Transcript Joint UNECE/Eurostat work session on statistical data confidentiality 28 - 30 October 2013 Ottawa, Canada Improvement of access to European microdata Outcome of the Project „Decentralised.

Joint UNECE/Eurostat work session
on statistical data confidentiality
28 - 30 October 2013
Ottawa, Canada
Improvement of access to European microdata
Outcome of the Project
„Decentralised and Remote Access to
Confidential Data in the ESS“
ESSnet DARA
Maurice Brandt
DESTATIS
Outline
1. Introduction
2. Goals and Content of ESSnet DARA
3. Results
4. ESSnet DARA Remote Access Pilot
5. Outlook
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1. Introduction
 Increasing demand for statistical microdata
 Access to national datasets in Member States (MS)
 Access to 8 EU statistics via Eurostat, (EU) No 557/2013
 Request for detailed confidential microdata
 For European statistics: access via Safe Centre in Luxembourg
 Very high barrier due to local constraints
 Feasibility study: “ESSnet on Decentralised Access
to EU microdata sets” (2009-2010)
 Idea: set up a secure network of national Safe Centres
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2. Content of ESSnet DARA
ESSnet on “Decentralised And Remote Access
to confidential data in the ESS” (ESSnet DARA)
 Project has started in October 2011, Duration: 25 months
 Partners
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Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et de Statistique, France
Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Hungary
Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom
Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal
State Statistical Institute Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany
Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, Germany (co-ordinator)
 Funded by the European Commission (70%)
 Task: Implementation of a pilot of a Remote Access connection
from National Statistical Institute (NSI) Safe Centres to the EU
statistics at Eurostat
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3. Results
 WP1: Handbook for National Statistical Authority (NSA) staff
and researchers with description of workflow and accreditation
criteria for Access Facilities
 WP2: List of user and safety requirements for remote access
 WP3: Cost / Benefit analysis
 WP4: Proof of concept with a pilot remote access infrastructure
with 5 access points in Europe to a central node in France
(GENES) to a public use file of LFS
- Infrastructure is implemented and tested
- Test of alternative connections from MS to Eurostat (sTesta)
- Investigation on other types of connection
 WP5: Many presentations at meetings and conferences
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4. Alternative Remote Access pilot
 Central node at Eurostat was not ready to use;
therefore we implemented a short term alternative
pilot for testing purposes only
 A network between partner MS with one MS
(France) as central node with testdata
 This pilot has been implemented for a practical
test of the workflow and to gain experience to
establish IT-infrastructure between MS
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4. DARA Remote Access Workflow
Roles and their main tasks
Roles
Main tasks
Researcher
Analysis microdata with different statistical software
via remote access in the Safe Centre.
Support Officer
(SO)
Providing personal guidance and support for the
researcher during the whole process.
Information
Technology Unit
(ITU)
Setting up the remote connection. Communication
only with the SO.
Data Manager
(DM)
Organizing and preparing datasets for research
projects. Communication only with the SO.
Output Checker
(OC)
Checking and verifying the outputs. The researcher
typically gets in touch with the OC when output is
created.
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DARA pilot model
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4. IT infrastructure for Remote Access
Description of the ESSnet DARA pilot
until the Eurostat final implementation
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5. Outlook
 Clear recommendation for European remote access:
The DARA pilot with Eurostat as central node !
or a system that fulfills all defined user and security requirements, whereas
the DARA pilot is an example that has been tested according to the specifications
 There are still investments necessary for the final system at
Eurostat  Test of Eurostat implementation  Connection of MS
 Member States need to agree on a specific remote access system
– this can be only the final implementation!
 Accreditation of Access Facilities, starting with NSIs
 Build up a circle of trust and competences for microdata access
for scientific purposes in Europe
 Strategy, roadmap and timeline for the next steps after DARA is
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needed soon
Thank you for your attention
Decentralised and Remote access to Confidential Data in the ESS:
http://www.safe-centre.eu
Eurostat ESSnet Projects:
http://www.cros-portal.eu
Maurice Brandt
Federal Statistical Office Germany
Research Data Centre
Tel. +49-611-75-4349
[email protected]
http://www.destatis.de
http://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de