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ESSnet Workshop

ESSnet Workshop. Conclusions. Issues. Strategic/Fundamental Questions Governance Monitoring Communication Infrastructure of ESSnets Priority setting Use of results Issues of specific ESSnet Clusters . Strategic / Fundamental Questions.

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ESSnet Workshop

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  1. ESSnet Workshop Conclusions

  2. Issues • Strategic/Fundamental Questions • Governance • Monitoring • Communication • Infrastructure of ESSnets • Priority setting • Use of results • Issues of specificESSnet Clusters

  3. Strategic/Fundamental Questions • Bottom up vs. Top down approach • Enterprise architecture approach • Vision (the only aim?) • ESSnets should not create new stove pipes • Opening of ESSnets to “GSS”, NSAs? • Analysis of user demands before start (stocktaking) • Competition?

  4. Priority Setting • Who sets priorities? • Priority within ESSnets  solve big issues first • Strategic orientation of ESSnets? • Vision Europe 2020 • Criteria clearly defined and accepted? • Only how-projects and no what-projects?

  5. Governance of ESSnets • Embedment in ESS strategy • Role of the ESSnet in the ESS-organisation • Reporting structure to ESS • Strong input from Eurostat

  6. Monitoring / Steering /Advising • Who monitors ESSnets? • Role of Eurostat should be clearer • Participation of MS? • Steering Group or Advisory Board? • Task, objective (advisory, steering)? • Participation of MS? • Separate between management and evaluation • Role of Steering Group to be cleared soon • Evaluation • SGA: contact with ESSnet-coordinator

  7. Internal Communication • Trust between partners fundamental • Personal contacts • Face-to-face meetings are crucial • Differences in culture and language • Collaboration, Collaboration, Collaboration • Overcome difference in expertise, experience

  8. Communication • Lack of enough communication (tools) - high communication costs (EGR) • Strong input from Eurostat needed (role of Eurostat project officers) (EGR) • Better Dissemination ofresultsforbetteruse • Considerimportantdevelopmentsincluding NON-EU countries • ThematicworkshopsforESSnets

  9. Infrastructure • Bureaucracy (Geo) • Lack of administrative experience (GEO) • It is time consuming to work with a lot of partners (GEO) • Lack of sparring partners (GEO) • Common web portal for submitting application details (GEO) • Simplified procedures in the application process • time and money is needed also before the Framework Partnership has been signed (Admin). • formal approval process for the FPA and SGAs is extremely long. • great uncertainty and financial risk for the Co-partners This puts stress on relationships (Admin)

  10. Infrastructure • Overly precise budgets required by Commission • Budgetary Unit of Eurostat has changed the rules or the template for SGA applications every year, but has not finalised these changes until after the beginning of the calendar year (Admin). • Eurostat needs more advance planning, to stop grant preparation being so close to the work schedule (Admin) • Realistic Planning necessary • Co-ordination with other ESSnet • Managing resources, milestones and deliverables is a challenge • Commitment of NSI high level management necessary : ‘competition’ with other national tasks • Glossary, literature lists on ESSnet portal

  11. Infrastructure • Improvement of ESSnet processes • ESSnet Portal • Overlap vs. Complementarity • Cost effectiveness • Steering on output or resources? • Right size of projects • Content • number of partners • Balance between admin and content • Don’t be too ambitious • Sometimes lack of flexibility

  12. Use of results • Sustainability (howtosecure?) • EstablishingCentresof Competence andknowledgetransfer (MS and EUROSTAT) • Transfer ofknowledgeinto EU Working Groups • Set up of forums for long term development of professional knowledge exchange (GEO) • Common web portal for submitting application details and for dissemination of results (GEO)

  13. Issues of specific ESSnet clusters • Mismatch of timing between partners (GEO) • BLUE ETS can be useful for many other ESSnets (Admin Data, Consistency, MEMOBUST and Small Area Estimation) • SteeringgroupforthematicESSnetclusters? • Business statistics • Metadata • Access

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