ESS VIP- ESBRs E uropean S ystem of interoperable statistical B usiness R egister s

ESS VIP-ESBRsEEuropean SSystem of

interoperable statisticalBBusiness RRegisterss

2012 ESSnet Workshop, Rome 3-4 December 2012

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• The purpose of the project is to obtain better business statistics, through the interoperabilityinteroperability of consistent business registers.

• The main idea is to develop statistical business registers across the European Statistical System into a network of Business Registers so that they serve as the backbonebackbone for the production of European businesses statistics.

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Scope and objectives

Business case Increased importance of BR

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Source for population

frames

Support for the industrialisatio

n of the production of

statistics

Globalisation of statistics

Central survey support

tool

Information source

Link of micro-data

Linkage to administrative

data

Backbone of

business statistics

Realisation of

statistics based on

BRs

Business Registers: evolving towards a multipurpose tool for statistical production processes

Business case Need for change

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Three main problems can be identified in the present situation:

1.Inconsistencies in business statistics, due to different practices in the use and role of national BR

2.Need of better globalisation statistics based on a better EGR, which need to build on more consistent and interconnected national BR and to rely on a very good quality management

3.Inefficiencies in data handling procedures and duplication of work due to a lack of common approaches, tools and access facilities

Business case Benefits

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• ESBRs will improve consistency and coherence, reduce production costs and facilitate data integration.

• EGR will be at the heart of the system, allowing the production of better statistics on globalization and of specialized statistics on European multinational enterprise groups (MNEs).

• ESBRs will pioneer solutions (micro-data linking, use of administrative data, secure transmission of confidential data, etc.) that will be available for other projects.

ESS VIPs vs. cross cutting issues

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ESBRs

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Links with previous projects

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The new project will build on the achievements of the EGR project, but in the meanwhile will aim at improving:

National BRs (quality, consistency, etc.)

The share of information and best practices inside the ESS

In order to achieve … A fully operational and useful EGR Positioned at the heart of an ESS system of consistent and

interoperable BRs

… some further work is needed:

At national level national BRs At ESS level EGR

EGR

ESBRs and present ESSnets

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GVC

Links with previous projects

ESBRs pillars

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Strengthening the role of national BRsStrengthening the

role of national BRsImproving the EGR quality

Improving the EGR quality IT infrastructureIT infrastructure

Outline of the proposed approach

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20172017

ESBRs pillars

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Strengthening the role of national BRStrengthening the role of national BR

The aims are:

to facilitate the integration of statistical data on businesses:

horizontal integration – between different statistical domains

vertical integration – between European aggregates and the sum of MS data

to develop statistical BRs across the ESS into a network of interoperable BRs

ESBRs pillars

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Improving the EGR qualityImproving the EGR quality

The target is:a very high-quality EGRpositioned at the heart of the system of interconnected and consistent BRsproviding reliable register data on European MNEsallowing better statistics on globalisation

Improvements through:coordinated view on MNEs’ structure (profiling)adequate governance structuredata quality management programappropriate legal basis

ESBRs pillars

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IT infrastructureIT infrastructure

Elements: id. service, exchange of confidential data & non structured information (notifications, reports, etc.)

The aims are:to get easy and secure access to data to increase effectiveness and efficiency of DQMto increase the interoperability between EGR, national BRs and other sources (e.g. RIAD *)to increase EGR’s role as tool for vertical and horizontal integration of statistics on globalisation

* RIAD = Register for Institutions and Assets Database (ECB)

Maturity and next steps

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• Autumn 2012: discussion with MS in several WG, in the BSDG (directors group) and at the ESSC on 15 November

• During 2013 overlap with the ongoing EGR and Profiling

projects (ending in 2013) fine-tuning the project: better definition of the

actions and activities; implementation plan creating the governance structure and new

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launching grants to support MS

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