Who is involved in the ERETES project?

The spread of micro-computers in statistical departments at the end of the 1980s led Eurostat, the French Ministry for Cooperation and the INSEE to join forces to develop a micro-computer tool to assist with the task of compiling accounts, for use in connection with their cooperation activities.

Responsibility for conducting the project has been entrusted to Michel SERUZIER, expert in national accounts, and to the team led by Bernard BOURRIQUEN at CREPFI, laboratory of the University of Lyon. The project is steered by a committee chaired by the INSEE, which includes the various participants (donors, planners).

A prototype, tested in Cameroon and in the Central African Republic, led to an industrial version V 1.0 in 1997.

After 1998, maintenance and development of the software were entrusted to a new technical team comprising national accounts experts and computer experts. A management committee (Eurostat, French Ministry for Foreign Affairs, INSEE) is responsible for managing and monitoring of the project.

Version 2.0, available from 1998, exists in English and Spanish.

Version 3.0 (September 2001) permits the compiling of institutional sector accounts.

Version 3.2 (January 2003) introduces significant ergonomic improvements.