1. Information Society Statistics
Michail Skaliotis,
Information Society and Tourism Statistics
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

2. Information Society Statistics
Policy and user needs
i2010 – a European Information Society for Growth and Employment
i2010 Benchmarking Framework
Annual Benchmarking Report
i2010 Mid-Term Review: Preparing Europe’s digital future
Europe’s Digital Competitiveness Report (main achievements of the i2010 strategy )
ISS statistics
ICT Sector Statistics
Statistics on ICT use by enterprises
Statistics on ICT use by individuals and in households
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

3. Information Society Statistics
Policy and user needs
Europe 2020 strategy
Smart growth – developing an economy based on knowledge and innovation
Digital Agenda for Europe
Policy for smart Growth and Innovation in digital society
Benchmarking Digital Europe
Conceptual framework for benchmarking the information society
Annual Indicators
Biennial Indicators
Special Modules
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

4. Information Society Statistics
Legal Base
ICT use statistical data collection since 2002 based on gentleman’s agreement
Framework Regulation 808/2004 concerning statistics on the Information Society
Enterprise statistics module
Households and individuals module
Amendment 1006/2009 to Framework Regulation
Harmonisation with Regulation on European Statistics
Duration 10 years
Update to subjects of data collection, e.g. ubiquitous connectivity)
Adjustment to core social variables
Transmission of individuals data records
Limitation of burden
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

5. Information Society Statistics
Enterprise and ICT sector statistics
Survey on ICT use and e-commerce in enterprises
Adjustment to new benchmarking framework
Special Modules
ICT security (2010)
eGovernment (2011)
Green ICT? (2012)
ICT expenditure and investment
Pilot survey 2009 on voluntary basis
ICT sector statistics
Collected as secondary statistics from SBS, LFS, R&D and innovation and trade statistics
ICT impact via data linking
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

6. Information Society Statistics
Use of ICT in Households and by Individuals
Use of data
i2010 annual benchmarking report 2009
2008 special module on advanced services
Compendium of Indicators for Monitoring the Employment Guidelines and Analysis
eSkills Indicators
Consumer Markets Scoreboard
Internet purchases especially cross-border purchases
eInclusion Strategy of the EU
Background characteristics
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

7. Information Society Statistics
Use of ICT in Households and by Individuals
Subjects
Access to computers and the Internet
Type of Internet connections
Individuals frequency and location of Internet use
Use of online services, e-shopping, interaction with public authorities
eSkills, e-security
Barriers to Internet and Broadband access
Special Modules
eCommerce (2009)
Security and Trust (2010)
eSkills (2011)
Green ICT? (2012)
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

8. Information Society Statistics
Use of ICT in Households and by Individuals
Benchmarking Digital Europe
Collection of new indicators
Participation in social networks
Accessing or posting opinions on web sites concering civic or political issues
Creating web sites or blogs
Uploading self created contents to web sites
Using wikis
Using professional networking sites
Annual, biennial indicators, special modules
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

9. Information Society Statistics
Use of ICT in Households and by Individuals
Social background variables
Used in the context of e-Inclusion policy
Introduction of Core Social Variables
Collection of additional variables
e.g. marital status
Adjustment of already collected variables
Educational level
Household composition
Household income
Introduction follows 3-phases implementation as concluded by DSS in Sep 2009
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

10. Information Society Statistics
Use of ICT in Households and by Individuals
Access to micro data for researchers
Amendment of Regulation 831/2002 adopted by ESSC
Project on developing methodology and producing anonymised micro datasets for scientific purposes
Finalisation by Nov 2009
Calculation of accuracy measures for social statistics
DIME Task Force
General recommendations for application in specific sectors
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg

11. Information Society Statistics
Future challenges
Features of ICT
Short innovation cycles: fast moving targets
ICTs are becoming part of the general infrastructure
Questions
What statistics should be collected in future?
What is impact of ICT on other statistics (eHealth, eSkills, …)
Consequences
Compromise between updating of list of indicators and continuity of statistical indicators
Timeliness and freshness important factor for quality of statistics
Exploitation of alternative ways of statistical data collection
Internet as a data source
Analysis of impact of ICT on society and economy via analysis of micro data
11-12 March 2010
DSS Directors of Social Statistics Meeting, Luxembourg