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Tim Allen

Head of Communication

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We provide high quality statistics for Europe

...making a difference in the ocean of information

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What is Eurostat?

• Part of the European Commission

- Commissioner Marianne Thyssen

• The statistical office of the European Union

• The central institution of the European Statistical System

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The European Statistical System (ESS)

A partnership of Eurostat, all National Statistical Institutes and other national authorities

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How does this partnership work?

• ESS:

• Harmonisation of methodologies, concepts and classifications

• National statistical offices:

• Collection of data

• Eurostat:

• Consolidation the data

• Production of European aggregates

• Publication

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European statistics are comparable

National statistics European statistics

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Importance of comparable statistics

Population density

Comparisons between Member States, Regions...

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Importance of comparable statistics

Europe 2020

Employment Education

Poverty

Climate & Energy

R&D

Preparation and evaluation of policies, democratic control

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Importance of comparable statistics

Regional GDP per capita: Structural Funds

Automation of decisions

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EU policies and their statistics

• Almost all EU policies draw heavily on official statistics • Internal Market and Competition policy

• General (macro-) economic policy

• Social (employment) and regional policy

• External relations and trade policy

• Budgetary policy

• Humanitarian aid and development policy

• Enlargement and neighbourhood policy

• Sectoral policies: agriculture, transport, energy, ...

• Specific policies: R&D, health, justice home affairs, culture, education ...

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EU policies and their statistics

Jobs, Growth and Investment Europe 2020 indicators, national

accounts, labour market, R&D

Digital Single Market e-commerce, ICT

Energy Union renewable energies, energy consumption and savings

Internal market enterprises, production and trade

A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union prices, social protection

EU-US Free Trade Agreement trade, foreign investments

Justice and Fundamental Rights gender equality, security of persons

Migration asylum, legal migration, migrants integration

A Stronger Global Actor enlargement and neighbourhood policy

Democratic Change Eurostat data freely available

And all sectoral policies: agriculture, health, culture, education…

The ten Commission Priorities 2014-2019

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STATISTICS

EU POLICIES EVERY DAY LIFE

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Statistics are used everywhere …

• To define and evaluate policies and strategies

- Decision makers and businesses

• To analyse the world

- Media, analysts, universities

• To comment reality

- Citizens

• As an instrument for democratic control

- Media, associations, civil society …

• …

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European Statistics Code of Practice

• 15 principles on institutional environment, production & dissemination

• Peer review of the Code

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15 principles: Professional independence Mandate for data collection Adequacy of resources Commitment to quality Statistical confidentiality Impartiality and objectivity Sound methodology Appropriate statistical procedures Non-excessive burden on respondents Cost effectiveness Relevance Accuracy and reliability Timeliness and punctuality Coherence and comparability Accessibility and clarity

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Eurostat statistics

• Geographical coverage

- Aggregates for the EU and the euro area

- 28 Member States

- If possible, EFTA and candidate countries

• Topics

- 8 + 1 statistical themes

- Over 4 600 tables

- Over 1,2 billion figures

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Economy and finance • GDP • Government deficit and debt • Prices and inflation • Balance of payments

• Demography • Migration and asylum • Labour market: employment and

unemployment • Living conditions and quality of life • Health and education

Population and social conditions

Industry, trade and services

Including tourism and ICT

Statistical themes

• Production • Forestry and fisheries • Agro-environmental indicators

Agriculture

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• C02 emissions • Renewable energies • Energy production and consumption • Electricity and gas prices

Environment and energy

• Research and development • Innovative enterprises • Intellectual property

Science and technology Regional statistics

• NUTS classification • Degree of urbanisation • Cities

Transport

Rail road, maritime, air transport

Exports, imports, balance

International trade in goods

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News Releases

• 230+ per year

• 155+ €-indicators

• 75+ others

• English, French & German

• EU, EA, Member States

• If possible Candidates, EFTA…

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€-indicators

• Monthly Flash inflation Inflation (HICP) Balance of payments Unemployment International trade Industrial production Industrial producer prices Construction production Retail trade

• Annual Public deficit & debt

• Quarterly GDP (2*flash, 2nd) House prices Employment Labour market flows Labour cost Job vacancies Quarterly sectoral accounts (Household/Business 1st release, 2nd release) Government debt Government deficit

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Other News Releases

• The latest analyses and data on a range of topics

• Energy

• Labour market

• Transport...

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Weekly calendar Annual release calendar

€-Indicators only

Also available as internet calendar

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Twitter – 84 000 Followers

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Eurostat website: ec.europa.eu/eurostat

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Statistics Explained

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Interactive tools

Economic Trends

Regional Statistics Illustrated

Country profiles

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Mobile apps

My Region

EU Economy

Country profiles

Eurostat quiz

Available for iPhone, iPad and Android

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Eurostat online database

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Publications

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New digital publication

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Some things we don't do...

• Economic and political comments (Spokesperson’s Service)

• Public Opinion - Eurobarometer (DG Comm)

• Economic forecasts (DG Ecfin)

• Business/consumer confidence (DG Ecfin)

• EU budget figures (DG Budget, DG Regio)

• Tax rates (DG Taxud)

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Copyright

Free re-use of:

• Statistical data

• Metadata

• Content of web pages

• Dissemination tools

provided that:

• The source is indicated as Eurostat

• Modifications to data or text are clearly stated to end users

For exceptions and more information: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/about/our-partners/copyright)

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Eurostat Institutional Support

• Dedicated service for staff of EU Institutions, International Organisations (UN, OECD, etc.), Central Banks and National Statistical Offices

• Requests are dealt with as rapidly as possible

• eurostat-institutional-support@ec.europa.eu

• Tel: (+352) 4301 35555

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User support

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Eurostat and the ESS:

Tomorrow

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Challenges and opportunities facing the ESS

• Ever-increasing demand for high quality statistics

• Growing need to measure cross-cutting and complex

phenomena, such as globalisation or sustainable

development

• Demand to reduce the burden of data collection

• Cuts in resources

• The data revolution: new opportunities but also increased

competitive pressure

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Responding to the challenges: Vision 2020

5 Key areas:

• Users

• Quality

• New data sources

• Statistical processes

• Dissemination