1. Working Group Methodology 7 April 2016
Item 0.1
DIME/ITDG governance

2. Establishing a governance: Why?
strengthen strategic alignment
clarify roles: who does what
better planning and organisation
be more efficient

3. The governance: a recurring item
Discussed by DIME/ITDG for the first time at:
DIME/ITDG SG in December 2013
and 5 additional times, namely:
DIME/ITDG plenary March 2014
DIME/ITDG SG in June 2014
DIME/ITDG SG in December 2014
DIME/ITDG plenary Feb 2015
DIME/ITDG SG in June 2015

4. But..

5. Some recent achievements
DIME/ITDG SG, June 2015
Positive opinion on the mandates of 4 WGs: Methodology, IT , Standards , Quality
DIME/ITDG plenary written consultation, Sept 2015
Approval of the 4 mandates
DIME written consultation, Jan 2016
appointment of NSI representatives
WG Methodology 1st meeting April 2016
Formal acceptance of the mandate

6. Governance Framework: 3 layers
Type
Nature
Members
Role
Parent 1
Director Group (DG)
Permanent
All MSs
Strategic
ESSC 2
Working Group (WG)
Operational DG 3
Expert Group (EG)
Some MSs
Technical WG
Task Force (TF)
Temporary
WG/EG  3
User Groups (UG)
Users

8. Acronym: WG Methodology Title: Working Group on Methodology Layer Type
Areas of responsibilities:
Statistical methods
Confidentiality and micro data access
Research and Innovation
Data analytics
Layer
Type
Nature
Members
Role
Parent 2
Working Group (WG)
Permanent
All MSs
Operational DG
Not open for discussion