Minutes ESSnet Big Data. Participants: Peter Struijs (Chairman) Anna Nowicka (PL WP 7) Martin van Sebille (Secretary) Replacements/Guests:

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1 to Co-ordination Group ESSnet Big Data cc from Peter Struijs Co-ordinator ESSnet Big Data Minutes ESSnet Big Data subject Final minutes 19th CG meeting ESSnet BD by WebEx, 13 September Participants: Peter Struijs (Chairman) Anna Nowicka (PL WP 7) Martin van Sebille (Secretary) Piet Daas (PL WP 8, Review Board)) Nigel Swier (PL WP 1) Marc Debusschere (PL WP 9) Monica Scannapieco (PL WP 2) Lilli Japec (Chair of Review Board) Maiki Ilves (PL WP 3) Anders Holmberg (Review Board) Anke Consten (PL WP 4) Faiz Alsuhail (Review Board) David Salgado (PL WP 5) Albrecht Wirthmann (Eurostat) Boro Nikic (PL WP 6) Replacements/Guests: 1. Opening and agenda Peter welcomes everybody to the 19 th meeting of the Co-ordination Group of the ESSnet Big Data (CG). The meeting will not be attended by Martin, Nigel, Anke, Boro, Piet, Lilli and Anders. They all have sent notifications, and Nigel and Anke have briefed Peter. Boro will change job, but he intends to attend the next CG meeting in Brussels, which is welcomed. No information on resources spent has been collected for the current meeting, but this will be done for the meeting in Brussels. 2. SGA-1: preparation of the final report on implementation of the action The first of the two final reports, on the outputs produced, was delivered on time. The second final report, which forms the basis for the final payment, explains the resources used and relates them to the outputs agreed on for SGA-1. This report is due on September 29 th. For the second report, Peter has received input from all WPs except WP 6 and WP 9. Peter will contact Boro for WP 6. If needed, he will contact others on the input provided. Action: Peter / Boro.

2 3. Agenda 20 th CG meeting in Brussels, 26 and 27 October 2017 The draft agenda for the meeting in Brussels was sent together with the agenda of the current meeting.. Peter explains the logic of the draft agenda. An evaluation of SGA-1 is on the agenda, the results of which can be used during SGA-2 and also for the phase after the current ESSnet. The WP leaders will have 35 minutes each for presentation and discussion. They are asked to think already about their recommendations for the future, as planning for the time after the current ESSnet cannot wait till the final reports have been written. For WP 8 some extra time has been planned. This is received well, as this WP is linked to all other WPs. For the Thursday evening, Marc will see whether there is budget for a joint meal. The participants are already enthusiastic! At the end of the meeting in Brussels, a discussion will take place on what will happen after SGA-2, starting with feedback from the meeting of the ESS BD Steering Group the week before in Luxembourg. Albrecht explains that that meeting was originally a TF meeting, but that it was decided to change it into an SG meeting. On the agenda of the Luxemburg meeting will be (1) what can be done using the results of the current ESSnet, (2) the new pilots that may be carried out after the current ESSnet, and (3) smart statistics. Afterwards, the ideas will be discussed by all relevant groups and specs produced by April 2018, in time for a follow-up of the current ESSnet, starting in The idea is then to have only one contract (not several SGAs within an FPA) in the form of a two-year multibeneficial grant. Concerning the budget, there is some uncertainty related to Brexit. Faiz asks about the desirability for Review Board members to attend the meeting in Brussels. Peter answers that their participation is highly desirable, even though unfortunately no funding from the ESSnet is available. Their expert contribution to the discussions on contents and plans would be most welcome, and it is hoped that the meeting itself would be beneficial to them as well, as this ESSnet is working on the frontline of statistics (exploration of new data sources and opportunities). The dissemination workshop in Sofia is not a separate item on the agenda, but can be discussed in the time allocated to WP 9. The date for the Sofia meeting is not fixed yet. Marc will contact his Bulgarian colleagues on this. If it takes place in February, discussing this will be more urgent than if it takes place at the end of SGA-2 (May). Action: Marc. The agenda is accepted without changes. 4. SGA-2: Work packages 1 9 State of the art: WP 1: Nigel has briefed Peter. A face-to-face meeting will take place on 21 st and 22 nd of September in Thessaloniki (Greece). There are close contacts with CEDEFOP. There is a general problem of retaining people with data science skills. 2

3 WP 2: A face-to-face meeting will take place in early October in Gdansk (Poland). This meeting is crucial, since questions on scope and a detailed work plan will be discussed. WP 3: For this WP, a meeting will be held on the 19 th and 20 th of September in Copenhagen (Denmark). Data availability gets attention, and the possibility to relate meter data to, for instance, macro-economic indicators is looked at. Maiki will give a presentation at the workshop Big Data Matters in the Netherlands on 27 September. WP 4: Anke has briefed Peter. The actual work for SGA-2 for this WP will start at the beginning of October, as planned. There has been contact with EMSA, but the prospect of data access is not clear yet. The participant from Denmark has changed job, unfortunately. WP 5: The WP is currently working on methodology. This will be tested on simulated aggregate data, and later applied to real data. The deliverable due in September has been postponed, for good reasons. The overall timeline is not in danger. Albrecht asks whether specs are being produced for datasets needed from providers, which could be used when discussing data access with them. David answers that for the time being aggregate data is used, so the requirements are very low and flexibility is high. However, at the end of SGA-2 more details will be given on the data requirements. David mentions a Workshop on Integrating Geospatial and Statistical Standards in Stockholm in November. He will send a link to the CG members. Marc will put it on the event calendar on the wiki. Decision: All will keep Marc informed about relevant events for the event calendar on the wiki. WP 6: The face-to-face meeting is in Ljubljana at the 4 th and 5 th of October. WP 7: Milestone 7.8 had been corrected and re-sent to the Review Board. In the near future WP7 will be testing pilots in different countries to be able to provide the data for the indicators at international level, such as: Life satisfaction by gender based on Twitter People s opinion/interest by topics based on websites Depression by country Crops by region/crop type Depending on the indicator, different countries may be present in the final table. Unfortunately, no country is interested in publishing the data from the 3

4 indicator Internal EU border crossing by country and type of transportation. So at this moment the only data on Tourism indicator will come for Poland. Work is on-going concerning the documentation of use cases. WP 8: No new information. WP 9: Marc has started cleaning the wiki. Files in Word are converted into Pdf, old versions of documents are removed, the naming of documents is made more coherent, and references are grouped in such a way that they can easily be found and downloaded for each WP. CROSPortal, which contains links to the documents on the wiki (for only two layers), will be checked. The internal calendar will also be updated, for which Marc requests the input from all, when relevant. Anyone can contact Marc for assistance, and he can take care of uploading documents whenever desired. 5. Any remaining issues and closing Albrecht asks about the subscription to the Sandbox, as it is not entirely clear what the future of the Sandbox will look like. According to Peter, the subscription started during SGA-1 will be continued in SGA-2, for which budget has been reserved. Action has already been taken. Peter thanks everybody for their contribution, hopes to see everybody at the next CG meeting in Brussels and closes the meeting. Decisions Nr Who What Project manager The Finnish institute will not be involved in SGA All The budget allocation and updated process for SGA-2 is agreed on All The CG agrees on the process for SGA All Participants agree with the template of the front page for the reports All The CG agrees with the agenda of the Tallinn meeting All The CG agrees that the first payment is 40% for each country of the eligible 90% funding by Eurostat All Use the Annex III for reporting cumulative days and costs spent. The country co-ordinator is responsible for submitting the requested information All Presented schedule CG meeting is accepted by all members All Technical support concerning Sandbox will be provided by Antonino Virgillito, ISTAT, and he will take part in the CG meetings All MediaWiki can be chosen as the communication tool of the ESSnet Big Data All Next CG meeting 6 th of April All Marc will be kept informed about relevant events, for the event calendar on the wiki 4

5 Actions (new actions starting from 46) Nr Who What When Status 33 (Sofia) Marc Possibility of Github (see above in the minutes) 34 (Sofia) Marc Template for final report 1 June 35 (Sofia) Marc Tutorial for drafting a final report 1 June 44 Peter / Boro Input for second SGA-1 report 45 Marc Discuss date of Sofia meeting with Bulgarian colleagues before CG 20 asap Actions completed at this meeting Nr Who What When Status 39 WP leaders Draft version report 1 by the wp leaders (send it to Peter) Peter Draft version of report 1 of total sga (send it to Albrecht) Peter / Martin Possible final shift of budget transfer Albrecht Example of a final report or important parts asap 43 Wp leaders Final report (draft version) to Peter 31-8 / 07-9 the latest Meetings Co-ordination Group ESSnet Big Data Date Time (CET) Issues How/Where :00 Face to face meeting (20) :00 Brussels (Belgium) :30 12:00 hr* :30 12:00 hr* *connecting from 10:15 onwards for all WebEx meetings WebEx meeting (21) WebEx meeting (22) 5