Opportunities for
research related to
Official Statistics
… in Horizon 2020 (the next
research framework programme
of the European Commission)
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Overview
• Analysis of future research needs for Official
Statistics
• Opportunities for research on Official Statistics in the
Horizon 2020 Research Framework Programme
• The NTTS 2013 conference
• Facilitated events
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Analysis of the future research needs
for Official Statistics
• Main authors:
• Professor Beat Hulliger
• Professor Risto Lehtonen
• Professor Ralf Münnich
• Browser-friendly version on the CROS portal
• Officially published by Eurostat
(link provided on the CROS portal)
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/product_details/publication?p_product_code=KS-RA-12-026
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6.1 Roadmap
6.1.2. Fields of research and innovation (infrastructure&technology)
Data capture, data integration and data access:
• Big datasets
• Merging data from different sources; integrating survey &
register data; data integration
• Techniques and standardisation of interface management
for flexible communication between data systems within the
ESS
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6.1 Roadmap (cont.)
6.1.2. Fields of research and innovation
Methodology
“Beyond GDP” indicators:
• Regional modelling within a globalised society (GIS; SAE)
• The use of data from many different sources, including registers
• An evaluation of methods that integrate different sources, use different methodologies and may
• arrive at different results becomes increasingly important.
• Prediction, forecasting
Education (early-stage training and life-long learning) increasingly important.
Societal challenges
• Employment and competitiveness
• Social inclusion
• Energy security and climate change
• Forecasting critical events
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Opportunities in Horizon 2020
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Horizon 2020 will fund EU research 2014-2020
The 2014-2016 strategy will govern the three first years
The work programmes now cover two years (2014-2015)
Eurostat proposed two areas for the Strategy:
1. Reinforced democratic accountability – new frameworks for
monitoring fairness and equity going beyond GDP-related
monitoring, including indicators supporting:
•Health, quality of life and wellbeing
•Consumer empowerment and consumer conditions
•A green economy
•Inclusive societies
2. use of “big data” and “open data” to support evidence-based
policymaking in various policy areas.
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Horizon 2020 – strategy for 2014-2016
Focus areas:
• Personalising health and care
• Sustainable food security
• Blue growth: unlocking the potential of the oceans
• Smart cities and communities
• Competitive low-carbon energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Mobility for growth
• Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials
• Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe
• Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe
• Disaster-resilience: safeguarding and securing society, including adapting to climate change
• Digital security
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Horizon 2020 – strategy for 2014-2016
Focus areas:
• Personalising health and care
• Sustainable food
security
Open
data?
• Blue growth: unlocking the potential of the oceans
• Smart cities and communities
• Competitive low-carbon energy
Indicators?
• Energy Efficiency
• Mobility for growth
• Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials
• Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe
• Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe
• Disaster-resilience: safeguarding and securing society, including adapting to climate change
• Digital security
Secure access?
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Horizon 2020 – strategy for 2014-2016
Focus areas:
• Personalising health and care
socio-economic research on: … the
• Sustainable food security
social, political and cultural
• Blue growth: unlocking the potential
of the oceans
consequences
of and responses to
• Smart cities and communities
the crisis, such as higher
• Competitive low-carbon energy
unemployment and the widening of
• Energy Efficiency
social disparities…
• Mobility for growth
• Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials
• Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe
• Overcoming the crisis: new ideas, strategies and governance structures for Europe
• Disaster-resilience: safeguarding and securing society, including adapting to climate change
• Digital security
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Horizon 2020 – Work Programme 2014-2015
• Based on the 2014-2016 strategy, the Commission’s
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD)
will propose an Work Programme for 2014-2015
• The Horizon 2020 WP for 2014-2015 could include research
lines for ”beyond GDP”, ”big data” and ”open data”.
• Corresponding calls for proposals would then be issued
by DG RTD.
• It is then up to universities, research institutes – and NSIs!
– to form consortia and submit proposals!
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Horizon 2020 and NTTS 2013!
New Techniques and Technologies in Statistics (NTTS) 2013:
•Biannual scientific conference (5-7 March 2013 in Brussels)
•380 registered participants
•Purpose includes:
• stimulating the preparation of new innovative projects
• encourage cooperation and building of research consortia
… related to research in statistics within Horizon 2020
… with the aim of enhancing Official Statistics
•Proceedings (>1000 pages!) and full program available online:
www.NTTS2013.eu
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NTTS 2013 sessions
• 37 sessions (6 poster sessions, 2 lunchtime sessions, 2 evening sessions)
• Sessions on ”Big Data” and on ”Beyond GDP” indicators
(e-Frame, InGRID,…), keynote on ”Open data”
• Back-to-back events:
• 4 March 2013: Data Without Boundaries
• 8 March 2013: BLUE-ETS
• 8 March 2013: Cost/SHANTI (transport statistics)
• Special sessions for the above projects
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NTTS 2013 keynote speakers
• Opening session:
• Walter Radermacher (Director-General of Eurostat)
• Robert-Jan Smits (Director-General for the European Commission’s DirectorateGeneral of Research and Innovation)
• Robert M. Groves (former Director of the US Census Bureau)
• Sander Duivestein (Big Data)
• Keynotes throughout the conference:
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Enrico Giovannini (President of Istat)
Nigel Shadbolt (Open Data)
JNK Rao (Small Area Estimation)
Eric Graf (Variance Estimation)
• Closing session:
• Denise Lievesley (professor at King’s college)
• Daniel Defays (Director a.i., Eurostat)
• Anne Glover (Chief Scientific Adviser to the President of the European Commission)
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Evening Horizon 2020 session on 6 March
...stimulating the preparation of new innovative projects!
• 14 researchers will present (in 4 minutes each) their
early-stage research ideas
• Interested colleagues will discuss with them at the
cocktail next door
• New loose network could be formed, leading to research
consortia submitting proposals (within the Horizon 2020
Work Programme for 2014-2015) by the end of this year
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Evening Horizon 2020 session on 6 March
...so which are the early-stage ideas presented?
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Facilitated events
...stimulating the preparation of new innovative projects!
• Two facilitated events may be organised during 1st half of 2014
• Format:
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Similar to the ESSnet workshop – but smaller and more focused
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Possibly including “rapporteur”, professional facilitator and/or external
hihg-level contributor
• Possible topics include:
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Big Data
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Non-response
• Where do you see a need – and which needs are already catered to?
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Eurostat has prepared the ground…
…now the Official Statistics community must prepare itself!
• Calls for proposals are expected by the end of 2013
• It is then up to universities, research institutes – and NSIs!
– to form consortia and submit proposals!
• Vigilance and creativity is needed to identify research
opportunities
• Eurostat can provide guidance and communicate opportunities
via the CROS portal
• The best opportunities may be in a multidisciplinary consortium
• Eurostat could organise two facilitated events:
• For which topics do you see the greatest need?
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