Towards a European validation architecture - PowerPoint Presentation

1. Towards a European validation architectureValiDat Foundation ESSnet WorkshopWiesbaden, 10-11 November 2015

2. 1800: Creation of the Bureau de statistique1812: Suppression of the Bureau de statistique

3. Je les ai comparés entre eux pour prendre la moyenne des résultats; et lorsque je les ai jugés insuffisants ou défectueux, j’ai cherché à les compléter ou à les vérifier, en m’adressant aux autorités locales, aux sociétés d’agriculture, et aux personnes instruites qui pouvaient me fournir d’utiles renseignements.I compared them to obtain the mean of the results; and when I deemed them to be insufficient or faulty, I tried to complete them or to verify them, by consulting with the local authorities, with the agricultural societies, and with educated persons who could provide me with useful information.Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Minister of the Interior 1801 - 1804

4. Since then…

5. Since then…But the validation issue remains!

6. Current problems in ESS validationNo clear picture of who in the ESS is doing what as regards validation Risk of double-work in NSIs and Eurostat or validation gapsTime-consuming validation "ping-pong"Subjective assessment of data quality

7. Current problems in ESS validationLack of standards and of a common architecture makes it difficult to create shareable and reuseable IT services within the ESSDuplication of IT development costs within the ESSManual work due to low integration between the different tools

8. Medium-term goals for ESS validationMedium-term goalsBusiness OutcomesGoal 1: Ensure the transparency of the validation procedures applied to the data sent to Eurostat by the ESS Member States.Increase in the quality and credibility of European statistics Reduction of costs related to the time-consuming validation cycle in the ESS ("validation Ping-Pong")Goal 2: Enable sharing and re-use of validation services across the ESS on a voluntary basis.Reduction of costs related to IT development and maintenance

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13. ESS.VIP Validation – key focus areasDevelopments on five dimensions are needed to provide a complete framework for the implementation of the long-term objectivesDimensionHigh-level deliverablesMethodologyCommon definition, classifications and metrics for validationStandardsStandard ESS validation syntax and validation reportsITCommon architecture for validation solutions and shareable servicesHRCommunication and trainingProcesses/GovernanceCommon validation policy

14. ESS.VIP Validation highlightsIT developments

15. Scenario 1Member States receive the common rules and implement them in their own validation systemsNSI production systemsData to be sent to EurostatTransmission to EurostatNSI environmentESS service platformValidation Rule Registry

16. Scenario 2Member States use common ESS services in their process for validation NSI environmentESS service platformNSI production systemData to be sent to EurostatTransmission to EurostatCommon ESS serviceCommon ESS service

17. Scenario 3Member States use common ESS processes for validation NSI environmentESS service platformData to be sent to EurostatTransmission to EurostatCommon ESS serviceCommon ESS service

18. Next stepsMethodology and Information Standards dimension: Piloting of the methodological handbook and continuation of language developmentIT dimension: Definition of the possible interaction scenarios between the IT architecture envisaged by Eurostat and the national IT infrastructure (breakout groups)Processes/Governance dimension: Development of common ESS validation policy

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