ISTAT experience on European modernisation initiatives

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1 European Modernisation Workshop Valencia January 2014 ISTAT experience on European modernisation initiatives Vittoria Buratta Italian National Institute of Statistics (Istat) Head of Development of Information Systems and Corporate Products, Information Management and Quality Assessment Directorate Valencia, January 23 rd 2014

2 Outline Main points Which kind of Modernisation? Fundamental targets The drivers Key results so far Concluding remarks

3 Main points Since 2010 Istat has scheduled an ambitious and well-structured multi annual programme of modernisation and advancement of statistical production The programme, named Stat2015, covers a wide time frame and is aimed at renewing production environment, processes and services The programme fully promotes the communication philosophy on the vision of the European statistics production From the stovepipe model towards an integrated production system based on common infrastructures and services Thus the programme key elements are processes and environment integration, the generalisation of solutions, Service oriented architectures (SOA), semantic harmonisation (metadata)

4 modernisation? Which kind of Not only technology Reorganisation, unification and standardisation of processes Integration of results Starting up of general services Reduction of the burden on respondents Decrease of information overload Well-structured system of evaluation and improvement of quality Empowerment of users through new data (both micro and macrodata) access services

5 Fundamental Targets Optimization of the whole production cycle Costs saving in a context of tight budget constraints Scaled-up production and higher quality, in response to increasing demand Efficiency gains leveraging technological innovation (smart production model) Spreading innovation in the government (Digital Agenda) Customers (stakeholders) satisfaction

6 The Drivers Standardisation and industrialisation of the statistical business chain Implementation of re-usable infrastructures to support the National Statistical System Adoption of a metadata-driven system Development of client-oriented tools to enhance value creation

7 A Modern Statistical Production Process Commitment towards common Business Architecture (BA) to industrialise and standardise the statistical production process Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) based on plug-and-play technology to ensure also interoperability between different systems Shared standard IT tools and methods Support data sharing and Open data Explore digital and big data

8 Stat2015 Governance System Managerial Board: high-level strategy Steering Committee: programme architecture and management Working Group: technical and scientific support Committee for Innovation and Research (CIR ): review of statistical innovation projects Sector Committees (Methodology and IT): review of technical elements of innovation projects Istat Departments: project implementation

9 Key Results So Far Business Statistical Portal Use of computer assisted data collection techniques for social surveys (Labour Force Survey; Household Budget Survey. In transition: EU-SILC) Mixed-mode data collection for Censuses Generalised IT/methodological tools to support statistical production Dissemination infrastructure: I.Stat Single Metadata system first release Visualisation tools

10 From GSBPM (the common reference points)

11 to Stat2015 Stylised Production Process

12 Next Steps

13 Concluding Remarks Pursuing an objective of modernisation requires: Strong and systematic mandate by the top management Active involvement of middle management Investing on human resources Huge investments on new technologies A continuous supporting communication strategy Dialogue among the various competences: statistical, technological, administrative, communication and all the others skills contributing to statistical production