Statistics are collected from about 15 million economic operators, trade associations and intermediaries.The overall aim of these activities is to reduce the burden of supplying statistical data by introducing technology to make the process more efficient, cost effective and timely.
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The aim is to extend and prototype the use of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages for raw data collection and to integrate electronic questionnaires into administrative procedures. This will reduce the burden on economic operators and Competent National Administrations (CNAs) in the collection of raw data.
| Description | top |
| The collection of raw data for statistical purposes relies on
a group of organisations and individuals known as Providers of Statistical Information
(PSI), to supply their raw data. These are the people, shops, businesses, importers and
exporters, and other organisations that perform the economic activities that statistical
organisations investigate and report on. Any statistical report, whether it concerns
financial statistics, labour force analyses, population details, industrial indicators or
many others, is produced by the aggregation of raw data provided by PSIs. This
administrative burden is especially acute for Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs)
that may not have access to large and flexible information gathering and reporting
resources. The development of the RDRMES message and the trialing of the use of EDI messages for the reporting of raw transport statistics are formally part of the DSIS framework. This message will be trialed in the TELER and SERT project. |
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SERT
(Statistiques d’Entreprise et Réseaux Télématiques) aims to lower the
burden on Providers of Statistical Information (PSIs) caused by statistical surveys and to
improve the accuracy and timeliness of the results. TELER (Telematics Enterprise Reporting) assists the collection of raw data by using EDI related techniques in combination with the existing European telematics infrastructure. The project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a common model and related standards for the exchange of statistical data between enterprises and data collectors. The TELER project is attempting to design a consistent system, which will take into account the different variants of size and industry of an enterprise and the practices of the country.
The DATAMED project is concerned with the collection of raw data from very small enterprises (VSEs) of 9 or less people in European Mediterranean countries. |
EDICOM (Electronic Data Interchange on Commerce) is an EDI project in the field of foreign trade statistics. It aims to facilitate the flow of International Trade Data (Intrastat) returns from economic operators to competent national authorities by using automatic data processing and electronic data transmission, using electronic forms, e-mail and Internet.
EXTRACOM is a set of actions, launched in 1995, to exploit the use of telematics in support of EDICOM.
Most of these are not DSIS projects but are vital to the success of the DSIS framework, particularly the collection and reporting of raw data which is one of the five priorities of the STNE work programme.
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The SERT projects in Belgium, France and Greece have investigated the possibility of adding a statistical module to existing accounting packages in order to collect data. A number of prototypes have been successfully piloted. The SERT tourism projects in Italy and Greece, have also been completed successfully. Collaboration between the Greek Statistical Office, the Athens Technical University and a hotel management software company has resulted in the development of an efficient reporting system. In Italy, the national statistical office (ISTAT) has created a central database system which sends structural enquiries on tourism to the sampled hotels of the pilot.
TELER has achieved four deliverables; the user requirements, the TELER data model, global specifications and the detailed specifications. Prototypes will be tested and implemented in 8 sites involving 7 countries. The major expectation is that software houses throughout Europe will be interested in taking up the prototypes to develop packages. In particular, accountancy firms will be aimed at because in each country they act as concentrators and are keen for standards.
The DATAMED project is investigating ways of improving the collection of statistical data from very small enterprises. At the moment this is a very difficult task as conventional data collection methods tend to treat the household and enterprise as two separate entities. In very small enterprises, these two areas overlap. Thus the project is attempting to reorganise and combine certain surveys to overcome this.
The current EDICOM project is encouraging the use of a data entry package called IDEP/CN8. It is a composite package which includes the separate packages: IDEP (entry package), CN8 (nomenclature browser) and EUTERM (telecommunications module). The software package has been developed for the PSIs in order to enable them to quickly create statistical declarations for their Competent National Administration (CNA). IDEP/CN8 can also be used by 3rd Declarants to produce statistical declarations for several PSIs. There is also a web site supporting EDICOM activities and the usefulness of an EDICOM newsletter is being investigated.
EDICOM Interest Group: http://forum.europa.eu.int/dsis/
EDICOM Support Web Site: http://www.revolux.lu/edicom/
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