EGSS statistics in an
integrated framework
for MEA
Gerald Weber
European Commission, Eurostat
Measuring Progress on the "Greening" of the
Economy: Policies and Practices,
Geneva, 14-15 May 2014
Technical workshop jointly organised by UNEP, Eurostat, EEA and ILO
Why monetary env. accounts (MEA)?
Europe 2020 strategy: resource-efficient, low-carbon
economy
-----------------------------------------------------------European Semester: spring review of progress
including assessment of macroeconomic situation
-----------------------------------------------------------7th Environmental Action Programme
To analyse:
Links between env. (policies), growth and
employment
MEA modules
Environmentally related taxes by economic activities
(legally binding)
-----------------------------------------------------------Env. Protection Expenditure Accounts (EPEA)
Env. Goods and Services Sector (EGSS) statistics
(soon become legally binding)
-----------------------------------------------------------Resource Management Expenditure Accounts (ReMEA)
Environmental transfers
(draft guidelines)
Availability of data for EGSS
• Voluntary reporting of EGSS data to Eurostat:
• In 2013 data from 14 countries received.
• Half of the reporting countries provided data for all 4
variables: output, GVA, employment and exports.
• Only a few reported on RM domains.
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On the way to obligatory reporting?
European Parliament legislative resolution of 2
April 2014 on amending Regulation (EU) No
691/2011 on European env. economic accounts
• Definitions?
• EGSS = the production activities that generate
environmental products.
• Env. products = products produced for the purpose of
EP and RM
European Parliament legislative resolution of 2
April 2014 on amending Regulation (EU) No
691/2011 on European env. economic accounts
What?
Annual EGSS statistics compatible with data reported
under ESA:
• market output, of which exports
• value added of market activities
• employment of market activities
cross-classified by economic activities (NACE Rev. 2)
and EP (CEPA) / RM (CReMA) activities.
European Parliament legislative resolution of 2
April 2014 on amending Regulation (EU) No
691/2011 on European env. economic accounts
• When?
• transmitted within 24 months of the end of the
reference year (2015?).
• How?
• EGSS accounts should make use of the already
existing information from the national accounts,
structural business statistics, business register and
other sources.
What does Eurostat do to develop
EGSS statistics?
Co-financing pilot projects in countries:
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/environmen
tal_accounts/documents/Catalogue_of_pilot_study_reports.pdf
European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP):
Vienna, 22-24.10.2014: training on EGSS data compilation
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/pgp_ess/0_
DOCS/estat/2014_Catalogue_v1.1_Dec.pdf
What does Eurostat do to develop
EGSS statistics?
Guidance, examples:
2009: EGSS Handbook: description/analysis of concepts
related to the EGSS, definitions and classifications
2012: System of environmental-economic accounting –
central framework (with FAO, IMF, OECD, UN, WB)
2014: Practical guide towards compiling EGSS statistics
2015: Integrated framework for MEA; revision of EGSS
handbook
EGSS practical guide – why a data
integration approach?
Comprehensive EGSS surveys first choice?
Yes, if feasible.
But: Resource constraints? Costs? Burden?
------------------------------------------------------------Using and combining already existing statistical data
(supply and demand side) and other information?
Yes, to reduce costs and burden and to be in line
with legal base.
But: Coverage?
Data map
Practical guide – data map
Indicates available sources by environmental activity
and pragmatic categories for data compilation.
Sufficient coverage while avoiding double-counting.
Test calculations mainly using data already available
in Eurostat's on-line database Eurobase and meeting
most of the future reporting requirements.
National compilers to flexibly adapt the data map to
accommodate country specific and more detailed data
available to them.
https://circabc.europa.eu/d/a/workspace/SpacesStore/5488fa2a-014b-46ec-8c9e2993ea9076fd/Practical%20guide%20towards%20compiling%20EGSS%20statistics.pdf
EU28 EGSS estimates for 2000-2011
Published end 2013
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output
•
gross value added
•
employment
for EP and RM activities.
Data compiled based on the methods in the
practical guide.
1st time series on EU28 EGSS employment
4,500
4,000
3,500
1000 FTE
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Protection of ambient air and climate
Wastewater management
Waste management
Other environmental protection
Water management (incl. water supply)
Management of energy resources
2010
2011
EU28 EGSS estimates for 2000-2011
comparisons with
data transmitted by countries
results of studies at EU level
benchmarking with EGSS data transmitted by countries
compilation of long time series
Outstanding issues
Coherence of concepts from different account areas?
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•
Env. technologies (EGSS) and capital formation (NA, SBS)?
Capital formation for EP or RM (EPEA and ReMEA) and
production of different environmental products (EGSS)?
Scope and definition of RM?
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•
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Management of cultivated resources (forests)?
All renewable energy production (incl. hydropower, biofuels)?
Need for a more detailed classification (e.g. recycling and
renewable energy activities further broken down by type of
natural resource)?
(Relationship between EGSS and "green economy"?)
Integrated framework
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An integrated system (NA concepts, SEEA
framework) with different env. accounts modules
Modules are linked and complement each other;
can often use same data sources
More-efficient data production
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Ways forward
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Countries' pilot projects
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Document on integrated framework
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Revised EGSS handbook
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Indicative compendium of environmental goods
and services
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Further info on EGSS statistics in Eurostat
Statistics Explained
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.
php/Environmental_goods_and_services_sector