3rd EMOS Board meeting
17-18 March 2016
Item 10
Benefits of EMOS
Date of issue: 02.03.2016
Author: EMOS Secretariat
1.
INTRODUCTION
Since the beginning of EMOS, it has been important to understand the different roles,
influences and in particular the benefits of different stakeholders, which would allow to
target them according to their interests and needs.
The kick-off of the discussions was the stakeholder analysis under the feasibility study
"Towards a European Master in Official Statistics" carried out during 2013. The
discussion was re-launched in the EMOS Board in its meeting of October 2015 and
continued in the 4th EMOS Workshop on 15 October 2015. This paper builds on the
outcome of the previous discussions and aims to streamline the benefits of EMOS and to
identify actions that would allow various groups of stakeholders to contribute as much as
to take benefit from EMOS.
2.
STAKEHOLDER AND BENEFITS
The following groups have been identified as EMOS stakeholders:
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Universities
o EMOS-labelled Master programmes
o Interested in EMOS
Producers of official statistics
o Eurostat
o NSIs
o Other national authorities
o Regional and local organisations
o ECB
o National Central Banks
Users
o Students
o FENStatS and statistical societies
o International organisations
3.
STAKEHOLDER BENEFITS AND POSSIBLE ACTIONS
3.1 MEETING TRAINING AND RECRUITMENT NEEDS OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
Reduced gap between theory and Stakeholder concerned: Producers
application in statistics
and users
1 - Curricula with theory applied
in laboratories, internship and
thesis
2 - Enhanced cooperation
between
universities
and
producers
Stakeholder concerned: ESSC,
EMOS Board, Eurostat, universities
in cooperation with NSIs
Lead: EMOS Board
Timeline:
Continuous,
but
particular attention should be paid
during the 2017 evaluation with
regard to EMOS requirements
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
Improved ability to integrate new Stakeholder
technologies and methodological Producers and users
innovations
concerned:
Identification of emerging topics Stakeholder concerned: ESSC,
in the changing statistical EMOS Board, Eurostat, NSIs and
landscape
NCBs
in
cooperation
with
universities
Lead: EMOS Board
Timeline:
Continuous,
but
particular attention should be paid
during the 2017 evaluation and
review of EMOS requirements.
Recruitment pool for producers
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
Stakeholder
Producers
concerned:
Involve
producers
in
the Stakeholder concerned: Eurostat,
evaluation of the EMOS pilot in producers
2017, with a view to taking future
profile (official statistician) needs Lead: Eurostat
on board
Timeline: After 2017
3.2 EUROPEAN DIMENSION AND VISIBILITY
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
Cooperation across Europe in Stakeholder
teaching, projects, internships Universities,
and Master theses
producers
Develop mechanisms to facilitate
cross-border exchanges out of the
scope of ERASMUS+ and
Erasmus Mundus JMD: e.g.
platform for exchange of
information on research topics,
projects,
ideas,
available
internships, teaching staff
concerned:
students
and
Stakeholder concerned: Eurostat,
NSIs, NCBs, universities
Lead: EMOS secretariat
Timeline: Launch as soon as
possible
Collaboration within the network Stakeholder
concerned:
of universities and producers of Universities, users and producers
official statistics
Organisation of international Stakeholder
concerned:
workshops,
cross-border Universities and producers
seminars, webinars, and open
Lead: Eurostat
days
Timeline: Regular
Master with a European label
Stakeholder concerned: Students,
universities
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
Encourage producers to recognise Stakeholder
concerned:
EMOS as an asset when Producers
recruiting
Lead: Eurostat via the ESSC
Timeline: After 2017
3.3 HARMONISATION OF EUROPEAN STATISTICS
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
Standardisation of data
processes at European level
and Stakeholder
Producers
concerned:
1 - Implementation of curriculum Stakeholder concerned: ESSC,
of EMOS Master programmes in EMOS Board, Eurostat, NSIs and
close cooperation with national NCBs
statistical producers
Lead: EMOS Board, Eurostat
2 – Exchange of good practices
quality
of
Timeline:
Continuous,
but
particular attention should be paid
during the 2017 evaluation and
review
of
EMOS
learning
outcomes and other requirements.
BENEFIT:
Improved
statistics
official Stakeholder
Producers
ACTION:
Contribution to use of common Stakeholder concerned: ESSC,
language and knowledge in EMOS Board, Eurostat, NSIs and
official statistics
NCBs
concerned:
Lead: EMOS Board
Timeline:
Continuous,
but
particular attention should be paid
during the 2017 evaluation and
review of EMOS requirements.
3.4 SYNERGIES AND EFFICIENCY GAINS
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
EMOS curriculum for (re)training Stakeholder
NSI staff
Producers
concerned:
Bilateral agreements between Stakeholder concerned: NSIs and
NSIs and universities, possibly in NCBs, universities
exchange of teaching and other
Lead: Eurostat via the ESSC
support
Timeline: Continuous
Common training material
BENEFIT:
ACTION:
Development and sharing
common training materials
Stakeholder
concerned:
Universities and producers
of Stakeholder concerned: NSIs and
NCBs, universities
Lead: Eurostat
Timeline: Subject to the outcome
of the evaluation in 2017
4.
CONCLUSIONS
The benefits as described above provide for many good arguments in favour of
EMOS; however, it is important that most immediate stakeholders such as
universities and NSIs target the least involved group so far, i.e. students, and take
immediate measures to raise their awareness about EMOS. A number of marketing
actions could be envisaged (see below), while Eurostat commits to take lead for
some of them where centralised action will bring most benefit.
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Marketing activities:
o Open Days organised by universities in cooperation with NSIs for
bachelor students,
o EMOS programmes’ participation in student/education fairs.
Enhanced online presence:
o Social media such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,
o Regular EMOS newsletter accessible online.
EMOS marketing material:
o Posters and flyers,
o Short video clips on official statistics.