1. Item 3.2 – Europe 2020 indicators
Eurostat-F5
Eurostat Education and Training Statistics Working Group - Luxembourg, April 2013

2. Outline of the presentation
The Europe strategy
The European semester
Validation of education headline indicators:
Outcomes of the last exercise (February 2013)
Alternatives for 2014 for discussion
Eurostat Education and Training Statistics Working Group - Luxembourg, April 2013

3. 1. The Europe 2020 strategy Lisbon strategy (2000-2010)
Delivered some concrete results but …
Lack of focus
Lack of appropriation in some countries (governance)
Pace of reforms slow and uneven
Too loose link with EU structural policies
Supported by Structural Indicators
Europe 2020 strategy - EU Council of June 2010
Smart, sustainable, inclusive growth
A new governance: the European semester
5 targets, 8 headline indicators
7 flagship initiatives
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4. Europe 2020: Seven flagship initiatives
Smart growth
Sustainable growth
Inclusive growth
Digital agenda for Europe
(7 areas: broadband, skills & jobs, cyber-security, copyrights ..)
Resource efficient Europe
(Energy 2020, Transport, Agriculture, Fisheries, Raw materials, Taxation ..)
An agenda for new skills and jobs
(4 areas: skills development, flexicurity, job quality and working conditions and job creation
Innovation Union
(34 actions: Excellence in education, single innovation market, EIPs ..)
An industrial policy for the globalisation era
(10 actions: SMEs, standardisation, competitiveness, …
European platform against poverty
( 4 areas incl. access to essential services (education, health, …), social innovation, …
Youth on the move
(education and employability, Youth statistics & dashboard)
Eurostat Education and Training Statistics Working Group - Luxembourg, April 2013

5. Europe 2020: Five headline targets
Employment: 75 % of the population aged employed
R&D: 3% of the EU’s GDP invested in R&D
Climate change and energy sustainability: The “20/20/20″ climate/energy targets met
Greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 20% (1990)
Share of renewable energy sources in FEC to reach 20%
Energy efficiency improve by 20%
Education: Early leavers from education and training under 10% and at least 40% of the younger generation a tertiary degree
Fighting poverty and social exclusion: 20 million less people at risk of poverty or social exclusion
Eurostat Education and Training Statistics Working Group - Luxembourg, April 2013

6. 2. The European semester website
Eurostat Education and Training Statistics Working Group - Luxembourg, April 2013

7. 3. Validation of education indicators
Validation of LFS data
EU LFS data validated by national LFS delegates each quarter
Education part of the EU LFS control table (main indicators) but not under the responsibility of national LFS teams…
Until 2012, educational data were validated by ETS WG delegates (after publication of Q4 empl. data, i.e. late).
Validation process of February 2013
With the European Semester, educational data are needed at the same time as Q1-Q4 employment results, in April
Validation by Member States of estimates based on 2012 Q1-Q3 & 2011 Q4 in February 2013, published on 6 March
2012 Q1-Q4 averages were published on 11 April without prior-validation by Member States
Eurostat Education and Training Statistics Working Group - Luxembourg, April 2013

8. 3. Validation of education indicators
Outcomes of the validation process of Feb 2013
Data available 3 months before (compared to 2012)
but…
Eurostat's website was up-dated twice in 5 weeks
Some countries were not in a position to validate the data in February or did not support the exercise
Q4 data already available at that time were not used.
Alternatives for 2014
Validation
Same method as 2013, late January 2014
          or
Validation of Q1-Q3 in February, without publication of results 
Publication of 2013 Q1-Q4 data in April 2014 in any case
Eurostat Education and Training Statistics Working Group - Luxembourg, April 2013