managing the european statistical system e urostat’s perspective marie bohatá, eurostat 2010...

Managing the European Statistical SystemEurostat’s Perspective

Marie Bohatá, Eurostat2010 IAOS ConferenceSantiago, 20-22 October 2010

Governance – strategic partnership

Achieve more operational integration and more specialisation and consequently also reduced heterogeneity among NSIs – operational partnership

European Statistics seen as a by-product of national statistics (the sum of national components, output harmonisation) - development of true EU statistics based on identical methods, more input harmonisation

ESS definition and challenges

Partnership between the Community statistical authority (Eurostat), the national statistical institutes (NSIs) and other national authorities

The appropriate degree of influence for politicians in relation to statistical matters

The legal, ethical and operational basis of the ESS itself

The complex relationships between actors (Eurostat and the Commission, NSIs and national governments, central banks - at national and European levels…)

ESS governance

ESSC at the core of the ESS

ESSCchaired by ESTAT

PG

EFCStatistics Subcommittee

ESAC(users)

CMFB

ESGAB(Code of Practice)

STC(ESCB)