1. Big Data at Eurostat and the ESS
NTTS 2015
Workshop on Big Data
9 Mar 2015
Brussels
Albrecht Wirthmann

2. Big Data at Eurostat European Statistical Programme 2013-17 ESS
Statistical Information Infrastructure
ESS
Scheveningen Memorandum Sep 2013
Task Force Big Data
Big Data Roadmap and Action Plan 1.0 June 2014
ESS Pilots
European Commission Communication
"Towards a thriving data driven economy"
Implementation of ESS Vision 2020
Big Data roadmap and action plan integral part of portfolio
Examine the potential of Big Data sources for official statistics
Official Statistics Big Data strategy as part of wider government strategy
Address privacy and data protection
Collaboration at European and global level
Address need for skills
Partnerships between different stakeholders (government, academics, private sector)
Developments in Methodology, quality assessment and IT
Adopt action plan and roadmap for the European Statistical System

3. Big Data Roadmap and Action Plan
by ESS Big Data Task Force
9 Statistical Offices
ECB
International Organisations
OECD
UNECE
Academic Experts
European Commission
DG CNECT
DG JRC
Eurostat
Chaired by Eurostat

4. Big Data Roadmap and Action Plan 1.0
Principles
Stepwise development with regular review
Focus on strengths of ESS
Partnerships, Legislation, Harmonisation in EU context
Use national and international experiences
Definition of Goals
Short – medium – long term
Pilots
Data driven approach
Hands-on experience
Long term Goal:
Full integration of big data sources into statistical information infrastructure

5. Ethics / Communication
T O P I C S
Policy
Quality
Skills
Experience sharing
Legislation IT
Infrastructures
Methods
Ethics / Communication
Pilots

6. Big Data Pilots Big Data Pilots 2016 - 2019 Communication WWW Sensors
Mobile phone data
Social Media
WWW
Web Searches
Businesses'
Websites
eCommerce Websites
Job Adver-tisements
Real Estate Websites
Internet Traffic
Sensors
Traffic Loops
Smart Meters
Vessel Identification
Satellite Images
Webcams
Process generated
Flight Reservation Systems
Supermarket Cashier Data
Loyalty Programs
Financial Transactions
eGovernment
Mobile Payments
Crowd Sourcing
VGI websites (Open Streetmap)
Community Pictures Collections

7. Activities at Eurostat
Within European Commission
Strategy on Big Data for evidence based policy
Interservice coordination group
Collaboration with DGs on specific aspects of Big Data
Within ESS
Analysis of legal situation
Ethical guidelines
Communication guidelines
Training
Execution of pilots as ESSnets exploring potential of big data sources for European Statistics
Big Data contributing to goals of ESS Vision 2020
With UN
Contribution to Global WG Big Data
HLG on modernizing statistics and Big Data project of UNECE

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