Unit A3: Strategic Planning; Learning & Development

Training the European Statistical System

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European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP)

Training Eurostat staff

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Objectives

The ESTP…

enhances the vocational training of European statisticians by providing postgraduate training courses at international level; is tailored to meet the specific needs of the European Statistical System (ESS);complements national training schemes; and meets the challenges of comparable statistics at European and international level.

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based on training needs expressed by European NSIs and Eurostat

covers statistical fields like data collection, survey methodology, economic and social statistics, data analysis, quality, dissemination and publication, etc.

Contents…

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Organisation – Who?

The Programme is managed by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities

Financed by European Commission and EFTA

Eurostat closely cooperates with a network of National ESTP contact points

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Courses are organised and delivered

in Luxembourg at Eurostat (by Eurostat)

on national training sites of EU and EFTA countries

• by Contractors, often in co-operation with National Statistical Institutes (NSIs)

• by EFTA through EFTA NSIs

Organisation – Where?

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Officials and employees of National Statistical Institutes or corresponding Competent National Authorities (CNA) of EU Member States, EFTA countries, Eurostat and candidate countries

Candidates apply via their national ESTP contact point.

Who may participate?

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Exceptionally, if places are available, applicants from other administrations, international organisations and Statistical offices of non-ESS countries are admitted.

Candidates send applications to the Eurostat‘sESTP contact point.

Who may participate?

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Evaluation at the end of each course:

– Standard questionnaires are filled in by all participants

– Oral feedback at the end of the courses

Quality control

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Overview of ESTP courses (abstract)

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Training Eurostat staff

Central training offer from Commission services in Luxembourg and Brussels covering:

– Language– Leadership and Management skills– IT skills– Budget– Commission policies– Organisational development– Professional development and skills

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Eurostat offer

Specific training organised by Eurostat to satisfy Eurostat needs and to complement training offer:

- Statistics- Economics- Management support (away days, seminars, coaching)- Process and Project Management- Training for newcomers

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Some numbers…

In 2009

204 courses

More than 2500 participants

193.5 training days

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Quality control

Evaluation at the end of each course:

– Each participants receives after the course an e-mail in which is asked to complete an evaluation form

– The evaluation form is online, and is standardised for the entire Commission (with different modules for General, IT and language courses)

– The evaluation form is being revised to take into consideration new learning forms (e.g. e-learning, group learning)

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Emerging learning tools

E-learning– A wide set of e-learning courses (without a tutor)

are available on Business Competences and General Competences • In English and French• Provided by an outside contractor

– In-house courses, sometimes with a tutor, developed using Blackboard

Group learning– Lunchtime conferences, Action Learning, residential

seminars, coaching, Communities of practice

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Challenges

For the ESTP- Balancing flexibility to adjust to new demands with

financing regulation constraints- Train the trainers (in the NSIs and Eurostat)

For training Eurostat staff- Training statistics to non statisticians

For both- Classroom training versus learning and development