1. Education and Training Statistics Working Group
Item 5 – Learning mobility statistics: 2014 pilot data collection on IVET and youth learning mobility
Sabine Gagel Eurostat F5
19-20 June 2014
Education and Training Statistics Working Group

2. Background – ESS agreement
ESS agreement on 2014 pilot data collection on learning mobility via household surveys
Signed by 20 Member States in November 2012
Option 1: IVET mobility
2 mandatory variables
6 countries: EE, LV, LU, NL, PL, SK
Option 2: IVET + general youth mobility
5 (2+3) mandatory and 3 optional variables
14 countries: BE, BG, CZ, EL, ES, FR, IT, LT, HU, AT, PT, RO, SI, SE
Not covered by the ESS agreement
8 Member States: DK, DE, IE, HR, CY, MT, FI, UK
19-20 June 2014
Education and Training Statistics Working Group

3. Pilot surveys at national level
Pilot data collection with Eurostat grant
10 countries: BG, ES, IT, LT, HU, NL, AT, RO, SI, SE
Module of LFS: 7 countries
Stand-alone survey: 3 countries
Majority of surveys after summer 2014
NL: whole year
SI: March/April 2014
Pilot data collection without Eurostat grant
10 countries: BE, CZ, EE, EL, FR, LV, LU, PL, PT, SK
8 Member States not participating in ESS agreement
No information about available data/surveys
19-20 June 2014
Education and Training Statistics Working Group

4. Supporting material for pilot surveys (1)
Explanatory notes
Available in CIRCABC since June 2013
Template for quality report
19-20 June 2014
Education and Training Statistics Working Group

5. Supporting material for pilot surveys (2)
Format for data transmission
Variables to be collected, coding and filters
Labels for length of stay changed in order to clearly define intervals – but …
Format and explanations clear and complete?
Extra variables to be collected for validation purpose
Optional variables not part of ESS agreement but mentioned in the filters
Allows for better validation but not to be used for dissemination
CSV format
Recommendations for publication thresholds
Delay: 31 March 2015
Transmission via eDAMIS
19-20 June 2014
Education and Training Statistics Working Group

6. Duration of stay – correction of labels
Following comments received by countries on variables DURSECMOB, DURTERMOB, (DUROTHERMOB)
Labels to be corrected as follows:
1 From 2 weeks to less than 3 months
2 From 3 months to 6 months
3 From more than 6 months to one year
4 More than one year
19-20 June 2014
Education and Training Statistics Working Group

7. Education and Training Statistics Working Group
The ETS Working Group is invited
to comment on the format of the transmission files
for countries participating in the ESS agreement
to provide information about their 2014 pilot data collection on learning mobility
(especially countries without Eurostat grant for this action)
for countries not participating in the ESS agreement
to inform if estimations on IVET mobility (and general youth mobility) in 2014 could be sent to Eurostat by end of March 2015
19-20 June 2014
Education and Training Statistics Working Group