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Indicators for decision
making and policy
monitoring
Marleen De Smedt
Adviser to the DG Eurostat
EMOS Open Day
Eurostat, 21 April 2016
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Indicators – what's in a name
• Indicate (index finger, indicare..)
• Synthesize complex information and simplify reality
• Bring knowledge with themselves
• Reveal various phenomena to different users – policy makers, researchers, citizens, journalists, statisticians, specialists in different domains.
• Speak to various types of audiences
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Indicators – public dialogue
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Indicators – key questions
-What is the purpose ? What will I use the indicators for ?
-What do I want to know, which questions need an answer ?
-What needs to be indicated ?
-What is the context ? Policy, programme, domain?
-Who is my audience?
-What is the time - and geographical setting,?
-How detailed would the information need to be ? Dis-
aggregations ?
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Indicators – necessary elements
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Indicators at EU level
-Context: EU policies/programmes – EU in the world
-Target audience: EU institutions, Member States
-Geographical setting: EU, Euro-area, Member States, regions
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Indicators – necessary elements
1. Clear purpose and context (framework)
2. Robust methodology - typology
3. Quality assured statistical data
4. Core set - priorities
5. Good communication
6. Feedback loop – stability while improvement
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• Robust methodological basement
• Clearly defined conceptual framework
• Structure clear and easy to communicate
Bridge between data producers and stakeholders
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1. Indicator systems do not exist without a conceptual framework: A combination of a frame of reference - “what to measure” and of a typology ”how to measure”
The “real” world Indicator system Statistical data Sources: Van Gogh: www.kunstbilder-galerie.de; Klee: Wehrli, Ursus 2002: Kunst aufräumen. Verlag Kein & Aber, Königstein im Taurus
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2. Methodology and indicator typology is useful to to reflect on the choice of indicators and to tell a story with them to justify the choice of indicators to address gaps in the measurement of a particular topic
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Response Impact State Pressure Drivers
e.g. the DPSIR Framework
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3. Quality: good basic statistics and accounts
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Indicators
Accounts
Basic Statistics
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4. Be parsimonious with indicators
Core/headline
Dashboard (for overview)
Scoreboard (with targets)
Synthetic (same measuring unit)
Composite (different measuring units)
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5. Communication Indicators convey knowledge They should always be interpreted according to their context. There is not only one truth! Communication is more than just dissemination. It's a two-way street.
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6. Maintenance
Regular reviews are necessary
and should involve
the stakeholders concerned
policy makers (EC services)
ES Advisory Committee
(academici, citizens, social
partners, Council, EP….)
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Statistics 4.0
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Main Eurostat’s specific indicator initiatives
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Macroeconomic Imbalances Procedure
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Indicators and official statistics
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Europe2020 indicators
1. Framework: Europe2020 strategy (2010), linked to Annual Growth
Survey (AGS)
2. Typology: pressure and impact indicators
3. European statistics (environment and social statistics)
4. Scoreboard: headline indicators with baseline + targets' 1 synthetic
indicator (AROPE)
5. Dissemination: dedicated (EC and Eurostat) websites – Eurostat
flagship publication 2013 (update in 2015)
6. Feedback loop: EESC, DGINS, ESAC, CoR, public consultation (2014)
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EU Sustainable Development indicators
1. Framework: EU SD strategy (2001/6), 2030 SDG agenda
2. Typology: pressure and impact indicators
3. European statistics (environment and social statistics)
4. Dashboard: 11 thematic areas with headline indicators + longer list;
evaluation long (since 2000/2) and short (since 2008/9) term with
weather symbols
5. Dissemination: Eurostat: dedicated website, bi-annual monitoring
reports (since 2009), citizens' guide, videos
6. Feedback loop: ESAC, EESC, CoR,
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Quality of life indicators
1.Framework: GDP and beyond communication
2.Typology: various
3.European statistics (mainly social statistics) + other
statistics as placeholders
4.Dashboard: headline indicators – but also longer list
5.Dissemination: dedicated Eurostat websites – Eurostat
publication
6.Feedback loop: ESAC, academics, OECD, Eurofound
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Eurostat's involvement on indicators
• To provide methodological support in the process of developing indicators.
• To liaise with other Commission DGs (and with other partners OECD and UNECE) in particular on the definition and choice of indicators).
• To produce and supply the relevant detailed statistical data as a common basis for various different sets of indicators - some cases through 'joint data collections' (OECD-UNECE).
• To ensure high quality standards for data - that is guaranteed through a Code of practice, a legal framework and a communication on quality of statistics.
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DGINS 2015 on «Indicators for decision making and monitoring»
Purpose
• Raise awareness
• Identify and discuss outstanding issues
• Pave the way forward
Participants
• Mainly official statisticians
• Policy-makers
• Academics
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Outcome document: Lisbon memorandum
• Adopted by ESSC
• 12 recommendations
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Closer cooperation between policy-making and statistical spheres (LM point 1)
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Scaling-up research on the interaction between statistical indicators and public policies (LM point 6)
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Need to move from the jungle to a zoo
Establishing a common understanding on indicators (LM points 7 and 10)
• Terminologies
• Typologies
• Aggregations
• Use
• Communication
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Closing data gaps and improving timeliness (LM point 9)
Work already in progress… • Big data
• System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)
• Geospatial information
• Poverty indicators
… but more is needed. Open questions: • Modelling, composite indicators?
• How to integrate new sources?
• How to ensure quality?
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Promoting statistical literacy (LM point 12)
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Eurostat Action Plan (2015-2017) on indicators
1. Indicator methodology, policy use: i.e. Statistical standards, quality criteria, typologies and terminology – updating of guidelines/handbook
2. Indicator sets
i.e. Inventory of indicators, identification of gaps/overlap Monitoring and reporting
3. Communication and training i.e. ESAC Workshop – 11 May 2016- The Hague In-house meetings with other DGs (JRC) and
cooperation with agencies (EIGE)
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European statistics and indicators - tools
Handbooks: 1. Handbook: Getting messages across using indicators (2014)
2. Manual
Part 1: Indicator typologies and terminologies (2014)
Part 2: Communicating with indicators (foreseen for mid-2016)
Part 3: Indicators in policy-making ? (foreseen for end 2016)
(Handbook on Composite indicators: OECD-JRC)
Infografics:
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European statistics and indicators - tools
Eurostat website start-page shows EU indicator sets
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http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
Thank you for your attention!
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