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Joint DIME/ITDG Plenary 14/15 February 2017

JOINT DIME/ITDG PLENARY

14/15 February 2017, Eurostat, Luxembourg, room (Quetelet).

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Agenda

DIME/ITDG Plenary, day 1, Quetelet

14 of February 2017, Luxembourg

Start

Item

Topic

Purpose

D= Decision

F= Feedback

O= Opinion

I=Info

Who

09:30

0

Opening and Agenda adoption

D

Chair

09:40

1

ESS VIP ADMIN

Progress of the ESS.VIP ADMIN focusing on the ESSNet on quality of multiple sources statistics (data access and integration)

F

AT  (ESSNET)

10:15

2

ESS Vision 2020: DIGICOM, towards an ESS strategy on (linked) open data

The item will present the results of the ESS Workshop on open data dissemination which will take place in Malta in January 2017. The DIME /ITDG will then be invited to discuss a draft ESS strategy on (linked) open data.

F

ESTAT

IE, discussant

11:00

Coffee break

11:15

3

ESS Vision 2020: other activities

Based on a short overview on progress with regard to other ESS Vision 2020 projects, DIME/ITDG contributions will be discussed.

F

ESTAT

12:30

LUNCH

14:00

4

Smart Statistics business case 

The DIME/ITDG will be informed on progress and invited to discuss the envisaged next steps

F

ESTAT

14:15

5

The group will break to discuss the respective challenges and opportunity on 3 main topics: Data Access, Methods and IT infrastructure.

break-out session  

NL, UK, FI

15:00

Coffee break

15:15

6

Statistical Modelling for Official Migration Statistics: State of the Art and Perspectives

Critically review the previous approaches to using statistical models for estimating and forecasting migration. Discussing the potential for developing and utilising such methods in the future. Focus will be on tools for integrating different data sources, and on the formal quality assessment of the resulting estimates.

Seminar,

break-out session  

Prof. J. Bijak University of Southampton

17:00

End of the first day

Agenda

DIME/ITDG Plenary, day 2, Quetelet

15 of February 2017, Luxembourg

Start

Item

Topic

Purpose

Who

09:30

7

ESS SERV

Presentation with a focus on ESS-wide deployment of services

F

FR  (ESSNET)

10:15

8

IT security assurance

Planning of activities and next steps

F

ESTAT

11:00

Coffee break

11:15

9

Quality and Experimental Data

Debriefing from the Working Group on Quality in Statistics and an update on the progress concerning QUAL@ESS Vision 2020 including information on the concept of experimental statistics

F

ESTAT

11:45

10

IE case: methodological challenges

NA in a globalised economy, involving macro-economic statisticians

Seminar

ESTAT, and IE

12:30

LUNCH

14:00

11

DIME/ITDG SG : executive mandate and composition

Revision of mandate of the DIME/ITDG SG and renewal of members.  

O

ESTAT

14:30

12

ESS standardisation process

Discussion on the added value and expected use of ESS standards in practice.

F

ESTAT, FR

15:00

13

NTTS 2017 Programme

I

ESTAT

15:30

AOB

Blue Sky Thinking network, SDMX Action Plan 2016-2018 (implementing the Roadmap 2020).

I

15:45

Conclusions and Opinion drafting

O

Chair

16:00

End of the meeting