1. Ag.no. 15 Lessons from the 2015 A65 exercise
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Ag.no. 15 Lessons from the 2015 A65 exercise
Working Group on Article 64 and Article 65 of the Staff Regulations
Meeting in Luxembourg 21st & 22nd March 2016

2. Content of this presentation
Punctuality of transmission and validation
Use of eDAMIS for SRQ transmission
Completeness of supplied data
Sample coverage (of population)
Coverage of categories AD/AST/SC
See also agenda points 13, 16 and 17

3. Punctual transmission
31st July target date for SRQ submission was largely achieved…
…except by EE, IT, LU, MT, AT, SK, FI
RO: no data at all  ESTAT calculation, based on forecast figures and other sources
HR: (new to exercise)  detailed data not included pending further work on country manual

4. Punctual validation
No explicit validation target date, although outline timetable in manual Doc.A6465/14/26rev
"Just-in-time" production: impossible to advance reporting and validation timetable any earlier
By middle October 2015 calculations finalised for all countries, and explicit validations obtained except from IE (21.10) and AT (17.11)
Eurostat report launched
Countries in red: sample countries that were late
Poland: outstanding query does not significantly affect value calculated for this period

5. Use of eDAMIS by national delegates
eDAMIS is the approved tool for data transmission to Eurostat
It was used by most countries for the 2015 annual exercise…
…except: BG, EE, IE, LV, LU, AT, RO, SK
eDAMIS training is possible

6. Completeness of supplied data
Remuneration data supplied for upper/median/lower steps in grade, for 22 countries.
For remaining 6 countries, the non supply is linked to specific national circumstances:
No data for upper and lower steps for DK, SK, SE
No data for median step in grade for IT, LU, UK
Decisions recorded in country manuals

7. Sample coverage (of population)
Sample for which data supplied represents 100% of central government population except for : %
90-100
CZ (92%), CY (96%), LV (97%), HU (99%), PT (93%)
75-90
ES (88%), AT (86%),
50-75
UK (69%)
< 50
SK (27%), FI (8%)

8. Coverage of categories AD/AST/SC
Equivalent national civil servants for all categories found in most Member States, except:
No AD -
No AST PL
No SC
BE, BG, DK, EL, FR, LT, AT, FI, UK

9. Ratio AD:AST:SC compared to PY…
Member
State
July 2014
July 2015
Reason for change
Impact on country SI BE
46 : 54 : - - DE
48 : 41 : 11
47 : 41 : 12 ES
43 : 35 : 22 FR
23 : 77 : -
33 : 67 : -
New personnel database
-0.1 IT
31 : 62 : 7 LU
41 : 53 : 6
41 : 52 : 7 NL
37 : 60 : 3
48 : 49 : 3
Grade 10 from AST to AD
-0.2 AT
18 : 82 : -
18 : 82 : - PL
86 : - : 14 SE
81 : 14 : 5
81 : 14 : 5 UK
6 : 94 : -
7 : 93 : -

10. Thank you!