meets statistics programme

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SBS

Business Statistics MEETS programme

Modernisation of European Enterprise and Trade Statistics

(MEETS)

axel.behrens@ec.europa.eu

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Problem statement

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the economic reality is changing;

new requirements for statistics emerge;

outdated requirements must be discarded;

new methods for producing statistics;

an initiative is needed to handle these changes efficiently;

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Programme

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A programme has been developed to

adapt business statistics to new needs and at the same time to

adjust the production system of statistics to reduce burden on business.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Scope and objectives

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Firstly, it will be important to agree on the new areas that are to be portrayed.

Secondly, all statistics related to business should be streamlined.

Thirdly, on the side of data collection and treatment, integration is needed as well.

Finally, Intrastat was already identified where simplifications are necessary.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 1

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The development of target sets of indicators and a review of priorities

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 1

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Action 1.1: Development of new areas define priority areas and define target set of indicators; work on harmonised definitions of newly identified characteristics and indicators;

support Member States in developing and testing their statistics in the priority areas in a harmonised manner.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 1

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Action 1.2: Identify areas that are of lesser importance conduct a regular review of priorities, and identify areas and characteristics which are of lesser importance.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 2

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A streamlined framework of business-related statistics

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 2

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Action 2.1: Integration of the legal framework and the methodology review existing legal acts;

initiate studies aimed at harmonisation of methodologies;

studies on consistency between areas of business and trade statistics.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 2

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Action 2.2: Development of statistics on enterprise groups complete the Community register of multinational enterprise groups; support of actions in Member States to develop more efficient data collectionmethods for enterprise groups; set up specific EU surveys on enterprise groups.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 2

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Action 2.3: European surveys to minimise the burden on business set up specific EU surveys conducted on an ad-hoc basis;

develop EU sampling schemes, where appropriate.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 3

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The implementation of a smarter way of collecting data

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 3

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Action 3.1: Make better use of data that already exist in the statistical system, including the possibility of estimations support actions in Member States to create a data warehouse;

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 3 (still action 3.1)

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methodological studies on linking data from different sources;

methodological studies for optimalallocation of sample sizes, cut off samples, combined use with other sources and related estimation methods.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 3

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Action 3.2: Make better use of data that already exist in the economy support actions on the use of administrative data;

promote the integration of statistical reporting inside the enterprises.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 3

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Action 3.3: Develop tools for a more efficient data production support actions that facilitate the data transfer from the enterprise to the NSIs;

support of a more efficient use of IT tools.

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 4

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The modernisation and simplification of Intrastat

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Business Statistics MEETS programme

Objective 4 (Intrastat)

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Action 4.1: Analysis and reduction of asymmetries

Action 4.2: Better use of administrative data

Action 4.3: Data exchange