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DIME/ITDG Steering Group November 2015 Agenda item 09
Annex 1.
Project Initiation Requests for 2017 ESSnets and Centres of
Excellence
This annex contains the PIRs of the six ESSnets for 2017:
1. Quality Assurance, Branding and Labelling/Certification
(QUAL)
2. Development of the conceptual elements of a Common
Quality
Framework for the ESS (QUAL)
3. Open data standards (DIGICOM)
4. User analytics and statistical literacy (DIGICOM)
5. Validation 2 (VALIDATION)
6. GEOSTAT 3
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Project Initiation Request
ESSnet in support of Vision 2020: Quality Assurance, Branding
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Project Owner: Jean-Pierre PONCELET
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Project Owner Approve 11/09/2015
Crista Filip (TF IP) Project and portfolio
management
Review 03/09/2015
Wim Kloek (B1) Management of ESSnets
and CoE
Review 01/09/2015
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Project Title: ESSnet in support of Vision 2020: Quality
Assurance, Branding and
Labelling/Certification
Initiator: Daniel RASE DG / Unit: Eurostat/D4
Project Owner (PO): Jean-Pierre PONCELET Date of Request:
10/09/2015
Solution Provider (SP): The solution will be
provided by an ESSnet to be
created after adoption of
the business case.
Approving Authority: Eurostat Directors’
meeting
Target Delivery Date: Two years
Type of Delivery: In-house Outsourced Mix Not-known
Context/ Situation (Business Need/ Problem / Opportunity)
The ESS Vision 2020 identifies Quality as a key area of
long-term strategy and the statistical production process,
emphasising the importance of user driven continuous
improvement.
In 2015, the ESSC decided to consider quality as an
overarching/supporting framework linking all relevant elements of
the ESS Vision 2020. On this basis, a document called “Quality in
the ESS Vision 2020 – implementation paper (QUAL@ESS Vision 2020)”
was prepared by the Task Force QUAL, a subgroup of the Working
Group on Quality describing how the Quality key area of the ESS
Vision 2020 is proposed to be implemented.
The overarching framework was built around three main
actions:
1. Coordinate quality in the ESS Vision 2020 portfolio; 2. Make
quality assurance fit-for-purpose – differentiate the ESS quality
approach, make
proposals on branding and labelling/certification; 3. Develop
the conceptual elements of a Total Quality Management framework for
the ESS.
QUAL@ ESS Vision 2020 was presented and discussed during the VIG
meeting of 2 September 2015. Action 1 was approved in the meeting
and it was concluded that for the two other actions more
reflections would be needed in the ESS; therefore the Group asked
to further develop the document.
In this context and in order to clarify the purpose of these two
actions, Eurostat decided to launch a project in 2016. For the
implementation of the actions 2 and 3, two separate ESSnets are
proposed in the 2017 budget, as the implementation will require
different competences and skills. This Project Initiation Request
concerns action 2. It will containing the following tasks:
Establish a clear and modelled-based understanding of how
quality is assured and monitored across statistical domains in the
ESS. Provide a common basis for sharing knowledge and best
practices for quality assurance across the ESS;
Investigate and analyse the pros and cons of setting up a
mechanism which would support the branding and
labelling/certification of European statistics. Clarify the
terminology and make recommendations for attributing European
statistics to the quality assurance layers/clusters proposed in the
first task. Provide input to communication aspects in close
cooperation with the ESS VIP DIGICOM programme.
Issue recommendations for the development of a framework for a
fit-for-purpose, differentiated quality assurance mechanism in the
ESS. On this basis, propose different quality assurance for each
layer/cluster. Make proposals for the implementation of the
framework.
This work package will deliver reports, guidelines and
recommendations for implementation. It does not include pilot
experiments or activities directly linked to the implementation of
the proposed solutions.
Therefore it is proposed to create an ESSnet to analyse and
translate the contents of the deliverables of the 2016 project into
concrete actions to be carried out at national and/or at ESS level.
Taking into account the highly strategic nature of this work, high
level steering and guidance from ESS senior management should be
sought.
Legal Basis
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The mandate of this project, in the context of the revised
Regulation 223/2009 on European statistics and the European
Statistical Programme, stems more specifically from:
The Vision 2020 document, in particular the key area on the
Quality of European statistics.
The conclusions of the February ESSC meeting relating to Quality
under the ESS Vision 2020
The “QUAL@ESS Vision 2020” Implementation paper
Outcomes (high level)
The main outcome of the ESSnet will be to provide conceptual
framework for fit-for-purpose quality
assurance, branding, labelling/certification as well as concrete
recommendations and actions for its
implementation.
Impact (high level)
This activity will contribute to maintaining and strengthening
public trust in official statistics
Success Criteria
The ESS finds an agreement on a common quality assurance,
branding and
labelling/certification mechanism.
Assumptions (high level)
The following assumptions have been made:
The ESSnet is the better instrument to ensure an active
participation of the ESS members.
The project will receive the appropriate financial resources
(grants)
Constraints (high level)
The support for the project at ESS level will highly depend on
the approval by the VIG of the revised
version of the “QUAL@ESS Vision 2020” document. The date for the
presentation of the revised
document to the VIG should be fixed as soon as possible.
Risks (high level)
Insufficient support from ESS members;
No agreement on a common conceptual framework;
No agreement on the way to implement the conceptual
framework;
Lack of resources in the ESS to implement the conceptual
framework.
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ESSnet in support of Vision 2020: Development of the conceptual
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Project Initiation Request
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elements of a Common Quality
Framework for the ESS
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Project Owner: Jean-Pierre PONCELET
Project Manager: Daniel RASE
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be maintained. All
Reviewers in the list are considered required unless explicitly
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Name Role Action Date
Project Owner Approve 11/09/2015
Crista Filip (TF IP) Project and portfolio
management
Review 03/09/2015
Wim Kloek (B1) Management of ESSnets
and CoE
Review 01/09/2015
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ESSnet in support of Vision 2020: Development of the conceptual
elements of a Common Quality Framework for the ESS
Project Initiation Request
Date: 28/10/2015 3 / 4 Doc. Version: 0.2
Project Title: ESSnet in support of Vision 2020: Development of
the conceptual elements
of a Common Quality Framework for the ESS
Initiator: Daniel RASE DG / Unit: Eurostat/D4
Project Owner (PO): Jean-Pierre PONCELET Date of Request:
10/09/2015
Solution Provider (SP): The solution will be
provided by an ESSnet to be
created after adoption of
the business case.
Approving Authority: Eurostat Directors’
meeting
Target Delivery Date: Two years
Type of Delivery: In-house Outsourced Mix Not-known
Context/ Situation (Business Need/ Problem / Opportunity)
The ESS Vision 2020 puts Quality as a key area in the
statistical production process emphasising the importance of user
driven continuous improvement.
In 2015, the ESSC decided to consider quality as an overarching
Framework linking all relevant elements of Vision 2020. On this
basis, a document called “Quality in the ESS Vision 2020 –
implementation paper (QUAL@ESS Vision 2020)” was prepared by the
Task Force QUAL, a subgroup of the Working Group on Quality.
The document was built around three main actions:
1. Coordinate quality in the ESS Vision 2020 portfolio; 2. Make
quality assurance fit-for-purpose – differentiate the ESS quality
approach, make
proposals on branding and labelling/certification; 3. Develop
the conceptual elements of a Common Quality Framework for the
ESS.
QUAL@ ESS Vision 2020 was presented and discussed during the VIG
meeting of 2 September 2015. Action 1 was approved and it was
concluded that for the two other actions more reflection would be
needed in the ESS; therefore the Group asked to further develop the
document.
In this context, in order to clarify the purpose of these two
actions, Eurostat decided to launch an in-house project in 2016.
This project will include two work packages related respectively to
action 2 and action 3.
The second work package (action 3) is containing the following
tasks:
Create a knowledge base that will contain experiences, lessons
learned and good practice in the field of Quality Management in the
Members States;
Carry out a high level comparative study on the Quality
Management Frameworks, identifying elements that would fit the ESS
context. Based on this, make proposals on where and how existing
Frameworks could be used to strengthen the Common Quality Framework
for the ESS;
Describe a set of the core values, principles, model and a
common vocabulary of a Quality Framework that would fit to the ESS.
Propose a set of high-level requirements to build a Common Quality
Framework for the ESS. The Framework will allow for a concrete
implementation by the ESS members on various development levels –
for this implementation, issue recommendations, proposals and
include them in the Code of Practice;
Carry out a study on how risk analysis can be integrated in the
Framework.
This work package will deliver reports, guidelines and
recommendations for implementation. It does not include pilot
experiments or activities directly linked to the implementation of
the proposed solutions.
Therefore it is proposed to create an ESSnet to analyse and
translate the contents of the deliverables into concrete actions to
be carried out at national and/or at ESS level. Taking into account
the highly strategic nature of this work, high level steering and
guidance from ESS senior management should be sought. As the two
actions are dealing with subjects requiring different competences
and skills, a separate ESSnet is proposed to deal with the
implementation of action 2.
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Legal Basis
The mandate of this project, in the context of Regulation
223/2009 on European statistics and the European Statistical
Programme, stems more specifically from:
The Vision 2020 document, in particular the key area on the
Quality of European statistics.
The conclusions of the February ESSC meeting relating to Quality
under the ESS Vision 2020
The “QUAL@ESS Vision 2020” document
Outcomes (high level)
The main outcome of the ESSnet will be to find an agreement on
the definition and use of Quality
elements aiming at strengthening the Common Quality Framework
for the ESS and to define concrete
actions for their implementation focusing primarily on the ESS
level, taking also into account the
diversity of situations in the Member States.
Impact (high level)
This activity is expected to be beneficial to the ESS, by
driving future quality developments and its
members in view of meeting or even exceeding the objectives
defined, taking into account their
capabilities and the context in which they operate.
Effectiveness and efficiency gains for the ESS as a
whole will also be sought.
Success Criteria
The ESS finds an agreement on the Quality elements that could
strengthen the Common
Quality Framework for the ESS as well as an agreement on the way
to implement them in the
ESS.
Assumptions (high level)
The following assumptions have been made:
The ESSnet is the better instrument to ensure an active
participation of the ESS members.
The project will receive the appropriate financial resources
(grants)
Constraints (high level)
The support for the project at ESS level will highly depend on
the approval by the VIG of the revised
version of the “QUAL@ESS Vision 2020” document. The date for the
presentation of the revised
document to the VIG should be fixed as soon as possible.
Risks (high level)
Insufficient buy in from ESS members
Too much diversity in the ESS to find a common solution
No agreement found on Quality elements to select
Lack of resources in the ESS countries to implement the enhanced
Framework
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ESSNet “Open data standards in the ESS” (ODESS)
Project Initiation Request
Date: 09/09/2015 Doc. Version: 1.1
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Project Title: ESSNet “Open data standards in the ESS”
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Document Author: Britta Gauckler and Martin Karlberg
Project Owner: Emanuele Baldacci
Project Manager: Martin Karlberg
Doc. Version: 1.1
Sensitivity: Basic
Date: 09/09/2015
Document Approver(s) and Reviewer(s):
NOTE: All Approvers are required. Records of each approver must
be maintained. All
Reviewers in the list are considered required unless explicitly
listed as Optional.
Name Role Action Date
Project Owner Approve
Crista Filip (TF IP) Project and portfolio
management
Review 03/09/2015
Wim Kloek (B1) Management of ESSnets
and CoE
Review 01/09/2015
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Kloek
1.0 24/8/2015 Britta Gauckler First version
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Initiator: Martin Karlberg DG / Unit: B1
Project Owner (PO): Emanuele Baldacci Date of Request:
24.08.2015
Solution Provider (SP): The solution will be
provided by an ESSNet to
be set up after adoption of
the DIGICOM and ODESS
business cases.
Approving Authority: Eurostat Directors’
meeting
Target Delivery Date: 30/06/2019
Type of Delivery: In-house Outsourced Mix Not-known
Context/ Situation (Business Need/ Problem / Opportunity)
The potential for statistical data to be published as (linked)
open data is immense. It is a growing area
where a handful of governments around the world have advanced
digitally to share services, data and
technology for reuse to enable innovation across governments and
the society as a whole. Nevertheless
numerous promises on open data remain open.
This is also the case in the area of statistical open data. Up
to date there are several initiatives ongoing –
also in the statistical data domain – although they are hardly
coordinated. A starting point needs to be
sufficient knowledge of the different stakeholders involved and
a common understanding of the
direction in which open data in the statistical domain should
lead.
There are multiple stakeholders involved
at ESS NSIs (INSEE, ONS, CBS, …) and in the national environment
of each NSI (e.g. national
open data strategies and government digital services)
within the EU institutions (Publications Office – for the EU
Open data portal, CONNECT – for the
Pan European portal, DIGIT, Eurostat, …),
internationally (W3C, UNECE, Open Data Institute etc.).
Those multiple stakeholders address multiple issues and a common
strategy towards open data in the
statistical domain is missing. Despite the numerous activities
ongoing in certain ESS institutions, for
others it is still a new and widely unexplored field where
further development is needed. Once ESS
standards, tools and ontologies have been developed, national
ESS Linked Open Data portals based on
common ESS standards can be developed.
Legal Basis
One of the Vision 2020 objectives in this area of dissemination
and communication on European
statistics is to develop products that are giving as much
freedom as possible to active users to create
their own products based on statistics. In order to respond to
this need the programme Digital
communication, User analytics and Innovative products (ESS.VIP
DIGICOM) has been initiated as part of
the ESS.VIP portfolio. The ESSnet ODESS is planned to be part of
the “Open Data Dissemination” work
package.
Outcomes (high level)
The first deliverable will be ESS standards for Linked Open Data
(including ontologies and technical
solutions). Based on the first deliverable the second
deliverable is a proof of concept in national
implementation of LOD portals.
Impact (high level)
ODESS will
increase the availability of Linked Open Data in Europe through
the creation of national Linked
Open Data portals.
Success Criteria
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The roll-out of Linked Open Data portals in the ESS constitutes
the main success criterion of ODESS. The
use (in terms of the NSIs populating them with data and users
accessing these data) are also an
important indicator of success.
Assumptions (high level)
ODESS depends on the successful outcomes of a number of actions
both within the “Linked Open Data”
work package of the DIGICOM programme and elsewhere in the ESS.
In particular, It depends on the
successful development of the first deliverable of ODESS on the
development of standards, ontologies
and technical Linked Open Data solutions for the ESS.
With ODESS being part of the DIGICOM programme, a precondition
for launching ODESS is the approval
of the DIGICOM Business Case by the ESSC.
Given the availability of Linked Open Data expertise in a number
of ESS NSIs (and the need to include
this expertise in the development), and the need to have a close
collaboration with the NSIs concerned
during the development phase, the ESSnet instrument is
appropriate for achieving the objectives of
ODESS.
Constraints (high level)
ODESS heavily depends on the outputs of other activities (such
as the project on renovation of the
dissemination chain, Open Data initiatives at European and
national levels, etc.) in this area, and the
stocktaking exercise (planned to be conducted in DIGICOM, during
2016, prior to the launch of ODESS)
constitutes a key input to ODESS to formulate an appropriate
roadmap and avoid duplicate work.
Risks (high level)
The limited availability of in-house expertise at Eurostat is a
major risk, to be mitigated by expert
contractors and the inclusion of ESS expertise in the ODESS
consortium, and involvement of key
stakeholders from European Commission Directorates-General (e.g.
CNECT and DIGIT) in the monitoring
of the ESSnet.
The failure to coordinate with parallel activities at EU and
national level may lead to duplicate work and
inadequate solutions. Mitigating actions include the 2016
stocktaking exercise as well as continuous
business intelligence efforts.
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Eurostat Unit B1
ESSNet “User analytics and statistical literacy in the ESS”
(ULIT)
Project Initiation Request
Date: 09/09/2015 Doc. Version: 1.1
PM² Template v2.1.0 (Oct. 2013)
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ESSNet “User analytics and statistical literacy in the ESS”
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Document Control Information
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Document Title: Project Initiation Request
Project Title: ESSNet “User analytics and statistical literacy
in the ESS” (ULIT)
Document Author: Britta Gauckler and Martin Karlberg
Project Owner: Emanuele Baldacci
Project Manager: Martin Karlberg
Doc. Version: 1.1
Sensitivity: Basic
Date: 09/09/2015
Document Approver(s) and Reviewer(s):
NOTE: All Approvers are required. Records of each approver must
be maintained. All
Reviewers in the list are considered required unless explicitly
listed as Optional.
Name Role Action Date
Project Owner Approve
Crista Filip (TF IP) Project and portfolio
management
Review 3/09/2015
Wim Kloek (B1) Management of ESSnets
and CoE
Review 01/09/2015
Document history:
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Filip and W.
Kloek
1.0 24/8/2015 Britta Gauckler First version
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Communication User analytics and Innovative products) Programme
2014-2020” (or one of its
subfiles).
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ESSNet “User analytics and statistical literacy in the ESS”
(ULIT) Project Initiation Request
Date: 09/09/2015 3 / 4 Doc. Version: 1.1
Project Title: ESSNet “User analytics and statistical literacy
in the ESS”
Initiator: Martin Karlberg DG / Unit: B1
Project Owner (PO): Emanuele Baldacci Date of Request:
24.08.2015
Solution Provider (SP): The solution will be
provided by an ESSNet to
be created after adoption of
the business case.
Approving Authority: Eurostat Directors’
meeting
Target Delivery Date: 12/2018 for the 1st
part (SGA) of the
ESSNet
06/2018 for the 2nd
part (SGA) of the
ESSNet
Type of Delivery: In-house Outsourced Mix Not-known
Context/ Situation (Business Need/ Problem / Opportunity)
The need to personalise the dissemination of products is
increasing, especially in the world of data
revolution. The increasing availability of data and the growing
competitiveness in providing statistical
data is changing the way we address our users and anticipate
their needs.
Limited budgets and resources often result in products for
improving statistical literacy being
categorised as “nice to have” as they do not belong to the core
duties of communication like data bases,
website maintenance and press and user relations. As a
consequence there is no common strategy and
there are only a handful NSIs working in this area. Once
developed, products are not updated anymore
due to changing priorities. Nevertheless, the ESS has
(repeatedly) identified universities, scientists and
schools as important stakeholders for official statistics and
deemed statistical literacy to be the essential
ability to cope with the challenges of an information-based
society. For a small part of the university
stakeholders EMOS provides input, although the large part of the
university stakeholders not being
literate in statistics is in focus.
Legal Basis
In the area of dissemination and communication the ESS Vision
2020 aims to target the ever-changing
user needs and stresses the fact that different users have
different needs and therefore need targeted
products and targeted communication. In the area of statistical
literacy one of the ESS Vision 2020
objectives is to target the public at large to guide them
through the pitfalls of statistics and enhance
statistical literacy.
In order to respond to these needs, the programme Digital
communication, User analytics and
Innovative products (ESS.VIP DIGICOM) has been initiated as part
of the ESS.VIP portfolio. It will consist
in two parts:
The DIGICOM programme work package “User analysis” aims to
develop user profiles and the
work package “Innovative and shareable products and tools”
develops a new flagship product
(a statistical portrait of Europe with accompanying
dissemination products). Both outcomes
(user profiles, flagship product) will have to be applied and
tested in user surveys. This part of
the application of the profiles and the test of the new
developed product (user surveys) is the
first part of the ESSNet “User analytics and statistical
literacy in the ESS” (ULIT).
The second part of ULIT develops a statistical literacy strategy
(including a marketing approach)
as well as products in respect to particular stakeholders of
official statistics in the educational
area.
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Outcomes (high level)
The profiles being developed in the work package “User analysis”
of DIGICOM will have to be tested in a
user engagement (user survey). A model questionnaire will have
to be developed and tested. Therefore,
the first outcome of ULIT is the results of user surveys (based
on a user profiling exercise being carried
out in a preceding action in the DIGICOM programme).
The second outcome of this user engagement part of ULIT is the
evaluation of the developed flagship
product with users (the actual flagship product will be
developed in the work package “Innovative and
shareable products and tools” by the DIGICOM programme – but
feedback from actual users should be
obtained).
The third outcome of ULIT is a series of products (such as
videos, animated graphs or apps, information
papers/exercises that explaining how to use statistics, etc.) in
the field of statistical literacy explicitly
targeted at students and teachers. To avoid parallelism ULIT
will start with a stocktaking exercise to see
what has to be produced or only translated in national
languages, i.e.. The outcome will be an ESS wide
(marketing) strategy to increase statistical literacy and
communicate with scientific users.
Impact (high level)
The ultimate outcome of this ESSNet is the ESS wide usage of the
statistical literacy products and the
uptake of its strategy towards statistical literacy. The second
follow up is the implementation of the user
survey results based on the profiling exercise and the
implementation of the evaluation on the flagship
products.
Success Criteria
An increase in statistical literacy and an improved, targeted
communication with the users based on
their diversified needs.
Assumptions (high level)
ULIT is focussing on applying standards (user profiles) and
setting standards for the ESS wide increase of
statistical literacy for educational stakeholders. With ULIT
being part of the DIGICOM programme, a
precondition for launching the ESSNet is the approval of the
DIGICOM Busniness Case by the ESSC.
Given the need to collaboratively develop ESS standards, and the
availability of statistical literacy
expertise in a number of ESS NSIs, the ESSNet instrument is
appropriate for achieving the objectives of
ULIT.
Constraints (high level)
The user survey part on the ESSNet relies on prior completed
activities from the DIGICOM programme in
the work packages “User analysis” and “Innovative and shareable
products and tools”, such as the
existence of shareable solutions.
Risks (high level)
The missing uptake of proposed outcomes in the ESS level and of
(potential) users. Mitigating actions
include continuous coordination efforts and the inclusion of ESS
expertise in the ESSNet consortium.
Mitigating actions aiming at uptake of (potential) users will be
part of the marketing strategy.
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Project Title: ValiDat2 ESSnet
Initiator: Marcel Jortay DG / Unit: Eurostat, unit B1
Project Owner (PO): Marcel Jortay Date of Request:
12/08/2015
Solution Provider (SP): ESSnet Approving Authority: Eurostat
Directors’
meeting
Target Delivery Date: End 2017
Type of Delivery: In-house Outsourced Mix Not-known
Context/ Situation (Business Need/ Problem / Opportunity)
In January 2013, the ESSC launched the ESS.VIP Validation
project. The goal of the ESS.VIP Validation
project is to lay the methodological and architectural
foundations to make validation in the ESS more
transparent and efficient. As part of the ESS.VIP Validation,
the ValiDat–Foundation ESSnet was
launched in December 2014. The ValiDat–Foundation ESSnet has
supported the objectives of the
ESS.VIP Validation by:
Developing an ESS methodological handbook for validation. The
handbook provides common
ESS definitions, classifications and metrics for validation.
Providing an assessment of the suitability of version 1.0 of VTL
(Validation and Transformation
Language) as an ESS validation syntax. This assessment will be
taken as input in the
development of VTL version 1.1.
Both the ValiDat–Foundation ESSnet and the current ESS.VIP
Validation project will come to an end by
the end of 2015. Further work will be needed to expand the
ESS.VIP Validation deliverables and
implement them into statistical production. Eurostat will
therefore propose a follow-up project, which is
scheduled to be approved by the ESSC in May 2016.
Active Member State participation is crucial in building support
for changes to the way validation is
handled in the ESS. The success of the follow-up project will
therefore rely on the mobilisation of
resources and expertise from the Member States. More
specifically, Member State involvement would
be required to produce the following high-level
deliverables:
Pilot implementations in several statistical domains of VTL
version 1.1 and of the ESS
methodological handbook developed by the ValiDat–Foundation
ESSnet. As regards VTL, this
would entail a "pencil-and-paper" exercise to translate existing
validation rules into VTL 1.1.
An evaluation of VTL version 1.1, which is scheduled to become
available by the end of Q3
2016. This work should take into account the outcome of the
pilot implementations and should
result in a recommendation on the adoption of VTL as a standard
ESS validation syntax.
An analysis of what would be required to support the integration
of VTL in NSI-specific
validation systems (e.g. capacity building, IT building blocks,
etc…).
The development of further elements to improve the
cross-organisational communication on
validation (e.g. standard validation reports).
A refinement of the validation methodology developed by the
current ESSnet. This work should
take into account the feedback coming from ESS members and from
the pilot implementations.
The proposed ValiDat2 ESSnet would provide the administrative
vehicle and the financial resources
necessary to ensure that the follow-up project to the ESS.VIP
Validation can leverage the Member
States' technical competences on the topics listed above.
Although the current Project Initiation Request is for ESSnets
to be financed under the 2017 budget, the
ValiDat2 ESSnet is designed to start in the second half of 2016,
immediately following ESSC approval of
the follow-up project. This would guarantee that collaboration
with the Member States does not suffer
from an excessive loss of momentum during the transition between
the two projects. The 2016
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this action.
Legal Basis
The ESS Vision 2020 outlines the strategic direction to be
followed by the European Statistical System until the year 2020.
The ESS Vision 2020 states that "We will intensify our
collaboration by further intensifying the sharing of knowledge,
experiences and methodologies but also by sharing tools, data,
services and resources where appropriate. The collaboration will be
based on agreed standards and common elements of technological and
statistical infrastructure." The Validat2 ESSnet would contribute
to addressing these goals in the area of data validation.
Outcomes (high level)
The proposed Validat2 ESSnet would have two main outcomes:
Increase in the quality of the currently available deliverables
(i.e. methodological handbook
and VTL syntax).
Higher Member State acceptance of the deliverables of the
ESS.VIP Validation project and
increased Member State commitment towards achieving the ESS
Vision goals in the area of
validation.
Impact (high level)
The proposed ESSnet will not be responsible for the
implementation of the deliverables it produces. The
implementation into production of the ESSnet deliverables will
be handled by the follow-up project to
the current ESS.VIP Validation. Therefore, the ValiDat2 ESSnet
itself will not have an impact on the
processes of either the ESS or Eurostat.
The proposed ESSnet may however have a direct impact on the
current ESS organisational culture by
promoting the idea that validation, far from being simply an
NSI-internal activity, is an issue which has
implications at European level and should therefore be subject
to a higher level of harmonisation than
what is currently the case.
Success Criteria
For each of the two high-level outcomes described above, the
success criteria will be the following:
Increase in the quality of the current deliverables:
o Increase in the number of positive user evaluations for both
the methodological
handbook and the VTL syntax
Higher Member State acceptance and commitment:
o An increase in the number of ESSnet participants compared to
the current ValiDat-
Foundation ESSnet
o Adoption of VTL as an ESS standard by Q1 2018
Assumptions (high level)
The ESSC will approve in 2016 the launch of a follow-up project
to the current ESS.VIP
Validation.
The follow-up project will have the same target objectives and
scope as the current ESS.VIP
Validation.
Version 1.1 of VTL (Validation and Transformation Language) will
become available by the end
of Q3 2016.
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Constraints (high level)
The activities of the ValiDat2 ESSnet related to VTL will
require close collaboration and
cooperation with the SDMX VTL Task Force, the body responsible
for the design and
maintenance of the VTL language.
The ESSnet activities must be synchronised with the timetable of
the follow-up to the current
ESS.VIP Validation project. This timetable is yet to be
defined.
Risks (high level)
The time lag between the start of the proposed ValiDat2 ESSnet
and the end of the current
ValiDat-Foundation ESSnet may lead to a loss of interest on the
part of the currently involved
Member States. This would negatively affect the participation of
Member States in the
proposed ValiDat2 ESSnet.
Version 1.1 of VTL is not available in time for the start of the
proposed ESSnet.
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Project Title: GEOSTAT 3 – Implementing the statistical-spatial
framework in Europe
Initiator: Ekkehard PETRI DG / Unit: ESTAT E-4
Project Owner (PO): Gunter SCHÄFER Date of Request:
29.09.2015
Solution Provider (SP): The solution will be
provided by an ESSnet
through a Multi-beneficiary
grant.
Approving Authority: Eurostat Directors’
meeting
Target Delivery Date: 2018
Type of Delivery: In-house Outsourced Mix Not-known
Context/ Situation (Business Need/ Problem / Opportunity)
The United Nations Geospatial Information Management initiative
(UN-GGIM) is currently working on the definition of a spatial
statistical framework (SSF). This will be adopted by the UN
statistical commission in 2016. Next the framework should be
transposed into national and regional (e.g. Europe) frameworks. The
framework will address the geocoding of statistical data,
fundamental geospatial data, output geographies for statistics,
metadata standards, other technical standards; it could also
address legal and organisational issues such as confidentiality
treatment of spatial statistics. The aim is to make statistics and
geospatial information more interoperable.
The implementation of this statistical spatial framework
requires a harmonised European approach and therefore an ESSnet
grant should develop corresponding guidelines and recommendations.
Without harmonised guidelines important aspects of the
statistical-spatial framework such as confidentiality rules,
administrative data to be geocoded, definition of Spatial
Statistics products, set of fundamental geospatial data and their
access conditions risk to be implemented in different ways in
Member States. This would make the creation of European spatial
statistics difficult.
Legal Basis
Statistical Work Program, ESS Vision 2020 with the commitment to
explore alternative data sources including geospatial
Outcomes (high level)
The project will start from the global statistical-geospatial
framework to be adopted in 2016 and analyse
its impact on existing national and European practices to
geo-reference, to produce and to disseminate
spatial statistics. From this inventory of different starting
points it will derive guidelines how to
implement the various aspects of the SSF for a better European
harmonisation. It will consider existing
initiatives such as INSPIRE, SDMX, the NUTS regulation, previous
GEOSTAT projects.
Impact (high level)
The recommendations produced by the project would need to be
discussed in the responsible working
groups and then adopted by DIMESA and potentially ESSC for
implementation within the ESS. The
spatial aspects would be followed-up through the UN-GGIM
process, too, as mapping authorities will be
concerned. Open data and open standards activities might be
impacted such as the DCAT standards for
metadata on open data.
This project proposes a multi-beneficiary grant, for the period
2017-2018. As follow-up, mono-
beneficiary grants would accelerate the implementation; a Centre
of Excellence is an alternative way to
Multi-Beneficiary Grants to support the implementation.
Success Criteria
Approval of the implementation recommendations by the GISCO
Working Group, DIMESA, potentially
ESSC.
NSIs and Mapping authorities from at least two thirds of the ESS
Member Countries participate in the
inventory part of the action.
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Mapping authorities from all ESSnet grant beneficiaries
participate in the project e.g. by providing test
data.
During the project two conferences on the topic of spatial
statistics will be organised with at least 75
participants from at least two thirds of the EU and EFTA
countries.
The ESS.VIP.ADMIN project will consider the aspect of geocoding
of administrative data.
Assumptions (high level)
It is assumed that the SSF will be sufficiently defined at the
global level and UN-GGIM will have already
defined the fundamental data they want to make available for
thematic communities. Eurostat is
following closely the work of UN-GGIM globally and in Europe and
will make sure that essential aspects
of the SSF consider ESS requirements.
Constraints (high level)
1. The timeline of the definition of the spatial statistical
framework depends on the UN-GGIM and
UNSD processes, a first version of the SFF could be adopted in
March 2016.
2. The new regulation on the definition of the NUTS and
population based typologies will have an
impact on output geographies, potentially entering into force
during 2016.
3. The related activities on metadata standards on open data and
how they will be implemented
in NSIs and mapping authorities.
4. The project has to maintain coherence with the ESS.VIP.ADMIN
project on the use of
administrative data for statistical purposes, notably if it
proposes to geocode administrative
data.
5. The implementation of INSPIRE and its potential revision
regarding access and use conditions.
6. The 2021 Census with the goal to use more administrative data
sources, and geocode them.
Risks (high level)
Coordination between statistics and geospatial authorities
insufficient.
Timing of UN activities
Timing of new NUTS regulation
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