1. Eurostat and its activities A. Näslund, Head of Unit A2
The European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) European Statistical week, a study visit to Eurostat
Eurostat and its activities A. Näslund, Head of Unit A2
Luxembourg, October 2014

2. Eurostat The Statistical Office of the European Union
Mission: To be the leading provider of high quality statistics on Europe
A Directorate General of the European Commission
Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta
The central institution of the European Statistical System (ESS)

3. About Eurostat
Created in 1952 as a service of the High Authority for Coal and Steel - 7 staff
Based in Luxembourg
Director General Mr Walter Radermacher
Today over 800 staff with increasing responsibilities

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5. Resources

6. Nationalities

7. Eurostat objectives
Provide statistical information on the EU to the European instutions, journalists, businesses, decision makers, researchers, students, citizens, etc.
Cooperate with NSIs to develop the ESS
Cooperate with third countries and with international organisations (ECB, IMF, OECD, World Bank, UN, etc.)

8. Responsibilities of Eurostat
Collect data from NSIs
Define harmonised methods, definitions and classifications
Compile European aggregates – EU and Euro area
Disseminate statistics
Coordinate the partnership with the NSIs within the European Statistical System (ESS)
Coordinate statistical activities within the European Commission

9. The European statistical programme ESP 2013-17
Regulation (N°99/2013) of the European Parliament and the Council
Legislative framework and budgetary envelope for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics
Programming tool of the ESS – what European statistics will be produced during the period
EU funding programme - financial envelope and financial instruments

10. Structure and dynamics of the ESP

11. Indicators linked to EU policies
Priority area Europe 2020
Updated headline target indicators for Europe 2020 (in the areas of employment, research and development, innovation, energy/climate change, education, environment, social protection, social inclusion and poverty)
Statistics to support the monitoring of the implementation of Europe 2020 flagship initiatives

12. Indicators linked to EU policies
Priority area economic governance
Providing statistical input for the macroeconomic imbalances scoreboard
Providing statistical input for an enhanced Stability and Growth Pact specifically aimed at the production and provision of high-quality statistics on public debt and deficit
Developing and producing a set of indicators to measure competitiveness

13. Annual Work Programmes (AWP)
AWP implements the ESP
Provides detailed information on the planned statistical activities of a given year
A European Statistical System programme (Eurostat + NSIs)
Takes into account needs of the users (Commission DGs, ESAC, ECB) and political priorities as well as possibilities of the producers
Basis for establishment of national statistical programmes

14. Legal framework
Article 338 of the Lisbon Treaty provides Community statistics with a constitutional basis
... the European Parliament and the Council shall adopt (by ordinary legislative procedure) measures for the production of statistics where necessary for the performance of the activities of the Union
The production of Union statistics shall conform to impartiality, reliability, objectivity, scientific independence, cost-effectiveness and statistical confidentiality; it shall not entail excessive burdens on economic operators
Regulation ((EC) no 223/2009) on European statistics, the so called "Statistical Law"

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