Conference Programme 

 

1. Welcome and introduction

14:00-14:10 |Welcome address

by Alda de Caetano Carvalho (INE - Statistics Portugal)
and Walter Radermacher (Eurostat)

2. Strategic risks to the ESS Vision 2020 implementation

Chair: Marjo Bruun (Finland)

14:10-14:30 |Introductory presentation:

Risks identification, assessment and mitigation actions

Presenter: Glen Watson (UK)

14:30-15:00 | Plenary discussion

15:00-15:15 | Coffee break

3. Risks of micro-data exchange

Chair: Mariana Kotzeva (Eurostat)

15:15-16:00 | Introductory presentation:

Benefits and risks of exchange of micro-data – national experience

Presenters: František Bernadič (Slovakia) and Jørgen Elmeskov (Denmark)

16:00-16:45 | Parallel discussions in 3 groups

Group chairs: Giorgio Alleva (Italy), Geni Ružić (Slovenia), John Pullinger (UK)

16:45-17:15 | Plenary discussion

4. The way forward

17:15-17:30 | Conclusions of the meeting

Stefan Lundgren (Sweden), Walter Radermacher (Eurostat)

09:00-09:30 |Opening

Alda de Caetano Carvalho, President of INE – Statistics Portugal

Walter Radermacher, Director General of Eurostat

09:30-10:00 |Keynote speech

Marianne Thyssen, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility - Speech (30 Kb) 

10:00-10:30 | Keynote speech

Pedro Mota Soares, Portuguese Minister of Solidarity, Employment and Social Security - Speech (221 Kb) 

10:30-10:45 | INE - Statistics Portugal: Presentation of the Portuguese statistical system

10:45-11:00 | Coffee break

11:00-11:10 | Introduction by the chair

11:10-12:10 | Discussion based on selected papers

1. Monitoring sustainable development strategies and integrated approach for policy making

   Istat, Giorgio Alleva - Paper (583 Kb) 
    

2. International data sharing: the example of the G20 data gaps initiative

   Destatis, Irmtraud Beuerlein - Paper ( 94 Kb)
    

3. How to quickly adapt to new policy needs? The experience of housing price indicator

   CSO Ireland, Padraig Dalton - Paper ( 597 Kb)

12:10-12:30 | Plenary discussion and conclusions from the Chair (end of Session I)

12:30-13:45 | Lunch break

Preparation of Lisbon Memorandum

(takes place during the lunch break, with a restricted group of drafting volunteers)

13:45-13:55 | Introduction by the chair

13:55-14:55 | Discussion based on selected papers

1. Conceptual framework for indicator sets: the example of SDIs

   CBS, Jan-Pieter Smits - Paper ( 402 Kb)
    

2. Quality assessment of indicators and trade-off between different dimensions of quality

   Statistics Sweden, Lilli Japec - Paper ( 183 Kb)
    

3. Composite indicators, synthetic indicators and scoreboards: how far can we go?

   Eurostat, Silke Stapel-Weber- Paper ( 1.472 Kb)

14:55-15:10 | Coffee break

15:10-15:50 | Discussion based on selected papers (continued)

4. Using microsimulation in EU-SILC for early estimates of income: limitations and strengths

   INE - Statistics Portugal, Vitor Junqueira  - Paper ( 493 Kb)
    

5. How far can statisticians go in commenting trends of indicators?

   INSEE, Jean-Luc Tavernier - Paper ( 150 Kb)

15:50-16:10 | Plenary discussion and conclusions from the Chair, (end of Session II)

16:10-17:00 | Panel discussion

Moderator: Walter Radermacher

Participants: Markku Lehtonen, GSPR/EHESS and ESSEC Business School

Martine Durand, OECD

John Pullinger, ONS

17:00-17:30 | Conclusions and closing statements

- Lisbon Memorandum and concluding remarks: Walter Radermacher, Eurostat

25 September 2015

26th ESSC meeting (9:00-12:30)
58th Partnership Group meeting (afternoon)