1. 2.4. Draft Commission Regulation amending certain Regulations with ref. to ISCED
DSS Meeting September 2012

2. Implementation of ISCED 2011
ISCED = International Standard Classification of Education
ISCED 2011 to be implemented from 2014 in all EU sources (DSS September 2011)
Item 2.4: Amendment of Regulations on LFS, SILC, AES and SES
Item 3.8: Amendment of Regulation on statistics on education and training systems (UOE)

3. Implementation of ISCED 2011 in surveys
ISCED: 8 positions at 1 digit level
Coding at 1 digit level for LFS, AES and SILC (except ISCED 3, more details)
Grouping of 1 digit level for other surveys (3 groups)
Implementation manuals and mappings (including EA for LFS, etc..) under development, ISCED workshop in Feb. 2013

4. Outcomes of the DSS consultation
Support from all countries with few comments
Coding for LFS/AES is in the Regulation
Coding for SILC is in a manual (as agreed in last ILCS WG)
CZ, DE
Request for more details (DE):
Orientation of programmes for ISCED 3/4 (vocational / general) for all ages: proposal for restricting to graduates in last 15 years sufficient for EU needs
Division academic / professional at ISCED 5-8: Too early: no implementation guidelines made available by UNESCO, to be discussed at EU level (ISCED workshop)

5. Conclusion
The DSS is invited to agree to forward the draft Commission Regulation introducing ISCED 2011 in EU surveys (LFS, SILC, AES, SES) to the ESS Committee meeting of 15 November 2012