1. ESS.VIP ADMIN – Status report Item 4.1 of the draft agenda
DSS Meeting 1 and 2 March 2018

2. ESS.VIP ADMIN – Status report
ADMIN aims to support more extensive use of administrative data for the production of official statistics in the ESS
7 work packages
Deployment & dissemination
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3. ESS.VIP ADMIN – Status report
Purposes of this agenda point:
Inform about project progress since the last report a year ago
Future of methodological support (WP7)
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4. WP1 – Access to admin. sources
Report on legal and institutional framework for use of administrative data
Document on best practices for relations with data providers
 To finish Q2/2018
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5. WP2 – Statistical methods
Guidelines on the use of estimation methods for the integration of administrative sources (incl. best practices)
DIME presentation: positive feedback (23 Feb 2018)
Draft expected in the next couple of months
Planned for extensive (ESS + external) review
 Ultimately planned as an ESS standard
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6. WP3 – Quality measures ESSnet on "Quality of multisource statistics":
Guidelines on quality for multisource based outputs
Quality measures and indicators
Draft September 2018
Workshop autumn 2018 (draft feedback)
Final Q2 2019
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7. WP4 – Eurostat using EC administrative sources
Catch reporting for catch statistics (Agriculture) final report December 2018
Reports from MSs on use of data from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) or from other administrative registers available for the production of agricultural statistics  Summary analysis of the seven reports received
Next action proposed:
Evaluate feasibility of use EU databases on administrative events related to migration
selected as most interesting & promising area, to start asap.
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8. WP5 – Frames for social statistics
Report on the availability, kind and development of base registers on persons and buildings (dwellings) and derived frames used in the Member States – Q1 2018
ESSnet on "Quality of multisource statistics":
Quality measures and indicators of frames for social statistics
Quality guidelines for frames for social statistics
Q1 2018
1, 2, 3 input to Task Force (BG, DK, DE, FR, AT, RO, SI, IT, UK) 1st meeting held Oct 2017
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9. WP5 – Frames for social statistics
TF objectives:
Considering national circumstances to draft methodological recommendations (with good and bad practices when applicable) featuring proposals for frames for social statistics:
minimum requirements and related quality indicators;
a desirable, optimal setup;
a set of harmonized frame related metadata used for EU social statistics;
suggest further actions supporting the development and construction of frames based on administrative data
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10. WP6 – Pilots and applications
2015 grants wave
13 signed, finished, reports on CROS
2016 grants wave
13 signed, work ends Q2/2018
2017 grants wave
9 signed, work ends Q2/2019
2018 grants (last) wave
call launched  Application deadline 13 March, 5 p.m. CET
Out of 35 almost all related to social statistics (34) majority refer to census / population statistics (31)
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11. WP7 – Methodological support
To provide support for, and exchange between Member States:
ESTP training courses: 3 given in 2017
Helpdesk: totally free  more info on CROS Portal
3 requests (of which 2 from Steering Group)
1 on-site intervention/training
 New methodological framework contract after 03/2018:
 Future of methodological support?
To be continued despite low use?
Which format preferred?
How to better promote services + knowledge transfer?
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12. WP7 – Methodological support
DIME (23 Feb 2018 discussion)
found useful the methodological helpdesk
the availability of these services should be better advertised inside their national institutions
promoted by examples, like previous questions and answers
For the future a review of approaches in other projects was suggested and consideration of centre of excellence.
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13. Communication plan
Main means of communication suggested by Steering Group:
CROS portal
three dedicated workshops
Quality guidelines
Social statistics
Other than social statistics
presentations to governance and technical bodies of the ESS, and at other meetings and conferences.

14. Deployment plan Making guidelines ESS standards Estimation methods
Guidelines on quality for multisource based outputs
Quality guidelines for frames for social statistics
TF on Frames for Social Statistics methodological recommendations
Steering Group urged MSs to share internally information about ADMIN outputs available and how they can be used. For that reason a list of outputs with brief description and usage will be created on the CROS portal.

15. The DSS is invited to: take note of progress made and give comments
suggest if continue the methodological support.
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