Donatella FazioBLUE-ETS project coordinatorMaria Grazia CalzaBLUE-ETS senior researcherISTAT

BLUE-ETSBLUE – Enterprise and Trade Statistics

2012 ESSnet Workshop – Cavour Conference Centre, Rome, 3-4 December 2012

EU 7th Framework Programme Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities

BLUE – ETS Overview

www.blue-ets.eu

BLUE-ETS is a collaborative research project, funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme 2009 Theme 8- Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (GA 244767)Duration 1 April 2012 - 31 March 2013

BLUE-ETS is based on a Consortium, led by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, of 16(*) partners which includes NSIs (5), research institutes (3) and universities (8) covering the areas and expertises needed to implement the research carried on by the project in the perspective of data producers and data users

BLUE-ETS is about official business statistics in the framework of the EU Parliament and Council Programme on the Modernization of European Enterprises and Trade Statistics (MEETS)

BLUE – ETS Consortium

1 Italian National Institute of Statistics ISTAT Italy

2 Statistics Netherlands CBS Netherlands

3 Statistics Norway SSB Norway

4 University of Bologna UNIBO Italy

5Institute of Informatics and Statistics INFOSTAT Slovakia

6Centre for European Policy Studies CEPS Belgium

7 University of Ljubljana UL Slovenia

8 University of Naples UNINA Italy

9 University of Trier UT Germany

10 University of Bergamo UNIBG Italy

11 University of Southampton UoS United Kingdom

12 Statistics Sweden SCB Sweden

13 Statistics Slovenia SORS Slovenia

14 Institute for Employment Research IAB Germany

15 University of Florence UNIFI Italy

16 University of Manchester (*) UoM United Kingdom

BLUE – ETS Objectives

BLUE-ETS addresses one of the key challenges for EU and other countries' NSIs, international and other organisations working on enterprise and trade statistics:

providing high quality and robust statistical information for betterpolicy and socio-economic research supporting the Europe 2020 Strategy

BLUE-ETS main objectives are:

respond to a changing and growing demand for new and better data on business statisticspropose cost-efficient improved ways to collect, disseminate, use and access data for both research and policy purposesreduce the burden on businesses imposed by data collecting

BLUE – ETS Work Plan (1/3)

BLUE-ETS is structured in 11 Work Packages (WP), with an outcome of 34 deliverables, belonging to 4 main research areas:

AREA1 WP2-WP3-WP4-WP5

research for better data collection and better data quality, greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness - tacking innovative actions at the design and collection stages, handling issues relating to cost, motivation and quality

AREA2 WP6-WP7

research for better statistics through boosting the "potential" of existing data - "enriching" the quality of data and swelling their informational contents

BLUE – ETS Work Plan (2/3)

AREA3 WP8-WP9

research for investing in new knowledge and value added, and opening up new opportunities - applying new methodologies, opening up new vistas, availing of the opportunities disclosed by new technologies

AREA4 WP10-WP11

research for extending results and improving the statistical information, by fostering the dialogue and the cooperation among producers, users and policymakers - improving relationships with users, developing best practices and ways to disseminate

BLUE – ETS Work Plan (3/3)

CHALLENGES, TOOLS AND MEANS

WP2

NSIs’ practices concerning

business burden and motivation

WP3

Business perspectives

related to NSIs’statistics

WP7

Business data integration,

systematization and access

WP10

Improve the dialogue among European NSIs and Stakeholders

WP4

Improve the use of administrative

sources

WP5

New ways of collecting and

analysing information

WP9

New types of indicators-Applying results

WP8

Methodological case studies

DIALOGUE ACROSS EUROPE AND EXTENDING THE RESULTS

WP11

Scientific Coordination, Dissemination and External Evaluation of the Project

WP6

Enhancing quality of business statistics

WP1

Management and Administration of the Project

BLUE – ETS Main Results (1/5)

WP2 “NSIs’ practices concerning business burden and motivation”

Leader: CBSOther partners : SSB, UL, SCB, SORS

The main results are reported in www.blue-ets.eu

Deliverable 2.1 “Inventory of published research: Response burden measurement and reduction in official business statistics. A literature review of national statistical institutes’ practices and experiences”

Deliverable 2.2 “Response Burden in Official Business Surveys: Measurement and Reduction Practices of National Statistical Institutes”

BLUE – ETS Main Results (2/5)

WP 3 “Business perspectives related to NSIs’ statistics”

Leader: ULOther partners : CBS, SSB, UNIBG, SCB

The main results are reported in www.blue-ets.eu

Deliverable 3.1 “Business use of NSI statistics based on external sources (NSIs, publications, expert opinions)”

Deliverable 3.2 “Final report integrating findings on business perspectives related to NSIs' statistics”

BLUE – ETS Main Results (3/5)

WP 4 “Improve the use of administrative sources”

Leader: CBS Essnet AdminDataOther partners : ISTAT, SSB, INFOSTAT, SCB

The main results are reported in www.blue-ets.eu

Deliverable 4.1 “List of quality groups and indicators identified for administrative data sources”

Deliverable 4.2 “Report on methods preferred for the quality indicators of administrative data sources”

(RESTRICTED)

Deliverable 4.3 “Quality Report Card for Administrative data sources including guidelines and prototype of an automated version”

BLUE – ETS Main Results (4/5)

WP 10 “Improve the dialogue across EU NSIs and Stakeholders”

Leader: CEPSOther partners : ISTAT, CBS, UL, UT

The main results are reported in www.blue-ets.eu

Deliverable 10.1 “Initial brainstorming/workshop”

Deliverable 10.2 “Conference on Burden and Motivation in Official Business Surveys”

BLUE – ETS Main Results (5/5)

WP 11 “Scientific coordination and dissemination “

Leader: ISTATOther partners : CBS, UNIBO, INFOSTAT, UL, UNINA

The main results are reported in www.blue-ets.eu

Deliverable 11.1 and 11.2 “Communication tools”

Deliverable 11.3 “Workshop on pilot data collection at NSIs and businesses and to discuss other preliminary research results challenges and directions”

Deliverable 11.4 “Workshop to select ideas gathered on promising approaches to burden reduction and motivation enhancement for testing and to discuss phase 1 advances, present tools and research results”

Deliverable 11.5 "Workshop to discuss phase 2 advances, present tools and research results”

BLUE – ETS Working in progress

WP 5 “New ways of collecting and analyzing information”Leader: INFOSTATOther partners : UNINA

WP6 “Enhancing quality of business statistics”Leader: UTOther partners : ISTAT, UNIBO, UoS, UoM

WP7 “Business data integration, systematization and access”Leader: ISTATOther partners : CBS, UoS, IAB, UoM

WP8 “Methodological case studies”Leader: INFOSTATOther partners : ISTAT, CBS, SSB, UL, UNIBG, SCB, SORS

WP9 “New types of indicators-Applying results”Leader: ISTATOther partners : UNIBO, CEPS

The research activity is in progress: provisional results have been presented at the "Workshop to discuss phase 2 advances, present tools and research results” (Deliverable 11.5)

BLUE – ETS Next steps

NTTS2013 Conference (session on BLUE-ETS)

BLUE-ETS Final Conference

Release of all the deliverables envisaged by the project by March 2013

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION