Template Speakers

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European fundedStatistical Researchpast,
present and future
Dr Ian Perry Indicators Activity Research in
the Economic, Social Sciences and Humanities -
ProspectiveDirectorate General for
ResearchEuropean Commission
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The past

• Official statistics methodological research
  projects were funded from
• FP 2 (DOSES)
• FP 3 (DOSIS)
• and FP5 (EPROS)
• Under FP6 a FEW relevant projects were funded
  from the SSP section, e.g. EUKLEMS and KEI
• Non official statistics were produced by other
  projects including from other activities and
  themes

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The present

• Indicators FP7 SSH research projects
• AMELI (New and Improved Indicators Laeken
  Indicators)
• ASSPRO (New and Improved Indicators Health care
  payment system indicators )
• DEMETER (Programme evaluation - Models)
• EERQI (Programme evaluation new indicators)
• JUSTIS (New and Improved Indicators Perception
  of Justice Indicators)
• POINT (Use of Indicators for Policy
  particularly in sustainable development)
• RISQ (Official Statistics Representativity
  indicators)
• SAMPLE (Official Statistics Small area
  estimation)
• SSH projects address policy needs and
  therefore should produce databases of
  information, including statistics, which support
  evidence based policy making as well as further
  SSH research
• Non official statistics are being produced by
  other projects including from other activities
  and themes of FP7, e.g. 3 projects on intangible
  investments and one on input-output tables from
  the SSH theme

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General orientations for the future
difficult

• ? Good relationships with and cooperation between
  DG Research (especially SSH and Infrastructures),
  Eurostat and researchers is essential National
  Statistical Institutes should be involved and
  users as well (DGs and others)
• Roadmap 2010-2013 of building blocks for the FP7
  SSH work programme
• Statistical methodologies and validation issues
  should continue to be addressed as SSH research
  projects
• An ERANET on statistics

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Specific Objectives for the future

• To continue to support methodological research
  for official statistics
• But also to develop a strategy aimed at improving
  the QUALITY, ACCESSIBILITY and thus USEFULNESS,
  for both policy makers and researchers, of the
  non official statistics resulting from FPs

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The future 2009

• Further Indicators topics to be included in the
  2009 WP
• Service statistics (New and Improved Indicators
  Area)
• Data mangement for statistics (Official
  Statistics Area)
• Supported by an
• ERA net in statistics
• WP and call to be published early autumn 2008

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The future 2010 - 2013

• Indicators (and Statistics)
• A Building Blocks approach with probably only
  one large project aiming to cover the whole of
  the topic
• How to handle Databases resulting from
  research projects also needs to be addressed and
  as does how to use them in Modelling Frameworks
  
• How to organise databases into a consistent
  framework
• How to make good datasets as visible and
  accessible as possible
• How to validate data
• Guaranteeing the maintenance and updating of
  databases
• How to provide a modelling framework building on
  the datasets
• (EUKLEMS is an example of good practice and of
  the sort of issues that need to be addressed)

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FP7SSH research - the main drivers

• EU challenges oriented, globalization
• Balanced in terms of disciplines
• Quantitative and qualitative dimensions
• Indicators, foresight / forecasts
• Scientific evidence for policy making

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