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INSEE

The French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies

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Contents

♦ Historical summary

♦ A prime goal: to shed light on the economic and social debate

♦ Six missions to help achieve our goal 1 - Collection and production 2 - Analysis 3 - Dissemination 4 – Coordination of the public statistical system 5 - Teaching and promotion of research through the GENES 6 - Participation in the international statistical works

♦ INSEE as a decentralized organization

♦ Statistical confidentiality

♦ National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)

♦ Official Statistical Authority (ASP)

♦ INSEE and the public statistical service

♦ INSEE in the European statistical system

♦ Where to find information

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Historical summary

1833 Establishment of StatistiqueGénérale de la France (SGF), the firstFrench statistical agency

Conduction of population censusesfrom that date

1941 SGF is replaced by the ServiceNational des Statistiques (SNS)

1946 The Budget Act of April 27 establishes the Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques pour la Métropole et la France d’Outre-mer

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1978 The Act of January 6, 1978 on Information Technology, Data Files, and Civil Liberties establishes the National Commission on Information Technology and Civil Liberties: CNIL

1984 The decree of July 17 establishes the National Council for Statistical Information: CNIS

1994 The decree of June 2 creates the Grouping of National Economics and Statistical Schools: GENES

2008 The Economic Modernization Act of July establishes the Official Statistical Authority: ASP

2011 GENES becomes a public institution in the field of science, culture, and vocational education (EPSCP – Grand Établissement)

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Contents

♦ Historical summary

♦ A prime goal: to shed light on the economic and social debate

♦ Six missions to help achieve our goal 1 - Collection and production 2 - Analysis 3 - Dissemination 4 – Coordination of the public statistical system 5 - Teaching and promotion of research through the GENES 6 - Participation in the international statistical works

♦ INSEE as a decentralized organization

♦ Statistical confidentiality

♦ National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)

♦ Official Statistical Authority (ASP)

♦ INSEE and the public statistical service

♦ INSEE in the European statistical system

♦ Where to find information

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Main goal: to shed light on the economic and social debate

INSEE

collects, produces, analyzes, and disseminates information on the French economy and society

Is responsible for the coordination of the French public statistical system

The GENES, as a public institution in the field of science, culture and vocational training (EPSCP – Grand Établissement), provides training for specialists and undertakes research

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Shedding light on the economic and social debate

Six missions to help achieve our goal

1 - Collection and statistical production

2 - Analysis

3 - Dissemination

4 – Coordination of the public statistical system

5 - Teaching and promotion of research through the GENES

6 - Helping to build an international statistical space

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INSEE

organizes the population census and monitors demographic changes

produces France’s main economic data and indicators such as national accounts, consumer price index and other short-term indicators

periodically conducts statistical surveys of householdsas well as of business firms

To enlighten the economic and social debate

1 – Collection and production

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To shed light on the economic and social debate 1 – Collection and data production

INSEE

extracts data for purely statistical purposes from sources provided by other government entities

contributes to the improvement of collection methods

Handles :- the business register SIRENE- the national identification register of private individuals (RNIPP)- voter rolls

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INSEE

prepares studies using the data collected

produces studies on the French economy and society

prepares assessments and short-termforecasts on the French economy

To shed light on the economic and social debate

2 – Analysis

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To shed light on the economic and social debate

3 – Dissemination

Dissemination of the economic and social information

Access to INSEE data for everyoneFree of charge

www.insee.fr

…survey results census statistics

…indices and statistical series

…data, analyses

…regional studies

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INSEE

Is the coordinator for the works handled by the statistical services of French ministries

provides secretariat for the National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)

supervises statistical instruments in order to allow consistency of the statistical information

develops tools in order to exchange information within the public statistical system

The GENES handles the training of managers of the public statistical system

To shed light on the economic and social debate

4 – Coordination of the statistical system

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GENES, the Group of National Economics and Statistical Schools

undertakes research in two main areas

- economic modelling

- statistical methodology

provides training for specialists in

- statistics

- economics

- information processing

To shed light on the economic and social debate 5 – Teaching and promotion of research

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INSEE

helps to build the European Union’s statistical space

participates in statistical work in partnership with the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank

provides assistance to foreign statistical agencies

To shed light on the economic and social debate 6 – Participation in international statistical works

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Contents

♦ Historical summary

♦ A prime goal: to shed light on the economic and social debate

♦ Six missions to help achieve our goal 1 - Collection and production 2 - Analysis 3 - Dissemination 4 – Coordination of the public statistical system 5 - Teaching and promotion of research through GENES 6 - Participation in the international statistical works

♦ INSEE as a decentralized organization

♦ Statistical confidentiality

♦ National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)

♦ Official Statistical Authority (ASP)

♦ INSEE and the public statistical service

♦ INSEE in the European statistical system

♦ Where to find information

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INSEE is a general directorate of the French economy ministry

~6000 employees

Head office located in Paris

24 Regional Offices

INSEE as a decentralized organization

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Defines and implements projects in the field of statistics and economics

Coordinates France’s official statistical service

Manages the Institute’s human, financial, and ICT resources

Organisation

- general secretariat

- international coordination and relations

- business statistics

- demographic and social statistics

- economic studies and national accounts

- directorate for dissemination and regional action  

 

INSEE as a decentralized organization

Head office located in Paris

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INSEE as a decentralized organization

A network of 24 Regional Offices

…which participate in all of INSEE’s missions

Each INSEE Regional Office includes 3 services

a statistical service (SES)

a service in charge of studies and dissemination (SED)

a service in charge of the management of ressources (SAR)

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INSEE as a decentralized organization

INSEE Regional Offices

collect most of the national and local statistical data

realize studies and disseminate economic and social information at a local level

Their main interlocutors

decentralized central-government units

local authorities

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Three main missions

Initial professionnal training of INSEE intermediate-level employees

Training of statisticians from abroad

CEFIL3 rue de la Cité33500 Libournewww.cefil.fr

INSEE as a decentralized organization

A training centre in Libourne

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A cluster of higher-education …

GENES trains INSEE and public statistical service senior managerial staff (administrateurs, attachés) GENES has been a public educational institution [EPSCP – Grand Établissement] since January 2011

a school dedicated to trainingeconomist-statisticians

GENES - ENSAE3 avenue Pierre Larousse

92245 Malakoffwww.ensae.fr

a school that trains for careers in statistics

and analysis

GENES - ENSAIRue Blaise PascalCampus de Ker Lann35170 Bruzwww.ensai.com

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… and research units

CEPE

a continuing-education centre for economics and statistics

www.lecepe.fr

CREST a centre with 100 researchers, including 45 graduatestudentswww.crest.fr

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Contents

♦ Historical summary

♦ A prime goal: to shed light on the economic and social debate

♦ Six missions to help achieve our goal 1 - Collection and production 2 - Analysis 3 - Dissemination 4 – Coordination of the public statistical system 5 - Teaching and promotion of research through the GENES 6 - Participation in the international statistical works

♦ INSEE as a decentralized organization

♦ Statistical confidentiality

♦ National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)

♦ Official Statistical Authority (ASP)

♦ INSEE and the public statistical service

♦ INSEE in the European statistical system

♦ Where to find information

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Statistical confidentiality: a strong legal framework

Act no 51-711 of June 7, 1951 on Legal Obligation, Coordination and Confidentiality

Act no 78-17 of January 6, 1978 on Information Technology, Data Files, and Civil Liberties

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Contents

♦ Historical summary

♦ A prime goal: to shed light on the economic and social debate

♦ Six missions to help achieve our goal 1 - Collection and production 2 - Analysis 3 - Dissemination 4 - Coordination 5 - Teaching and promotion of research through the GENES 6 - Participation in the international statistical works

♦ INSEE decentralized organization

♦ Statistical confidentiality

♦ National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)

♦ Official Statistical Authority (ASP)

♦ INSEE and the public statistical service

♦ INSEE in the European statistical system

♦ Where to find information

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acts as a consultative forum bringing together producers and users of official statistics

coordinates the statistical work and surveys of official bodiesprepares an annual programme including all official statistical

surveysdrafts every five years a medium-term programme that sets the

broad guidelines for the advancement of official statistics

www.cnis.fr

CNIS

National Councilfor Statistical Information

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oversees compliance with the principle of professionnal independence in the design, production, and dissemination of official statistics

ensures the impartiality, objectivity, relevance, and quality of official statistics

Official Statistical Authority (ASP)

ASP

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In France, the public statistical system is responsible for supplying that information

INSEE ensures consistency of the statistical information produced by the public statistical system

All citizens are entitled to access impartial and objective statistical information

INSEE and the official statistical service

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INSEE and the official statistical service

www.statistique-publique.fr

A single online access to the information released by 30 statistical services and INSEE

Searching for a piece of information: free text, through keywords and areas

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Contents

♦ Historical summary

♦ A prime goal: to shed light on the economic and social debate

♦ Six missions to help achieve our goal 1 - Collection and production 2 - Analysis 3 - Dissemination 4 – Coordination of the public statistical system 5 - Teaching and promotion of research through the GENES 6 - Participation in the international statistical works

♦ INSEE as a decentralized organization

♦ Statistical confidentiality

♦ National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)

♦ Official Statistical Authority (ASP)

♦ INSEE and the public statistical service

♦ INSEE in the European statistical system

♦ Where to find information

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INSEE participates in producing European statistics

INSEE is involved at two levels

the drafting and adoption of EU statistical regulations

the production and communication of European statistics

INSEE in the European statistical system

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These actions take place in three bodies

Various Eurostat working groups draft statistical regulation projects

The Council statistical Group drafts regulations for the Council and for the European Parliament

The European Statistical System Committee (ESSC) comprises the heads of the National Statistical Institutes and Eurostat

INSEE in the European statistical system

Drafting and adopting of EU statistical regulations

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Adoption by the Statistical Programme Committeeon February 24, 2005

of the

European Statistics Code of Practice

on the independence, integrity and accountability of national and Community statistical offices

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1 - Professionnal independence

2 - Mandate for data collection

3 - Adequacy of resources

4 - Quality commitment

5 - Statistical confidentiality

6 - Impartiality and objectivity

7 - Sound methodology

8 - Appropriate statistical procedures

9 - Non- excessive burden on respondents

10 - Cost effectiveness

11 - Relevance

12 - Accuracy and reliability

13 - Timeliness and punctuality

14 - Coherence and comparability

15 - Accessibility and clarity

The code of practice is based on 15 principles

INSEE in the European statistical system

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Data production

European statistics are produced by the European statistical system

The European Commission coordinates the overall system

Eurostat and the national statistical systems are in charge of disseminating the data

INSEE in the European statistical system

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Contents

♦ Historical summary

♦ A prime goal: to shed light on the economic and social debate

♦ Six missions to help achieve our goal 1 - Collection and production 2 - Analysis 3 - Dissemination 4 – Coordination of the public statistical system 5 - Teaching and promotion of research through the GENES 6 - Participation in the international statistical works

♦ INSEE as a decentralized organization

♦ Statistical confidentiality

♦ National Council for Statistical Information (CNIS)

♦ Official Statistical Authority (ASP)

♦ INSEE and the public statistical service

♦ INSEE in the European statistical system

♦ Where to find information

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"INSEE Contact" A form at www.insee.fr > Contact us

+33 9 72 72 20 00 Provides monthly consumer price index and quarterly rent reference index

+33 9 72 72 60 00Telephone assistance for procedures and queries regarding SIRENE business register

By phone:

+33 9 72 72 40 00 Monday to Friday, 9 AM – 5 PM

INSEE website www.insee.fr

Where to find information

Voice servers

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Free subscriptions

Where to find information

www.insee.frAll the works of Inse are available on :

Latest releases on INSEE Twitter account

account in french https://twitter.com/Insee.fr

account in english https://twitter.com/Insee_News.fr

But also

Customized products to meet specific needs

@ e-newletters national "Insee.net actualités" and regional

@ indices and announcement of publications

@ RSS feeds

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Insee18 bd Adolphe-Pinard75675 Paris Cedex 14

www.insee.fr

Statistical information:.www.insee.fr / Contact us.+33 9 72 72 40 00Monday to Friday 9 AM – 5 PM

INSEE

Thank you for your attention !