Transcript Eurostat presentation on cost structures of statistical outputs

Cost estimates for production
of official statistics in the European
Statistical System:
different approaches
CCSA Meeting, March 7, 2016, New York
Pieter Everaers
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Costs – analysis from different
perspectives
Cost
Catalogue
of products
TF on Reg.
223/2009
Income
generation
survey
assessment
survey on
Costs by
European
products
official
statistics
in ESS for
2010-14
COSTS
MSs
Deployment
costs survey
for ESS.VIP
projects
Cost-benefit
methodology
for the ESS.VIP
projects
Eurostat
experience
on cost
accounting
Surveys
- on statistical production costs
- NSI income generation
Two surveys with the goal to collect cost related
information:
•Cost assessment of production of official statistics in the
EU Member States,
Candidate and EFTA countries developed by Eurostat.
•Income Generation survey on current practices and future
intentions in the NSIs to generate income - survey
developed by ONS UK
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Survey on statistical
production costs - Objectives
• to better assess the resources used for
production of official statistics by NSIs and
ONAs
• to follow the overall trend of the funding
allocated for the production of official statistics
• allow making comparisons between the ESS as
a whole and other statistical infrastructures in
the world
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Survey on statistical
production costs - Results
• The survey results cannot yet be used to
compare the countries
• Further methodological work is needed so that
the results are reliable
• Definition
of
scope
and
coverage
–
European/national statistics; NSIs (including
regional statistical offices, ONAs; FTE or head
count, etc.
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Costs by European products ,contd.
Cost collection
Catalogue 2016 (=product list) will be used
Timeframe
Pilot phase with volunteering NSIs on selected products
until May 2016; main phase starts in September and
results will be available end of 2017.
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Thank you for your attention.
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