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Key
Indicators
OECD
World
Forum
Key
Indicators
Statistics,
Statistics,Knowledge
Knowledgeand
andPolicy
Policy
Palermo,
10-13
November
2004
Palermo,
10-13
November
2004
OECD World Forum “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004
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Indicators for EU policy making
Pedro Díaz Muñoz
Director, Eurostat
OECD World Forum “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004
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Indicators for EU policy making.
 Lisbon Objectives (23-24/3/2000)
EU the most competitive and dynamic
knowledge-based economy in the world
 Yearly synthesis report (Spring Report)
from Commission
Statistical Annex presenting a set of
Structural Indicators
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Structural Indicators
Characteristics Decision Structure
Relevant
Easy to understand
Available
Comparable
Reliable source
Light burden
 Commission Services
Council Committees
(General Affairs, ECOFIN,
Employment...)
 Eurostat
The European Statistical
System (ESS)
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Structural Indicators Short List 2004
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1. GDP per capita
2. Labour productivity
3. Employment rate
4. Employment rate of older workers
5. Youth educational attainment
6. Research and Development expenditure
7. Comparative price levels
8. Business investment
9. At risk-of-poverty rate
10. Long-term unemployment rate
11. Dispersion of regional employment rates
12. Greenhouse gas emissions
13. Energy intensity of the economy
14. Volume of freight transport
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Eurostat Structrual Indicators Website
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Role of the ESS
Continuous Monitoring at high level:
The Network Group of the Statistical
Programme Committee
Integration in planning activity:
The EU Statistical Programmes
Quality and feasibility Assessment
The Quality Profiles
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Quality profiles
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User-oriented criteria
Feasibility:
Timeliness and coverage
Technical Soundness
Accuracy and comparability
Other characteristics
Relevance
Systemic criterion
Development perspective
OECD World Forum “Statistics, Knowledge and Policy”, Palermo, 10-13 November 2004
Overall Assesment
Eurostat Quality grades
A - Reliable source, high
method. standards
B –As A, comparability
(country/time) problems
C – Care in interpreting
To be developed
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Quality profiling
The process
 Involvement of NSI´s through the
Network Group of the SPC. Checking by
sectoral Working Groups
 Official ESS recognition at Statistical
Programme Committee level. Including
development perspective and cost
evaluation
 High visibility by publication on the
Structural Indicators web-site
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In general, data availability prior to 1995 cannot be expected for the new Member States and Candidate Countries
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Conclusions
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Impact on the organisation of the ESS
Need of harmonisation
Solidarity to achieve complete coverage
Joint response to political demands
Coordination of programming activity
Need for sustainable statistical information
(supply)
Enhanced quality assessment
Use of official statistics
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