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JOINT UNECE/OECD/EUROSTAT MEETING OF THE
GROUP OF EXPERTS ON BUSINESS REGISTERS
3-4 September 2013, Geneva
Session 1: Economic globalisation
and statistical business registers
Interoperability of business registers
in the European Statistical System:
the Eurostat VIP.ESBRs project.
Amerigo Liotti, Eurostat
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Presentation plan
 Introduction
 Commission Communication on the
production method of EU statistics (Vision)
and its implementation
 VIP.ESBRs
 Interoperability in the context of the ESBRs
project
 Conclusions: till 2017 and beyond
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Introduction
• From 2009 Eurostat started a process
engineering the ESS statistical production.
of
re-
• ESBRs (2013-2017) was launched in this context.
• ESBRs project provides continuity to two previous ESS
projects (EGR & Profiling), but it has a larger scope.
• Ambition = to rationalise, strengthen and systematise
all statistical business registers in the ESS.
• Two new dimensions:
 Interoperability of statistical business registers (SBR) in the ESS
 Sharing common statistical services in the ESS.
• This paper presents the ESBRs project, focussing in
particular on interoperability: its meaning and what
path it is envisaged in order to achieve it.
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and its implementation:
Vision Implementation
Programme
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The Vision
Commission Communication on the production
method of EU statistics: "a vision for the next
decade (2009)" proposes:
 new measures to increase the ESS flexibility and hence its
ability to respond to new needs and challenges.
 full re-engineering of the production methods of statistics
within the EU, going from a production system often
based on numerous parallel processes to a more
integrated production model.
objectives:
 increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness
 improve the coherence and comparability of data.
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The Vision
implementation
The ESS.VIP Programme consists of
three pillars:
1. Building up common
information services;
infrastructure
for
sharing
2. Piloting the sharing of information, services and costs
in selected statistical domains;
3. Developing frameworks and administrative mechanisms
for sharing information, services and costs.
VIP.ESBRs is one of the business cases chosen at ESSC level as
pilot projects (second VIP pillar).
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European System of
interoperable statistical
Business Registers
a Vision Infrastructure Project (VIP)
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Objectives
and phases
In 2013
ESBRs
overlaps
with
previous
projects
(EGR and
Profiling)
Preparation
2013

Investigation
2014
2015
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
Implementation
2016
2017

Overall purpose of
the ESBRs project
SBRs = backbone for EU business statistics
Better business statistics …
… produced more efficiently
- strengthening SBRs
- consistency between stat. domains & between NSIs
- use of EGR frame populations for FATS, FDI, etc.
Interoperability of statistical business registers
- avoid inconsistencies and inefficiencies
- sharing micro-data and e-services
Better statistics on globalisation
More efficient and consistent EGR
- interoperable ESBRs and use of e-services
- development finalisation and quality management
Profiling
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From disconnected
SBRs …
EGR
SBRs in NSIs
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.. to an efficient
system of SBRs
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Interoperability
Definitions
•
Interoperability = ability of diverse entities (computer systems
and/or organisations) to exchange information and work together
towards mutually beneficial and commonly agreed goals.
•
Syntactic interoperability of entities =
communicating and exchanging data.
they are capable of
Concerns data formats, communication protocols and the like. Necessary
condition for further interoperability.
•
Semantic interoperability of entities = they
automatically interpret the information exchanged.
are
able
to
Common information exchange reference model.
What is sent is the same as what is understood.
•
Interoperability framework = agreed approach to interoperability
for organisations that wish to work together towards a joint goal.
Set of common elements (vocabulary, concepts, principles, policies, guidelines,
recommendations, standards, specifications and practices).
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Interoperability
Administrative BRs
• Directive 2012/17/EU on administrative BRs
Interconnection of registers in order to facilitate crossborder electronic access to business information,
 Business registers are updated
 Business information is more easily and readily accessible:
translated in all EU languages
 Companies have a unique identifier
• The implementation of the directive through implementing
acts and transposition in Member States is expected to be
finalised by 2017
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in the ESBRs
framework
Interoperability
• Some work on the way to interoperability of SBRs in the ESS
has already started in recent years.
 unique identifier for legal units
 sources of inconsistencies in business statistics
• This will be the starting point for the definition of a minimum
set of requirements for interoperability that will become the
ESBRs interoperability framework.
• Common statistical standards and statistical services will
also contribute to the interoperability of SBRs in the ESS.
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Unique
identifier
Interoperability
• Unique identifier = unambiguous
mistakes and more efficiency.
communication,
less
• Several on-going initiatives at EU and world level.
• EGR identification service
 Available soon
 Valid for all members of the EGR network.
 Can be used by BR staff as well as by statisticians, e.g. FDI or
FATS statisticians.
 Objective: to use the officially recognised unique identifier in
Europe (and possibly at world level).
 Eurostat’s initiative the most advanced one
 The identifier structure is modular and can be easily converted
into the officially recognised identifier, when agreed.
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Reduction of
inconsistencies
Interoperability
• ESSnet on Consistency indicated the main sources
of inconsistencies.
• ESBRS will take them into account in its action
plan towards interoperability.
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ESBRs Interoperability
Interoperability
framework
• Analysis of best practices in the ESS countries.
• Interoperability framework = Minimum set of
requirements for interoperability.
 Based on feasibility and cost/effectiveness of best
practices in ESS countries.
• Roadmap for implementation.
 It is expected that by end 2017 most ESS countries
will be compliant with the set of requirements.
 Support will be provided by Eurostat.
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Common statistical
standards
Interoperability
• One of the main elements in the interoperability framework.
• Common standards not just for SBRs but for the whole ESS
 VIP.CRC.IMS
project
(Information
Models
and
Standards)
 Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX)
 Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)
 The Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM)
providing a common abstract representation of statistical
activities
 The Generic Statistical Information Model
(GSIM), a
common abstract representation of data objects
manipulated in official statistical production (overarching
model for implementation standards such as SDMX or
DDI).
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Common statistical
services
Interoperability
• Service - Representation of a real world business activity
with a specified outcome.
 Self-contained
 Can be shared by a number of business processes
• Statistical service – Service which perform a task in the
statistical production process.
 Can be shared by a number of business processes (either within
or across statistical organizations)
• Not just common for SBRs but for the whole ESS
 VIP.CRC.SERV (Shared Services) project
 Target: a platform that can be used across the ESS to access and
use a catalogue of shared statistical services, based on:
• Standards and a framework for interoperability;
• A service communication protocol.
• ESBRs target: specific sub-catalogue for SBRs
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Till 2017 and
beyond
Conclusion
• SBRs interoperability in the ESS – Not an easy goal in
the short term
• EBRS goal – Put SBRs on the right path,
•
Working hand in hand with the cross-cutting
projects of the VIP Programme, it will create its
own interoperability framework, coherent with
the more general ESS ones.
•
ESBRs will initiate activities at EU level, as well
as stimulate and support activities at national
level in the ESS
•
The expected results are improved quality of
SBRs in the ESS, a more efficient system and a
better insight on globalisation.
• SBRs Interoperability is expected to become a shared
value in the ESS and to lead SBRs to go further on the path
towards
integration,
efficiency
gains
and
quality
improvement, even after 2017.
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