Konrad Pesendorfer DG Statistics Austria World Statistics Day

Konrad Pesendorfer DG Statistics Austria World Statistics Day 2015 Conference by the Hungarian Statistical Office Cooperation among Statistical Institutes and with other partners enhancing innovation and transformation in official statistics Budapest, 20 October 2015 www. statistik. at We provide information

Cooperation in quotes Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off. (Franklin D. Roosevelt) The keystone of successful business is cooperation. Friction retards progress. (James Cash Penney, American business man) www. statistik. at slide 2 |

Overview • Cooperation Partners of NSIs • ESS cooperation Models • Purposes of Cooperation • Cooperation examples • Conclusions www. statistik. at slide 3 |

Innovation Cooperation Partners Academia NSI ESTAT NSI NSI User Groups ESS NSI NSI ONAs NSI Other International Fora www. statistik. at Research Institutes Private Data Producers Data Owners Others slide 4 |

ESS Cooperation Models informal Informal/ bilateral • No formal structure • No EU financing www. statistik. at formal ESSnets • Subset of countries • EU financing • Coordination by NSI • Task driven • Limited in time Centres of Excellence EURegulation • Subset of countries • EU/MS financing • Public procurement • NSI(s) competence leader(s) • Implementation focus • Not limited in time • all countries • Prepared/decided in formal ESS structure • EU financing possible • Objective: comparability through harmonization and standardization slide 5 |

Cooperation Purpose high Interdependence Common Production Common Development Exchanging best practice low high Formality requirement (structure/standardization) www. statistik. at slide 6 |

Purpose-Coop. Model Matching high EU Regulation Interdependence Co. E ESSnet Exchanging best practice low Common Production Common Development Informal/bilateral high Formality requirement (structure/standardization) www. statistik. at slide 7 |

SIMSTAT: High Formality Requirement Common Production Purpose: Microdata Exchange ESTAT NSI • High Interdependence: NSIs‘ ability to produce FT-statistics depends on: Ø Ø NSI NSI NSI www. statistik. at Ø Coverage Quality Timeliness • Data Protection! • High formality requirement: EU regulation slide 8 |

Co. E: Medium Formality Requirement • Co. E produces/develops for the ESS as a whole Common Production/ Development Purpose Ø ESTAT Ø NSI Ø Ø Co. E NSI NSI www. statistik. at NSI ESS interest MS involvement System compatibility Efficiency gain • Cost compensation through standardized cost accounting • Medium formality requirement: public procurement; contracts slide 9 |

ESSnet: Low/Med. Formality Requirement • ESSnet develops solutions for the ESS Common Development Purpose Ø ESTAT NSI ESSnet NSI NSI NSI www. statistik. at Ø Ø Development of standards/models/ systems Filtered back to ESS structure Decision by ESSC • EU grant to cover coordination costs • Medium formality requirement: contracts • Improvement action: filtering back to the ESS slide 10 |

Informal/bilat. : No Formality Requirement Exchange of Practices Purpose • Informal/bilateral cooperation Ø Ø ESTAT NSI NSI www. statistik. at Ø 2 or more NSIs Learning from each other No common development/ production purpose • No financing • Regular/irregular meetings • Changing composition/level slide 11 |

Conclusions Ø Innovation and Progress can be achieved much better by cooperating Ø Broad range of cooperation partners within and outside the ESS Ø ESS cooperation Ø Ø not only innovation driver But also a way to deal with resource constraints Ø Choice of cooperation model depends on cooperation purpose Ø What we need: Ø Ø Ø Trust Good frameworks for different cooperation models Promote informal fora to exchange experience www. statistik. at slide 12 |

Konrad Pesendorfer DG Statistics Austria World Statistics Day 2015 Conference by the Hungarian Statistical Office Cooperation among Statistical Institutes and with other partners enhancing innovation and transformation in official statistics Budapest, 20 October 2015 www. statistik. at We provide information