA
13 – CY
23 – RO
04 – DK
14 – LV
24 – SI
05 – DE
National.
15 – LT
ESTAT ++
25 – SK
06 – EE
16 – LU
26 – FI
ECA + Nat.
07 – IE
17 – HU
27 – SE
08 – EL
18 – MT
28 – UK
09 – ES
19 – NL
10 – FR
Mercer
20 – AT
Mercer + Nat.