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Federal Statistical Office of Germany
Strategy And programme plan
STRATEGY AND PROGRAMME PLAN
Federal Statistical Office of Germany
for the period 2016 to 2020
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ContentsPage
Preface 7
1.0 The Federal Statistical Office as an integral part of the German and European Statistical Systems 9
2.0 Corporate vision and strategy of the Federal Statistical Office 27
3.0 Programme for the period 2016 to 2020 39
Product groups of the Federal Statistical Office and their respective total costs, 2015 41
3.1 Questions of principle, research and development in federal statistics 43
Questions of principle, national and international co-ordination
44
Legal matters concerning statistics 48
Classifications 50
Interdisciplinary research and development in official statistics 53
Questionnaire development and pretests for federal statistics 56
Mathematical and statistical methods 58
3.2 Statistics production 61
� �Territory, population, labour market, elections
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� �Education, social issues, health, justice
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83Health 87
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� �Housing, environment
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� �Sectors of economic activity
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� �Foreign trade, enterprises, crafts
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120Crafts 122
� �Prices, earnings, income and consumption, living conditions
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� �Finance and taxes, public service
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Taxes 139
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� �Accounting systems
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� �Special area
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3.3 Statistics dissemination and communication 153
� �Press and public relations 154
� �Capital City Service, customer communications 156
� �International statistics 158
� �Internet 160
� �Publications 162
� �Library 164
� �Research Data Centre 166
� �Co-operation with other countries 168
3.4 Internal Services 171
� �Administration
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� �Information technology
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List of abbreviations 195
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Thoseinterestedinamorethancursoryoverviewofthedata
weoffer,willfindeveryoneofthenearly380setsofstatis-
ticsforfederalpurposesinchapterthree,togetherwithinfor-
mation,forinstance,onthenumberofrespondingunits,on
whetheradministrativedataareusedorprimarydataarecol-
lected,andonhowoftenweprovideresults.Thispublication
willalsohelpthoseworkingmoreintensivelywithofficialsta-
tisticstoretainanoverviewofthefullpicture.Inadditionto
information on our statistics as “products” for the govern-
ment, parliament and society, chapter three also contains
the“actions”bywhichweintendtoimproveourproducts.
TheStrategy and Programme Plan is an electronic publica-
tion.Ifyouwouldpreferustosendyouaprintedcopy,please
letusknow.
Wiesbaden,May2016
Dieter Sarreither
PresidentoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
Preface
Dear Reader,
this is our eleventh Strategy and Programme Plan and we
have a special birthday to celebrate:The present edition is
thetenthtoincludeaprogrammecoveringaperiodofseveral
years.2006wasthefirstyearinwhichthePlansetoutafour-
yearworkprogrammeofofficialstatisticsandtheFederalSta-
tisticalOffice’sstrategicorientation.
Wehavecomealongwaysincethen,andnotonlyasregards
thesubjectmatter.Thepublicationformathasalsobeenmod-
ifiedovertheyears.Somethingshaveremainedunchanged,
however.TheStrategyandProgrammePlancontinuestopro-
vide a topical overview of federal statistics – concisely yet
comprehensively, and offering an outlook on the next few
years.
Likepreviouseditions,itdescribeshowthesystemoffederal
statisticsworks,howthestatisticalofficesinGermanycollab-
orateandwhotheFederalStatisticalOffice’spartnersareat
thenational,Europeanandinternationallevels.Theseintro-
ductoryexplanationsaregiveninchapterone.
ChaptertwopresentsthecurrentstrategyoftheFederalSta-
tisticalOfficeandgivesexamplesofmeasureswithwhichwe
intendtoreachourgoals.
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� �Statistics as a public good 11
� �German statistical system 11
Federal statistics 11
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� �The Federal Statistical Office 12
� �The system of statistical offices 12
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� �Organisational structure of the Federal Statistical Office 16
� �European Statistical System 18
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� �European Statistics Code of Practice for the National and Community Statistical Authorities 20
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� �International co-operation 25
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TheFederalStatisticalOffice asanintegralpartoftheGermanandEuropeanStatisticalSystems
Statistics as a public good
PublicauthoritiessupplythemajorpartofstatisticaldataintheFederalRepublicofGermany.Theyprovide“officialsta-tistics”,whichincludestatisticsforfederalandLänderpur-posesaswellasmunicipalstatistics.Asarule,officialstatis-ticsareapublicgoodandavailabletoeverybody.Essentialresultsareavailablefreeofchargeviathemedia,theInter-netoruponrequest.Inadditiontobasicdataservicesandthe demand-based or target group-oriented standard pro-vision of information, the statistical offices also processdatamaterialaccordingtospecificationsofcustomersonachargeablebasis.
Official statistics form part of the informational infrastruc-ture. In the area of politics, administration and business,theyenableus to respondmore rapidly tonew frameworkconditionsandtoassesswhetherouractionsarehavingthedesiredeffect.Developmentscanbeinfluencedifinforma-tion is available on social, economic and ecological inter-relationships.Thequalityofdecisionsimprovesif theyareunderpinnedbysecure information.The functionofstatis-tical information issimilar to thatof themedia,namely toenlightenandinform.Itisanessentialpartofademocraticsociety.
TheusersofofficialstatisticsaretheministriesoftheFede-rationandtheLänder,parliamentsandadministrativeautho-rities,business,industryandtheirassociations,tradeunions,thescientificcommunity,themediaand,lastbutnotleast,thepublicatlarge.Atthesametime,scientificinstitutionsusethedatacollectedbythestatisticalofficesasbasicma-terial for numerous further analyses. Official statistics aresupplementedbynon-officialdataprovidedbyassociationsand scientific institutes. Their data are mainly tailored tospecificuserneeds.
German statistical system
Federal statistics
PursuanttoArticle73No.11oftheBasicLaw(GG),theFed-erationshallhaveexclusivelegislativepowerwithrespecttostatisticsforfederalpurposes(federalstatistics).
Federal statistics are specified in Article 1 of the relevantframeworklaw,i.e.theFederalStatisticsLaw(BStatG):“(...)it is the function of statistics for federal purposes (federalstatistics)tocontinuouslycollect, compile, process, present and analyse data on mass phenomena.”
Article1oftheFederalStatisticsLawgoesontodefinethecontent and target recipients of federal statistics: “Theresultsprovidedbyfederalstatisticsservetoanalysesocial, economic and ecological interrelationships for use at thefederal, Länderandmunicipal levels,bythescientificandresearch community andbysociety at large.”
Principles of federal statistics
Thecredibilityoffederalstatisticsdependsontheprinciples mentionedinArticle1oftheFederalStatisticsLaw:
¨ neutrality(impartiality)
¨ objectivity(traceability)
¨ scientificindependence
Those principles have a constitutive character for officialstatistics.Thestatisticalsystemcanfulfilitsfunctionsonlyif the general public trusts in statistical information beingcompiledanddisseminatedwithouttheinterestsofindivid-ualsocialgroupsorthegovernmentexertinganyinfluence.Therefore,theprinciples1and6oftheCodeofPracticeforthe national and community statistical authorities in theEuropeanUnion(cf.p.20—24)refertotheissuesofimpar-tiality,objectivityandprofessionalindependence.
Otherprinciplesoffederalstatisticsare:
¨ legality(nosurveywithoutlegalbasis)
¨ functionalconcentration(statisticsfromoneinstitution)
¨ regionaldecentralisation(federalism)
Following the principle of legality, federal statistics are asaruleordainedbythelegislator.Thecompilationofstatis-tical results ishencecommissionedby the federal legisla-tor who at the same time authorises the execution of therelevant order. In its judgement on the Population Cen-sus Law of 15 December 1983, the Federal ConstitutionalCourtstrengthenedtheaspectoflegalauthorisation.Pursu-anttothejudgement,statisticalsurveysbasedoncompul-soryresponseinterferewiththefundamentalrighttoinfor-mational self-determination. Such interference thereforerequiresstrictandclearlydefinedlegalauthorisation.
Inpracticalwork,thismeansthat–withfewexceptions–allessentialparametersofasurveyarespecifiedbylawinGer-many,inparticularthevariables,groupofrespondentsandperiodicity.
OfficialstatisticalsurveysinGermanyhavetoanincreasingextent been determined by European Union (EU) law (seealsop.18f.“EuropeanStatisticalSystem”).Inmanycases,Europeanlegislationmerelyspecifiestheresultstobepro-videdandleavesthedecisionastothewaysofdatacompi-lationtotheMemberStates.Thisiswhythedatacollectionformostof theEuropeanstatistics (statistics forpurposesoftheEU)isadditionallygovernedinGermanybyseparatefederallaws.Ingeneral,Europeanandfederalstatisticsarecloselyco-ordinatedsothatdatacollectedforfederalstatis-ticscanalsobeusedforEuropeanstatistics.Likewise,fed-eralstatisticscanalsobeusedforLänderpurposes.
Theprincipleof functional concentration ensures thatsta-tistical work is generally done by the statistical offices asspecialised public authorities. Only as an exception haveotherbodiesbeenentrustedwiththeproductionoffederal
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statistics. Thus, for instance, the Deutsche Bundesbankcompilesmonetary,currencyandbalanceofpaymentssta-tisticsandtheFederalEmploymentAgencyprovidesseveralstatisticsonthe labourmarket. Ingeneral, thesestatisticsareobtainedbyevaluatingthedatamaterialwhichaccruesasaby-productintheusualwork(the“administrativepro-cesses”)ofthegiveninstitutionsandiscompiledandpro-cessedbythemforstatisticalpurposes.
Itisamajoradvantageofafunctionalconcentrationofthestatisticalworkofstatisticalofficesthattheindividualsetsof statistics can be harmonised in a way which allows toobtain a coherent and consistent overall picture. Besides,synergyeffectscanbeusedastheknow-howandacompre-hensiveITinfrastructureareavailableforvariousstatistics.Theburdenonrespondentsisreducedbyusinginformationfrom central registers, which can be evaluated for variouspurposes.Anothermajoradvantageoffunctionalconcentra-tionistheresultingdivision between statistical production and administrative processes.Thatdivisionenablesthesta-tisticalofficestoworkneutrallyandobjectively.
The Federal Statistical Office
InaccordancewithArticle83of theBasicLaw, theLändershallasaruleexecutefederallawsintheirownright.Article87,paragraph3oftheBasicLawstipulateshoweverthattheFederation shall be entitled to establish autonomous fed-eralhigherauthoritiesformattersonwhichithaslegislativepower.Onthebasisofthatprovision,theFederalStatisticalOfficewassetupin1950asanautonomousfederalhigherauthorityforwhichtheFederalMinistryoftheInteriorcarriesadministrativeresponsibility.
AstheFederalStatisticalOfficeisundertheadministrativesupervision of the Federal Ministry of the Interior it needsthe prior consent of the ministry to take any major organ-isational, personnel or financial decisions. However, inrespectofsubject-relatedmatters,thevariousfederalmin-istriesexercisetheirspecialistsupervision.Theproductionofeachsetofstatistics isunder thespecialistsupervisionofthecompetentfederalministrywhichseestotheproperand timely compilation of the federal statistics prescribedbylaw.TheFederalStatisticalOfficeisindependentandnotsubject to any directions regarding the specific matters ofstatisticalwork,themethodologicalandtechnicalprepara-tionandproductionofstatistics.
One focus of the work of the Federal Statistical Office isresearch and the development of new methods and tech-niquesregardingfederalstatistics.Newdatarequirementsoftenemanatefromfederalministries,butincreasinglyfromtheEuropeanCommission.TheFederalStatisticalOffice isatanearlystageincludedinthecomprehensivepreparatoryconsiderationswhicharerequiredforcreatingalegalbasisforastatisticalsurveyatthenational level.Thepoint istoconsidertheinterestsofdifferentusersinanadequateman-ner, to define the most appropriate and at the same timemosteconomicalmethodsandproceduresforobtainingtherequired data, and to restrict the burden on respondentsto the minimum. When the relevant legal basis has been
created,thesurveysmandatedbyitarepreparedbytheFed-eralStatisticalOfficeintechnicalandmethodologicalterms.Uniformandco-ordinatedmethodsandclassificationsguar-anteeuniformfederalresultsthatconstituteanintegralpartofastatisticalreflectionofsocial,economicandecologicalconditionsand trends.The relevant technicalpreparationsfocusparticularlyonapplyingmoderndataprocessingtech-nologiestoensureasmoothandrapidflowofdata–totheextentpossible–withoutswitchesbetweenmedia.
It is usually the statistical offices of the Länder that areresponsibleforcollectingandprocessingdatainduetime.However, legislationmayalsoprovideforacentralsurvey.That is why the Federal Statistical Office performs all theworking steps for about one third of the federal statistics,i.e. the data are collected and processed centrally, whichis thecase for instance in foreign tradestatisticsandcoststructure statistics.
TheFederalStatisticalOfficealoneisinchargeofcompilingand disseminating federal results. This also includes pro-viding advice to users and performing special evaluationsofthedata.Regionalresults,i.e.dataforbreakdownsbelowtheLandlevel,areusuallycompiledandpublishedbythestatisticalofficesoftheLänder.
The statistical offices also publish information jointly, forinstance, in output databases (“GENESIS-Online”). Theyco-ordinate their publication programme with regard tothelevelofthematicand,aboveall,regionaldetailtopro-duceanoverallstatisticalpicturewhichisthematicallyandregionallyconsistent.
Providingthescientificcommunitywithanonymisedmicro-datahasincreasinglygainedinimportance.Thisisdonebythe“researchdatacentres”,whichareattachedbothtotheFederal Statistical Office and the statistical offices of theLänder.
The system of statistical offices
Asexplainedabove,federalstatisticsaregovernedbyfed-eral laws.UnderArticle83of theBasicLaw,however, theLänder generally execute federal laws in their own right.Hence, federal statistics are basically produced conjointlyby the 14 statistical offices of the Länder and the FederalStatisticalOffice.Thisworkingassociationisreferredtoas“the system of statistical offices”oftheFederationandtheLänderandthetermregional decentralisationdescribestheunderlyingprinciple.
ThestatisticalofficesoftheLänderareadministrativelyandfinanciallyindependentoftheFederationandnotsubjecttodirections from the FederalStatistical Office or the federalministries. This ensues from Germany’s federal structure.Article84,paragraph1oftheBasicLawlaysdownthattheLänderare free toestablish theirownauthorities. For thatreason,thereisnosingletypeofLandstatisticaloffice.Theorganisationalsetupoftheofficesisquitedifferent,asisthehistory of the individual statistical offices, some of which
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datewellbackintothe19thcentury.1)Apartfromthat,someoftheLänderhavesetupjointofficessothatnoteveryLandhasitsownstatisticalauthority.2)
Traditional work-sharing between the Federal StatisticalOfficeandthestatisticalofficesof theLänder isbasedontheassumptionthatmoststatisticsareproduced inparal-lelbythe14LänderofficesfromthecollectionofdatatotheprocessingofLänderresults.
As a matter of fact, the work has never entirely been per-formedinparallelasthestatisticalofficesco-operatedinthedevelopmentofprocessingsoftware in thesixtiesalready,whichiscalledco-ordinationofstandardprogramsandfor-mats.
Theco-operationofthestatisticalofficeshasincreasedquitenotably since then. As a response to a recommendationmadebytheFederalandLänderAuditOfficesinNovember2002,thestatisticalofficesoftheFederationandtheLänderagreedona“MasterPlanforaReformofOfficialStatistics“inearly2003.
In line with that Master Plan, the statistical offices haveextended their co-operation to include the processing ofstatistics.Here,oneoftheofficesprocessesthestatisticaldataforotheroffices.ThisisbasedonArticle3a,whichwasinserted into the FederalStatistics Law in June 2005. Arti-cle16,paragraph2,secondsentence(new)oftheFederalStatistics Law permits the transmission of individual datawhichisnecessaryforthatpurpose.Theseprovisionsoffed-erallegislationarelegallysupportedbyaframeworkagree-mentonthecross-officefulfilmentoftasksinofficialstatis-ticsconcludedby theFederationand theLänder inspring2006,whichcombinestheprincipleof“makeorbuy”withcompetitiveelements.
The cross-office fulfilment of tasks led to a subject-matterspecialisationofmanystatisticaloffices,whichnowactas“patrons”forsetsofstatisticalsurveyscoveringrelatedsub-jects.
At the end of 2012, the Federal Statistical Office and thestatisticalofficesoftheLänderagreedtopursuetheirjointstrategybywayofaco-ordinatedsetofmeasures.The“Stra-tegicPriorityPlan”comprisesmeasuresdefinedandplannedjointlybythestatisticalofficesforselectedactionareasandrelated goals. Their implementation across the whole net-workofstatisticalofficesismanagedbytheBoardofDirec-tors (ALG FS), which was established in 2011 (see chart“Bodies“onpage15).
In2014the“MasterPlanforaReformofOfficialStatistics“wasfinallyevaluated.Aspartofthatevaluationthestatisti-calofficesoftheFederationandtheLänderdecidedtointe-grate the continuation of persisting tasks and the furtherdevelopment of official statistics into the “Strategic Prior-ity Plan”.
1) ) The Bavarian Statistical Office is the oldest Land statistical office still
existingonGermansoil,itwasfoundedin1808.
2) At the beginning of 2004, the Land statistical offices of Hamburg and
Schleswig-Holstein merged to form the Statistical Office for Hamburg and
Schleswig-Holstein (Statistical Office North). The Land Office for Data Pro-
cessingandStatisticsofBrandenburgandtheLandStatisticalOfficeofBer-
lin merged on 1 January 2007 to form the Office forStatistics (AfS) Berlin-
Brandenburg.
Thesemeasures,ofwhich thereareabout40now,mainlyconcerntheoverallqualityoffederalandEuropeanstatisticsand their methodological-technical development. Anotherfieldof interest ishowthesystemof thestatisticalofficesoftheFederationandtheLänderisperceivedfromtheout-side.Thesubjectof“optimisedco-operation“,whichmeanscross-office fulfilment of tasks, also continues to play animportantpart.
Process of statistical productionThequalityofstatisticaldatadependsnotleastonhowtheprocess of production is organised. The bodies of officialstatistics aim to standardise and thus optimise essentialsub-processesofstatisticalproduction.
The basis for outlining the standardisation is the Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM). It was devel-oped by a joint working group of the United Nations Eco-nomic Commission for Europe (UNECE – see chart on page25), Eurostat and the OECD. It breaks the processes of sta-tistical production down into eight phases and a totalof 44 sub-processes (see chart on page 14). Hence, theGSBPM describes the typical process for producing sta-tistics, irrespective of the methodology, the survey content or specific features of the statistics.The Business Process Model of Official Statistics (GMAS)buildsuponthebreakdown into the above phases and sub-processes andtranslates the GSBPM into the processes of statistics pro-ductionatthestatisticaloffices–intermsofbothlanguageandcontent.
To implement the standardisation of processes, cross-cut-ting procedures are developed and cross-cutting tools arepreparedforthosesub-processeswhichareidenticalorsim-ilarinmanystatistics.Thisistosupporttheworkofthespe-cialised departments at the statistical offices in the bestpossiblewayanddisburdentheminthelongrun.
ThestartingpointoftheGSBPMistheneedforspecificsta-tisticalinformation.Toalignstatisticaldatawithuserneeds,the“dataproducers”and“clients”shouldfirstagreeonthefollowing:whatinformationisrequired,whatisitintendedforandwhatscopeshouldithave.Ifa(primaryorsecond-ary)statisticalsurvey isnecessary, theprincipleof legalityrequiresthatalegalbasisshouldbesetupwhichspecifiesthevariablestobecoveredandthedatacollectionmethodstobeemployed.Then,anadequatedatacollectionandpro-cessingconceptmustbedeveloped.Thisconceptmustbeimplementedinpracticeandwithregardtoinformationtech-nology.Duringtheentireproductionprocess,thequalityofoutputsandproductsgeneratedisconsideredinaccordancewithageneralqualityframeworkandwithwhatisexpectedin terms of output. The information obtained can thusserve as an input for the overarching quality management process.Finally,usingthedescriptivemetadataandinforma-tivecomparisons, thedatacollectedare furtherprocessedintostatisticalinformation,whichisthenmadeavailabletotheusersandthegeneralpublic.Dependingonwhatsetofstatisticsisconcerned,processesmaybeomitted,repeatedormayoccurinadifferentorder.
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Sub-processes of statistical production
Management processes
Strategic planning
PlanningandsteeringHumanresourcesmanagement
Comprehensivequalitymanagement
Externalcommunicationandmarketing
In addition, there are overarching management and sup-portingprocesseswhichareindispensableforthefunction-ingofanyproductionandwhichaccompanytheproductionprocess on a continuous basis. The supporting processescomprise, for instance, resourceadministration,education
andtraining,andthesettlingoflegalissues.Theoverarch-ingmanagementprocessesinclude,amongothers,thedef-inition of a strategy and the comprehensive quality man-agement, which serves as a control tool for total qualitymanagement(TQM).
Supporting processes
Humanresourcesdevelopment, socialactivities
ResourcesInfrastructure OrganisationInternalcommunication andinformation
Identifyneeds Designoutputs Build collectioninstrument
Createframeandselectsample
Integrate data
Preparedraftoutputs
Updateoutputsystems
Gatherevaluationinputs
Consultandconfirmneeds
Designvariabledescriptions
Buildorenhanceprocesscomponents
Setupcollection
Classifyandcode
Validate outputs
Producedisseminationproducts
Conductevaluation
Establish outputobjectives
Design collection
Buildorenhance disseminationcomponents
Runcollection Reviewandvalidate
Interpretandexplainout-puts
Managereleaseof disseminationproducts
Agreeanactionplan
Identifyconcepts
Designframeandsample
Configureworkflows
Finalisecollection
Editandimpute
Applydisclosurecontrol
Promotedisseminationproducts
Checkdataavailability
Design processingandanalysis
Test productionsystem
Derivenewvariablesandunits
Finaliseoutputs
Manageusersupport
Preparebusinesscase
Designproductionsystemsandworkflow
Test statistical businessprocess
Calculate weights
Calculateaggregates
Finalise datafiles
Production processes
AccordingtotheBusinessProcessModelofOfficialStatistics(GMAS)
Phase2:
Design
Phase3:
Build
Phase4:
Collect
Phase5:
Process
Phase6:
Analyse
Phase7:
Disseminate
Phase8:
Evaluate
Phase1:Specify needs
Finaliseproductionsystem
Product-related quality management/metadata management
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Bodies
Theindividualtasksofstatisticalproductionandtherelateddivisionoflabouramongvariousinstitutionsrequireco-ordi-nationwhichisensuredinanumberofbodies:
The Conference of Directors-General (ALK) discusses mat-ters of principle regarding the co-operation between thestatistical offices of the Länder and the Federal StatisticalOffice.
At expert meetings (RBs), specialists from the statisticaloffices of the Länder and the Federation discuss specificquestionsreferingtoindividualsetsofstatistics.
The Board of Directors (ALG FS)isalinkbetweentheexpertmeetingsandtheConferenceofDirectors-General. Ithasaco-ordinatingfunction,thetasktoresolveconflictsandthepowertotakedecisions.
Working parties (AK)dealwithtasksconcerningseveralsetsof statistics and/or cross-cutting topics and can be estab-lishedbytheALKortheALGFS.Working groups (AG) deal with special issues and central tasks and are establishedforanunlimitedperiodoftime.Project groups (PG) workonspecificprojectsforalimitedperiodoftime;oncetheobjec-tiveisachievedtheprojectgroupisdissolved.BothbodiesmaybeestablishedbytheALK,theALGFS,workingpartiesandmeetingsofexpertstodealwithspecialissuesandcen-traltasks.
UponcompletionofprogrammeplanningbytheConferenceofHeadsof theStatisticalOffices, the Steering Committee on Optimised Co-operation (LA OPTIKO)setupforsupport-ingcross-officeco-operationwilldeterminethetaskstobeaccomplished in linewith themodelofoptimisedco-oper-ation.
AccordingtoArticle4oftheFederalStatisticsLaw,thetaskof the Statistical Advisory Committee is to give advice totheFederalStatisticalOfficeinfundamentalmatters.Itrep-resents various user groups (such as associations, tradeunions and respondents), which use that body to contacttheproducersoffederalstatistics.TheCommitteealsorep-resentstheinterestsofofficialstatisticstowardspoliticians,for example by submitting “recommendations on the fur-ther development of official statistics” to the Federal Gov-ernment.
TheStatisticalAdvisoryCommittee,too,hassetupspecificbodies,theso-calledspecialist committees,forthediscus-sionofsubject-relatedissues.Thestructureofthesecommit-teeshasbeendesignedtocorrespondtothatoftheexpertmeetings attended by representatives of the Federal Sta-tistical Office and the statistical offices of the Länder.ThisapproachensuresconsiderationoftheneedsandinterestsoftheAdvisoryCommitteeattheworkinglevel,too.
Important bodies involved in the national co-operation of the Federal Statistical Office
Statistical Advisory
Committee
WorkingGroup onInformation
Technology
Conference of Directors-General (ALK)
Specialist Committee
Working parties
Workinggroups(AG)/ Projectgroups(PG)
Expert meetings
Steering Committee on Optimised Co-Operation
(LA OPTIKO)
Board of Directors
Assignment
Reporting
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Organisational structure of the Federal Statistical OfficeMarch 2016
TheFederalStatisticalOfficehassome2,270staffmembers.About20%ofthestaffhaveanacademicdegree,mostofthemineconomicsbutalso,amongotherthings, insocialsciences,mathematics,law,geography,sociology,andcom-puterscience(situationinMarch2016).
Earlyin2013,theoperationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice’sITinfrastructurewasassignedtotheFederalOfficeforInfor-mationTechnology(BIT),whichispartoftheFederalOfficeof Administration (BVA). On 1 January 2016, the BIT, theFederal Institute for IT Services (DLZ-IT) and the Data Pro-cessing and Information Technology Centre (ZIVIT) joinedtoformanewcentralITprovideroftheFederation,theFed-eral InformationTechnologyCentre(ITZBund).TheITZBundisundertheadministrativeresponsibilityoftheFederalMin-istryofFinance.ThestaffmembersoftheFederalStatisticalOfficewhohavesofarcarriedoutthatworktransfertothe
President and Federal Returning Officer Dieter Sarreither
DepartmentB
StrategyandPlanning,InternationalRelations,Researchand Communication
Sibylle von Oppeln- Bronikowski
Department A
Administration, AdministrativeCostMeasurement
Jürgen Chlumsky
DepartmentC
InformationTechnology,Mathematical-StatisticalMethods
Beate Glitza
Mathematical-StatisticalMethods,ResearchDataCentre
ITManagementandStandards
ITSupportfortheBusinessProcess
Department D
NationalAccounts, Prices
Irmtraud Beuerlein
DomesticProduct, Input-OutputAccounts
NationalIncome, SectorAccounts, Employment
Prices
PlanningandCo-ordina-tion,InternationalCo- operation,LegalMattersConcerningStatistics
CapitalCityService, CustomerCommunica-tionsandInternationalStatistics
InstituteforResearch andDevelopmentin Federal Statistics
PressandPublicRelations,Publications,OnlineServices
Elections
Organisation,Budget,InternalService
HumanResources,Admin-istrativeLegalMatters
AdministrativeCost Measurement
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European Statistical System
The EuropeanStatisticalSystem (ESS) consists of theSta-tisticalOfficeof theEuropeanCommunities (Eurostat), thenationalstatistical institutes (NSI)andothernationalbod-ies,whichareresponsibleintheindividualMemberStatesforthedevelopment,productionanddisseminationofEuro-pean statistics. Together with the statistical offices of theLänderandtheotherGermanproducersofdataforEuropeanstatistics,theFederalStatisticalOfficeparticipatesindevel-oping the ESS further and in shaping the statistical pro-grammeatEuropeanlevel.
Eurostat,whichisaDirectorate-GeneraloftheEUCommissionin Luxembourg, is the European Union’s statistical agencyandresponsiblefordeveloping,producinganddisseminat-ingEuropeanstatistics.
Legal basis of European statistics
The“Regulation(EC)No223/2009oftheEuropeanParlia-mentandoftheCouncilonEuropeanstatistics“isthecoun-terpartoftheGermanFederalStatisticsLaw. Itestablishesrulesfortheco-operationofEurostatandthenationalstatis-ticalinstitutesandspecifies,amongothers,howthedevel-opment, preparation and dissemination of European sta-tistics in the Member States shall be co-ordinated by therespectivestatisticalinstitute(inGermany:theFederalSta-tistical Office) and establishes rules for the quality of sta-tisticalwork:aseparateArticledefines,amongothers,thequalitycriteria;qualityreportsshallbepreparedforallsta-tistics;qualitygoalsmaybe laiddown in regulations rela-tingtoindividualstatistics.Rulesforspecificfieldsshallbeestablishedinindividualstatisticsregulations.
This revision has important elements apart from streng-theningESSgovernance:
1. clarifytheco-ordinationroleoftheNSIs
2. ensure theprofessional independenceof theNSIsandtheir heads
3. usethe“CommitmentsonConfidenceinStatistics”asabasisforimplementingtheCodeofPractice
4. useadministrativedatamorefrequently
Statistical bodies of the EU
Themainbodyof theESS is the European Statistical Sys-tem Committee (ESS Committee – ESSC),whichischairedbyEurostatandencompassestheheadsofthenationalstatisti-calinstitutesoftheMemberStates.TheESSCcommentsontheannualandmulti-annualstatisticalprogrammesaswellasontheestablishmentofprioritiesanddiscussesstrate-gicissuesoftheESS.Also,theESSCparticipatesinprepar-ingimplementingactsoftheCommission.Furthermore,theESSCcommentsondraftsofstatisticalframeworklegalactsoftheEuropeanParliamentandtheCouncil.
TheEuropeanCentralBank(ECB),theOrganisationforEco-nomicCo-operationandDevelopment(OECD),theEuropeanFreeTradeAssociation(EFTA)andSwitzerlandparticipateasobserversinthemeetingsoftheESSC.
AnimportantpreparatorybodyfortheESSCisthePartner-ship Group,whichconsistsoffourelectedheadsofstatisti-calinstitutesoftheMemberStatesandtheDirector-GeneralofEurostat.Membersexofficioarealsothecurrent,formerandfuturePresidencyoftheCouncil. Itdiscussesstrategicissues and prepares the discussion of important items fortheESSC.FromMay2012totheendof2013,thePresidentoftheFederalStatisticalOfficewasamemberofthePartner-shipGroup.
The Conference of the Directors General of National Statis-tical Institutes of the European Union (DGINS)isanannualconferencedealing, inseminar form,withcurrentstrategicissues(thatpartisfortheheadsofthestatisticalinstitutesonly)andoneselectedspecialisedtopic.Everyyearthecon-ferenceishostedbyadifferentEUMemberState. In2016theDGINSwilltakeplaceinVienna,Austria.
The European Statistical Advisory Committee (ESAC) is the userbodyoftheESS.TheAdvisoryCommittee,whichcon-sists of 24 members, primarily addresses issues of prior-ity setting and programme planning. Eleven members areappointed directly by European organisations and institu-tions (such as the Confederation of European Business orthe European Trade Union Confederation). By virtue of hisoffice, the Director-General of Eurostat is a member, too,thoughwithoutvotingright.TheothertwelvemembersareappointedbytheCommissionuponproposalbytheMem-berStates.
To monitor the implementation of the European StatisticsCodeofPractice(detailswillbegiveninthenextsection),anindependenthigh-leveluserbodywassetup in2009, theEuropean Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB).ItannuallyreportstotheEuropeanParliamentandtheCouncilaboutcompliancewiththeCodeofPracticebyEurostatandtheESSasawhole.Also, theBoard–consistingofsevenhigh-level members – gives advice to the Commission inimportantstrategicissuesregardingthecredibilityofEuro-peanstatisticsandtheCodeofPractice.
In accordance with the Decision establishing the ESGAB(DecisionNo.235/2008oftheEuropeanParliamentandoftheCouncilof11March2008),theBoardmembers’termofofficeislimitedtothreeyears.GünterKopsch,formerHeadofDepartmentattheFederalStatisticalOffice,istheGermanBoardmember.
Issuesofco-ordinationbetweentheESSandtheEuropeanSystemofCentralBanks(ESCB)arediscussedbytheCom-mittee on Monetary, Financial and Balance of Payments Sta-tistics (CMFB).ItiscomposedofrepresentativesofEurostatand thestatisticalofficesof theMemberStatesaswellastheEuropeanCentralBankandthenationalcentralbanks.
The“EuropeanStatisticalForum“(ESF)setupin2013istoimprove the co-operation between the European Statisti-calSystem(ESS)andtheEuropeanSystemofCentralBanks(ESCB) at the strategic level, aiming to ensure the coher-
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enceofmacroeconomicstatistics,avoidduplicationofeffortand minimise the burden on respondents. The co-opera-tion is based on the Memorandum of Understanding con-cludedbetweentheESSandtheESCBinApril2013.TheESFmeetsonceayear,coincidingalternatelywithESSCommit-teeorESCBStatisticsCommitteesessions.Itdiscussesstra-tegic topicswithin theprovinceof thestatistical institutesandcentralbankstatistics.WhentheESFwasfounded,theCommitteeonMonetary,FinancialandBalanceofPaymentsStatisticsbecametheoperationalarmoftheESFasregardsthestrategicco-operationoftheESSandtheESCB.TheESFadoptsajointworkprogrammewhichisthenimplementedbytheCMFBastheoperationalplatformoftheco-operationbetweentheESSandtheESCB.TheESFiscomposedofanequal number of ESS and ESCB representatives. Its mem-bersare, foreachMemberState, theheadof thenationalstatisticalinstituteandarepresentativeoftherelevantcen-tralbankand,inaddition,arepresentativeofEurostatandanotheroftheEuropeanCentralBank.
Code of Practice
The“EuropeanStatisticsCodeofPractice“(forthefulltextpleaserefertothenextbutonesection)isavoluntarycommit-mentofthestatisticalofficesatthenationalandEuropeanlevels which is to strengthen the independence, integrityand accountability of these statistical authorities. It com-prises15principlesandtherespective“indicators“.
The Code of Practice was initially adopted by the ESSC in2005 and communicated by Commission Recommenda-tion COM(2005) 217. In the course of 2011, the Code wasrevisedandon28September2011itwasagainadoptedbythe ESSC.
Throughthe2011revision,theformerESSQualityDeclara-tionwas integrated into theCodeas itspreambleand theterminologyof theCodewasharmonisedwith the textsofboth the EU framework regulation on European statistics223(2009)andthestatisticsqualityframeworkoftheEuro-peanSystemofCentralBanks(ESCB).
Importantnoveltiesofthe2011CodeofPracticearestate-mentsregardingtheindependenceofstatisticalauthorities(“indicator“1.8),theuseofadministrativedatabystatisti-calauthorities(“indicators“8.7,8.8and8.9)andstandard-isation(“indicator“10.4).
Since its adoption, the Code of Practice has had a majorimpactontheactivitiesofthestatisticalinstitutesinEurope.Thequalityofstatisticaldataandtheintegrityandindepend-enceofthestatisticalinstituteshaveevenmoreshiftedintofocus.CompliancewiththeCodeofPracticeismonitoredbya number of measures which include self-assessments ofthestatistical institutesandalsomutualauditsbyexperts(peer reviews). Great importance is attached to the peerreviews when it comes to improving the quality and inde-pendence of the ESS.The first round of peer reviews tookplacefrom2006to2008.Thesecondroundofpeerreviewswasconductedfrom2013to2015onthebasisoftheexpe-riencecollectedinthefirstround.
Contrary to the first peer review round (2006-2008), thenew round covered all 15 principles of the European Sta-tistics Code of Practice and integrated other national dataproducers into the review process. The peer reviews offi-ciallystartedon20December2013whenself-assessmentquestionnairesweredistributed.ThepeerreviewersvisitedtheFederalStatisticalOfficeofGermanyinthefirstweekofDecember 2014. The work of the Federal Statistical Officeand the statistical offices of the Länder was evaluated aswellasthatoftwonationaldataproducers(FederalEmploy-mentAgencyandFederalMotorTransportAuthority).
In all, Germany received 28 recommendations for a betterimplementationoftheEuropeanStatisticsCodeofPractice.The peer review of Germany was completed by submittingthe planned improvement measures for implementing thepeerreviewrecommendations.
Thepeer reviewreportandthe improvementmeasures forGermanywerepublishedontheEurostatwebsiteon23April2015.Eurostatwillannuallychecktheimplementationofthemeasuresfrom2016asafterthefirstroundofpeerreviews.
Since 2009, Eurostat has evaluated in an annual monitor-ing round the progress which the MemberStates made inimplementingtheprinciplesoftheCodeofPractice.Thisistobecontinuedafter thepeer reviewteamswillhavepre-paredrecommendationsfortheMemberStates.
Initiatives for the further development of the ESS
The“ESSVision2020“ isa jointactionpaperof theEuro-peanStatisticalSystem(ESS).ItistheresponseoftheESSstakeholders(EurostatandthenationalstatisticalinstitutesoftheMemberStates)tothechallengeswhichofficialsta-tistics is facing. According to the Vision, these challengesarepresentedbydigitisationandtherelated“datarevolu-tion”. Globalisation processes have an impact on statisti-calprocesses,too,andtheynecessitatenewindicators(forinstance, of sustainable development, demography). Theofficial statistics authorities are also facing the challengeof having to provide good quality in times of ever scarcerresourcesandfunds.Lastbutnotleast,theVisiondealswiththefutureoftheEuropeanUnionasawholeina“periodofcrisismanagement”.
TheVisionistodeveloptheESSfurtherwhiletakingthechal-lengesintoconsideration.Themainissuesherearepromot-ingandstrengtheningqualityandefficiencyaswellaspro-activity and statistical competence. The Vision also raisesthequestionofwhat“Europeanstatistics”shouldbelikein2020andwhattheESSshouldhaveachievedbythen.
ThesearethefivekeyareasoftheESSVision2020:
1. identifyinguserneedsandco-operationwith stakeholders
2. qualitymanagement
3. newdatasources
4. efficientandrobuststatisticalprocesses
5. disseminationandcommunication
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The ESS Vision 2020 entered its implementation phaseimmediately after the ESSC meeting in May 2014. Imple-mentationiseffectedthroughselectedprojects,theVisionImplementingProjects(ESS.VIPs).Newprojectsinthefieldsof big data, digital communication and analysis of userneeds supplement the work portfolio. Instead of launch-ingaseparateprojectforthecross-cuttingsubjectofqual-itymanagement,acommonframeworkforfurtherworkwascreatedacrossallprojects(QualityintheESSVision).Con-tinuousprioritisingoftheprojectswillberequiredtoensurethattheworkportfolioremainsrestrictedtowhatcanpos-siblybedone.Anestimateoftheimplementationcostshasyettobeprovided.
Theimplementationprojectswillberealisedaspartofthemulti-annual“European Statistical Programme 2013–2017“. The Commission plans to extend the multi-annual pro-gramme up to 2020 in order to synchronise the EuropeanStatistical Programme with the EU Multiannual FinancialFrameworkfortheyears2014–2020(MFF).Thisalsomakesitpossibletotakeadequateaccountofthefiveobjectivesofthe“ESSVision2020”.TheESSCexpresseditsgeneralsup-portontheoccasionofthe26thsessioninSeptember2015.
In terms of content, the priorities of the new multi-annual programme 2013–2017 are determined not only by the “Vision” but also by the initiatives of the Commission’s “EUROPE 2020” programme and the legislative package for economic governance and strengthening the Stability and Growth Pact (ECOFIN decisions of 8 November 2011)andformeasuringwelfaretosupplementthegrossdomes-ticproduct(EuropeanParliamentresolutionof8June2011on“GDPandbeyond”).Themulti-annualprogramme2013–2017isspecifiedandimplementedthroughtherespectiveannualworkprogrammes.
Preamble
ThevisionoftheEuropeanStatisticalSystem“The European Statistical System will be a world leader in statistical information services and the most important infor-mation provider for the European Union and its Member States. Based on scientific principles and methods, the Euro-pean Statistical System will offer and continuously improve a programme of harmonised European statistics that consti-tutes an essential basis for democratic processes and pro-gress in society.”
ThemissionoftheEuropeanStatisticalSystem“We provide the European Union, the world and the pub-lic with independent high quality information on the econ-omy and society on European, national and regional levels and make the information available to everyone for decision- making purposes, research and debate.”
Torealizethismissionandvision,themembersoftheEuro-peanStatisticalSystemstriveforjointcooperationandcon-tinuousinteractionwithusersaccordingtothePrinciplesofthe European Statistics Code of Practice and general qual-itymanagementprinciplesincludingcommitmentofleader-ship,partnership,staffsatisfactionandcontinuousimprove-ment,inadditiontointegrationandharmonization.
TheEuropeanStatisticsCodeofPracticeTheEuropeanStatisticsCodeofPracticeisbasedon15Prin-ciplescoveringtheinstitutionalenvironment,thestatisticalproductionprocessesandtheoutputofstatistics.Asetofindicators of good practice for each of the Principles pro-vides a reference for reviewing the implementation of theCode.ThequalitycriteriaforEuropeanStatisticsaredefinedinEuropeanStatisticalLaw.
Statistical authorities, comprising the Commission (Euro-stat), National Statistical Institutes and other nationalauthorities responsible for the development, productionand dissemination of European Statistics, together withgovernments,ministriesandtheEuropeanCouncil,committhemselvestoadheretotheCode.
ThePrinciplesoftheCodeofPracticetogetherwiththegen-eral quality management principles represent a commonqualityframeworkintheEuropeanStatisticalSystem.
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Institutional EnvironmentInstitutional and organisational factors have a significantinfluence on the effectiveness and credibility of a statis-tical authority developing, producing and disseminatingEuropean Statistics. The relevant issues are professionalindependence, mandate for data collection, adequacy ofresources, quality commitment, statistical confidentiality,impartialityandobjectivity.
Principle 1: Professional IndependenceProfessional independence of statistical authorities fromotherpolicy, regulatoryoradministrativedepartmentsandbodies,aswellasfromprivatesectoroperators,ensuresthecredibilityofEuropeanStatistics.
Indicators
1.1: TheindependenceoftheNationalStatisticalInstitutesandEurostatfrompoliticalandotherexternalinterfer-enceindeveloping,producinganddisseminatingsta-tisticsisspecifiedinlawandassuredforotherstatisti-calauthorities.
1.2: TheheadsoftheNationalStatisticalInstitutesandofEurostat and, where appropriate, the heads of otherstatisticalauthoritieshavesufficientlyhighhierarchi-cal standing to ensure senior level access to policyauthoritiesandadministrativepublicbodies.Theyareofthehighestprofessionalcalibre.
1.3: TheheadsoftheNationalStatisticalInstitutesandofEurostat and, where appropriate, the heads of otherstatisticalauthoritieshaveresponsibility forensuringthatstatisticsaredeveloped,producedanddissemi-natedinanindependentmanner.
1.4: TheheadsoftheNationalStatisticalInstitutesandofEurostat and, where appropriate, the heads of otherstatistical authorities have the sole responsibility fordeciding on statistical methods, standards and pro-cedures,andon thecontentand timingofstatisticalreleases.
1.5: The statistical work programmes are published andperiodicreportsdescribeprogressmade.
1.6: Statistical releases are clearly distinguished and is-suedseparatelyfrompolitical/policystatements.
1.7: The National Statistical Institute and Eurostat and,where appropriate, other statistical authorities, com-mentpubliclyonstatisticalissues,includingcriticismsandmisusesofstatisticsasfarasconsideredsuitable.
1.8: TheappointmentoftheheadsoftheNationalStatisti-calInstitutesandEurostatand,whereappropriate,ofotherstatisticalauthorities, isbasedonprofessionalcompetence only.The reasons on the basis of whichtheincumbencycanbeterminatedarespecifiedinthelegal framework. These cannot include reasons com-promisingprofessionalorscientificindependence.
Principle 2: Mandate for Data CollectionStatisticalauthoritieshaveaclear legalmandate tocollectinformation for European statistical purposes. Administra-tions, enterprises and households, and the public at largemaybecompelledbylawtoallowaccesstoordeliverdataforEuropeanstatisticalpurposesattherequestofstatisticalauthorities.
Indicators
2.1: The mandate of the statistical authorities to collectinformationforthedevelopment,productionanddis-seminationofEuropeanStatisticsisspecifiedinlaw.
2.2: The statistical authorities are allowed by law to useadministrativedataforstatisticalpurposes.
2.3: Onthebasisofa legalact, thestatisticalauthoritiesmaycompelresponsetostatisticalsurveys.
Principle 3: Adequacy of Resources The resources available to statistical authorities are suffi-cienttomeetEuropeanStatisticsrequirements.
Indicators
3.1: Staff, financial, and computing resources, adequatebothinmagnitudeandinquality,areavailabletomeetcurrentstatisticalneeds.
3.2: Thescope,detailandcostofstatisticsarecommensu-ratewithneeds.
3.3: Procedures exist to assess and justify demands fornewstatisticsagainsttheircost.
3.4: Proceduresexisttoassessthecontinuingneedforallstatistics,toseeifanycanbediscontinuedorcurtailedtofreeupresources.
Principle 4: Commitment to QualityStatisticalauthoritiesarecommittedtoquality.Theysystem-aticallyand regularly identifystrengthsandweaknesses tocontinuouslyimproveprocessandproductquality.
Indicators
4.1: Qualitypolicyisdefinedandmadeavailabletothepub-lic.Anorganizationalstructureandtoolsareinplacetodealwithqualitymanagement.
4.2: Proceduresareinplacetoplanandmonitorthequalityofthestatisticalproductionprocess.
4.3: Productquality is regularlymonitored,assessedwithregard topossible trade-offs,andreportedaccordingtothequalitycriteriaforEuropeanStatistics.
4.4: Thereisaregularandthoroughreviewofthekeystatis-ticaloutputsusingalsoexternalexpertswhereappro-priate.
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Statistical ProcessesEuropeanandotherinternationalstandards,guidelinesandgoodpracticesarefullyobservedintheprocessesusedbythe statistical authorities to organise, collect, process anddisseminateEuropeanStatistics.Thecredibilityofthestatis-ticsisenhancedbyareputationforgoodmanagementandefficiency. The relevant aspects are sound methodology,appropriatestatisticalprocedures,nonexcessiveburdenonrespondentsandcosteffectiveness.
Principle 7: Sound MethodologySoundmethodologymustunderpinsqualitystatistics.Thisrequiresadequatetools,proceduresandexpertise.
Indicators
7.1: Theoverallmethodological frameworkused forEuro-pean Statistics follows European and other interna-tionalstandards,guidelines,andgoodpractices.
7.2: Proceduresare inplace toensure thatstandardcon-cepts,definitionsandclassificationsareconsistentlyappliedthroughoutthestatisticalauthority.
7.3: Thebusinessregisterandtheframeforpopulationsur-veysareregularlyevaluatedandadjustedifnecessaryinordertoensurehighquality.
7.4: Detailed concordance exists between national clas-sifications systems and the corresponding European systems.
7.5: Graduatesintherelevantacademicdisciplinesare re cruited.
7.6: Statisticalauthoritiesimplementapolicyofcontinuousvocationaltrainingfortheirstaff.
7.7: Co-operation with the scientific community is organ-isedtoimprovemethodology,theeffectivenessofthemethods implemented and to promote better toolswhenfeasible.
Principle 8: Appropriate Statistical ProceduresAppropriate statistical procedures, implemented from datacollectiontodatavalidation,underpinqualitystatistics.
Indicators
8.1: WhenEuropeanStatisticsarebasedonadministrativedata, thedefinitionsandconceptsused foradminis-trative purposes are a good approximation to thoserequiredforstatisticalpurposes.
8.2: In the case of statistical surveys, questionnaires aresystematicallytestedpriortothedatacollection.
Principle 5: Statistical ConfidentialityThe privacy of data providers (households, enterprises,administrationsandotherrespondents), theconfidentialityoftheinformationtheyprovideanditsuseonlyforstatisticalpurposesareabsolutelyguaranteed.
Indicators
5.1: Statisticalconfidentialityisguaranteedinlaw.
5.2: Staffsignlegalconfidentialitycommitmentson appointment.
5.3: Penalties are prescribed for any wilful breaches of statisticalconfidentiality.
5.4: Guidelines and instructions are provided to staff ontheprotectionofstatisticalconfidentiality in thepro-ductionanddisseminationprocesses.Theconfidenti-alitypolicyismadeknowntothepublic.
5.5: Physical, technological and organisational provisionsareinplacetoprotectthesecurityandintegrityofsta-tisticaldatabases.
5.6: Strictprotocolsapplytoexternalusersaccessingsta-tisticalmicrodataforresearchpurposes.
Principle 6: Impartiality and ObjectivityStatistical authorities develop, produce and disseminateEuropeanStatisticsrespectingscientific independenceandin an objective, professional and transparent manner inwhichallusersaretreatedequitably.
Indicators
6.1: Statistics are compiled on an objective basis deter-minedbystatisticalconsiderations.
6.2: Choicesofsourcesandstatisticalmethodsaswellasdecisions about the dissemination of statistics areinformedbystatisticalconsiderations.
6.3: Errorsdiscoveredinpublishedstatisticsarecorrectedattheearliestpossibledateandpublicised.
6.4: Information on the methods and procedures used ispubliclyavailable.
6.5: Statisticalreleasedatesandtimesarepre-announced.
6.6: Advancenoticeisgivenonmajorrevisionsorchangesinmethodologies.
6.7: All users have equal access to statistical releases atthe same time. Any privileged pre-release access toanyoutsideuserislimited,controlledandpublicised.Intheeventthatleaksoccur,pre-releasearrangementsarerevisedsoastoensureimpartiality.
6.8: Statisticalreleasesandstatementsmadeinpresscon-ferencesareobjectiveandnon-partisan.
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8.3: Survey designs, sample selections and estimationmethods are well based and regularly reviewed andrevisedasrequired.
8.4: Data collection, data entry, and coding are routinelymonitoredandrevisedasrequired.
8.5: Appropriateeditingandimputationmethodsareusedandregularlyreviewed,revisedorupdatedasrequired.
8.6: Revisionsfollowstandard,well-establishedandtrans-parentprocedures.
8.7: Statisticalauthoritiesareinvolvedinthedesignofad-ministrativedatainordertomakeadministrativedatamoresuitableforstatisticalpurposes.
8.8: Agreements are made with owners of administrativedatawhichsetouttheirsharedcommitmenttotheuseofthesedataforstatisticalpurposes.
8.9: Statisticalauthoritiesco-operatewithownersofadmi-nistrativedatainassuringdataquality.
Principle 9: Non-excessive Burden on RespondentsThe reporting burden is proportionate to the needs of theusers and is not excessive for respondents. The statisticalauthoritiesmonitortheresponseburdenandsettargetsforitsreductionovertime.
Indicators
9.1: TherangeanddetailofEuropeanStatisticsdemandsislimitedtowhatisabsolutelynecessary.
9.2: Thereportingburdenisspreadaswidelyaspossibleoversurveypopulations.
9.3: The informationsought frombusinesses is,as faraspossible, readily available from their accounts andelectronicmeansareusedwherepossibletofacilitateitsreturn.
9.4: Administrativesourcesareusedwheneverpossibletoavoidduplicatingrequestsforinformation.
9.5: Data sharing within statistical authorities is general-isedinordertoavoidmultiplicationofsurveys.
9.6: Statistical authorities promote measures that enablethelinkingofdatasourcesinordertoreducereportingburden.
Principle 10: Cost EffectivenessResourcesareusedeffectively.
Indicators
10.1: Internalandindependentexternalmeasuresmonitorthestatisticalauthority’suseofresources.
10.2: Theproductivitypotentialofinformationandcommu-nicationstechnologyisbeingoptimisedfordatacollec-tion,processinganddissemination.
10.3: Proactiveeffortsaremade to improve thestatisticalpotentialofadministrativedataandtolimitrecoursetodirectsurveys.
10.4: Statisticalauthoritiespromoteandimplementstand-ardizedsolutionsthatincreaseeffectivenessandeffi-ciency.
Statistical OutputAvailable statistics meet users’ needs. Statistics complywiththeEuropeanqualitystandardsandservetheneedsofEuropean institutions, governments, research institutions,businessconcernsandthepublicgenerally.Theimportantissuesconcerntheextenttowhichthestatisticsarerelevant,accurateandreliable, timely,coherent,comparableacrossregionsandcountries,andreadilyaccessiblebyusers.
Principle 11: RelevanceEuropeanStatisticsmustmeettheneedsofusers.
Indicators
11.1: Processesareinplacetoconsultusers,monitortherelevanceandutilityofexistingstatisticsinmeetingtheirneeds,andconsidertheiremergingneedsandpriorities.
11.2: Priorityneedsarebeingmetandreflectedintheworkprogramme.
11.3: Usersatisfactionismonitoredonaregularbasisandissystematicallyfollowedup.
Principle 12: Accuracy and ReliabilityEuropeanStatisticsaccuratelyandreliablyportrayreality.
Indicators
12.1: Sourcedata,intermediateresultsandstatisticalout-putsareregularlyassessedandvalidated.
12.2: Sampling errors and non-sampling errors are meas-uredandsystematicallydocumentedaccordingtotheEuropeanstandards.
12.3: Revisionsare regularlyanalysed inorder to improvestatisticalprocesses.
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Principle 13: Timeliness and PunctualityEuropean Statistics are released in a timely and punctualmanner.
Indicators
13.1: Timeliness meets European and other internationalreleasestandards.
13.2: A standard daily time for the release of statistics ismadepublic.
13.3: The periodicity of statistics takes into account userrequirementsasmuchaspossible.
13.4: Divergence from the dissemination time schedule ispublicised inadvance,explainedandanewreleasedate set.
13.5: Preliminaryresultsofacceptableaggregateaccuracycanbereleasedwhenconsidereduseful.
Principle 14: Coherence and ComparabilityEuropeanStatisticsareconsistentinternally,overtimeandcomparablebetweenregionsandcountries;itispossibletocombineandmake jointuseof relateddata fromdifferentsources.
Indicators
14.1: Statisticsare internallycoherentandconsistent (i.e.arithmeticandaccountingidentitiesobserved).
14.2: Statisticsarecomparableoverareasonableperiodoftime.
14.3: Statisticsarecompiledonthebasisofcommonstand-ardswithrespecttoscope,definitions,unitsandclas-sificationsinthedifferentsurveysandsources.
14.4: Statistics from the different sources and of differentperiodicityarecomparedandreconciled.
14.5: Cross-national comparability of the data is ensuredwithin theEuropeanStatisticalSystemthroughperi-odical exchanges between the European StatisticalSystemandotherstatisticalsystems.Methodologicalstudiesarecarriedoutincloseco-operationbetweentheMemberStatesandEurostat.
Principle 15: Accessibility and ClarityEuropeanStatisticsarepresentedinaclearandunderstand-able form, released in a suitable and convenient manner,availableandaccessibleonanimpartialbasiswithsupport-ingmetadataandguidance.
Indicators
15.1: Statistics and the corresponding metadata are pre-sented,andarchived,inaformthatfacilitatesproperinterpretationandmeaningfulcomparisons.
15.2: Disseminationservicesusemodern informationandcommunicationtechnologyand,ifappropriate,tradi-tionalhardcopy.
15.3: Custom-designedanalysesareprovidedwhen feasi-bleandthepublicisinformed.
15.4: Accesstomicrodataisallowedforresearchpurposesandissubjecttospecificrulesorprotocols.
15.5: Metadataaredocumentedaccordingtostandardisedmetadatasystems.
15.6: Users are kept informed about the methodology ofstatisticalprocessesincludingtheuseofadministra-tivedata.
15.7: Usersarekeptinformedaboutthequalityofstatisti-caloutputswithrespecttothequalitycriteriaforEuro-peanStatistics.
Further information at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/quality
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TheFederalStatisticalOffice asanintegralpartoftheGermanandEuropeanStatisticalSystems
International co-operation
The Federal Statistical Office co-operates closely with thestatistics divisions of international organisations such asthe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Develop-ment(OECD)andtheUnitedNations(UN).ThusGermanoffi-cialstatisticsagenciesalsosupportsupranationalpoliticalgoalssuchassustainability.
BuildingupontheinternationallyagreedMillenniumDevel-opmentGoals(MDGs)whichexpiredattheendof2015,theUnitedNations(UN)decidedtolaunchanotherpoliticaliniti-ativeonsustainabledevelopment(SDGs/post-2015)attheirConferenceheldinRiodeJaneirofrom20to22June2012 (“Rio+20”). This initiative entitled “2030 Agenda for Sus-
tainable Development”wasadoptedbytheUnitedNationson25September2015.Itcomprises17SustainableDevel-opmentGoals(SDGs).CompliancewiththeAgendawillbemonitoredbyanindicatorframeworkwithalargenumberofindicators,whichispresentlybeingdeveloped.
The central statistical body for globally harmonised con-cepts,methodsandclassificationsatthelevelofheadsofstatisticalofficesistheUnited Nations Statistical Commis-sion,ofwhichGermanyhasbeenamembersince2005.Attheendof2012,Germanywasre-electedforanotherfour-yearterm(until2016).
The President of the Federal Statistical Office also partici-patesintheplenarysessionsoftheConferenceofEuropeanStatisticians(CES) inParis.TheCESisahigh-levelstatisti- calbodyoftheUNEconomicCommissionforEuropeandis
EuropeanCommission (Brussels)
International organisationsEuropean organisationsNon-official
international organisations
CouncilsofMinisters (Brussels)
WorkingPartyonStatistics
EuropeanParliament (Strasbourg,Brussels)
Eurostat (Luxembourg) StatisticalOfficeofthe EuropeanCommunities
ESSC (Luxembourg) EuropeanStatisticalSystem
Committee
OECD (Paris) Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development
ILO (Geneva) International
Labour Organization
OECD Committee of Statistics
UNSD (New York) United Nations Statistics Divison
UN Statistical Commission
UNECE (Geneva) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
CES (Geneva) Conference of European Statisticians
FAO (Rome) Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
UNESCO (Paris) United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
WHO (Geneva) World Health Organization
IMF (Washington) International Monetary Fund
ICAO (Montreal) International
Civil Aviation Organization
WTO (Trade) (Geneva)
World Trade Organization
WTO (Tourism) (Madrid)
World Tourism Organization
The following chart provides an overview of the major organisations with which the Federal Statistical Office has co-operation relations at the supranational and international level
EuropeanCentralBank(Frankfurt/Main)
World Bank(Washington, D.C.)
ISI(Voorburg/ TheHague)
International StatisticalInstitute
IAOS(Voorburg/TheHague)
International Associationfor
Official Statistics
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atanintermediatelevelbetweentheUNandtheEU.Initsannualsessionsitdiscusses,amongotherthings,theSta-tisticalProgrammeoftheUnitedNationsEconomicCommis-sion forEurope (UNECE). Inaddition,eachof theCESses-sionsfocusesontwotopicsofseminars,whichareheldwiththeparticipationoftheMemberStates.
Not only the UN but also the OECD Statistics Directorateprepare harmonised statistics and methods for interna-tionalcomparisonsandperformstatisticalanalyses.OECDMemberstatesare,apartfromtheEuropeanindustrialisednations,theUSA,Canada,Australia,Korea,JapanandIsrael.The heads of the statistical offices of the Member Statesmeet regularly at the sessions of the OECD Committee onStatisticsandStatisticalPolicy(CSSP3))todiscussstrategicandsubject-relatedissues.TheannualplenarysessionsofCSSPandCESarealwaysheldbacktoback,withthevenuealternatingbetweenOECDheadquartersinParisandUNECEheadquartersinGeneva.Untiltheendof2015thePresidentof the FederalStatistical Office also was a member of theCSSPBureau.TheCSSPBureauconsistsofa limitednum-berofOECDmembersandhasthetaskofdiscussingmajorstrategicissuesaswellasofpreparingthemeetingsatheadofofficelevel.
TheFederalStatisticalOfficealsoco-operateswiththeinter-nationalLabourOrgaization(ILO),theWorldTradeOrganiza-tion(WTO),theWorldHealthOrganization(WHO),theWorldBank,theInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)andnumerousspecialistagenciesoftheUN.
And finally, the Federal Statistical Office is a member ofthe International Statistical Institute (ISI). The Institute, aworldwideassociationofstatisticiansandstatisticalinstitu-tionswithitsheadquartersinVoorburgintheNetherlands,organisesworldcongresseseverytwoyearstopromotetheexchangeofexperienceintheareaofstatistics.The2017ISIWorldCongresswillbeheldinMarrakesch,Marokko.
Since December 2015 the Federal Statistical Office hasalsobeenamemberoftheIAOSExecutiveCommittee(sub-organisationoftheISI-InternationalAssociationforOfficialStatistics).
Since the beginning of the 1990s, the Federal StatisticalOfficehasbeenengagedindevelopmentco-operation(seeChapter3.3,“Co-operationwithothercountries”).
3) The OECD Committee on Statistics (CSTAT) was renamed Committee on
StatisticsandStatisticalPolicy(CSSP)on1January2014.
Corporate vision and strategy of the Federal Statistical Office
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CorporatevisionoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
Inprinciple,themissionoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeislaiddownbylaw(seechapter1.0).ThefollowingsectionsdescribehowtheFederalStatisticalOfficefulfilsthatmis-sionandperformstherelatedtasks.
Mission
1. TheFederalStatisticalOfficeprovidesstatistical informationonsocietal,economicandecologicalphe-nomena,trendsandconnectionsaspartofabasicinformationsupply.Thismeansinparticularthat
¨ allusershavefreeaccesstothatinformation,
¨ itsproductionispubliclyfinanced,
¨ itiscommissionedbythelegislators.
2. Inadditiontothisbasicinformationsupply,the FederalStatisticalOfficeoffersstatisticalservicesagainstreimbursementofthecosts.
3. ThecentralcompetenceoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeconsistsin
¨ providingcomprehensive,continuousandperma-nentlyupdatedstatisticalinformation,
¨ preparingsuggestionsforanadjustmentofthe programmeoffederalstatisticstotheneedsofusers,
¨ counsellingusersandmakingdataanalysescom-missionedbyusers,
¨ providingthescientificcommunitywithproblem- orientedaccesstodata,
¨ developingstatisticalmethodsandprovidingcentralandstandardisedITservicesandtoolsforthesys-temofofficialstatisticsinGermany,
¨ translatingtheprogrammeintoco-ordinatedandefficientproductionprocessesinthefederativestatisticalsystem,
¨ collectingandprocessingoffederalstatisticsascommissionedbythelegislators,
¨ participatingintheplanningofandactivelycontrib-utingtothedevelopmentoftheEuropeanStatisticalSystemandinternationalstatisticalco-operation,
¨ developingandsettingofqualitystandardsfor statisticalproductsandtheirproductionprocesses,
¨ overallstatisticalsystemsand
¨ contributingtothestandardisationandmodernisa-tionprojectsoftheadministration.
Corporate vision
TheFederalStatisticalOffice’ssetofvaluesisbasedontwopillars:itscorporatevisionanditsstrategy.Theydetermineboththestatusquoandtheobjec-tivestobeattained.
The corporate visionoftheFederalStatisticalOfficewasupdatedinspring2015.
The strategywaslastrevisedinautumn2015attheclosedconferenceoftheseniormanagement.
The corporate visioncontainstheconstantvalueorien-tationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
Inconciseform,thevisiondescribesthefundamen-talorientationtowhichtheFederalStatisticalOfficeadaptscontinuously.Thustheexistingpotentialfordevelopmentisconsidered.Thecorporatevisioncom-prisestheself-imageoftheFederalStatisticalOffice,its missionandthebasic principles of leadership and co-operation.
Our vision:
The Federal Statistical Office is the leading provider of high-quality statistical information on Germany.
Our self-image:
Weprovidethestatisticalinformationrequiredforthedevelopmentofaninformedopinionandthedecisionmakingprocessesinademocraticsocietywhileensuringneutrality,objectivityandscientificindependenceofourworkanddataconfidentialityregardingthemicrodataplacedatourdisposal.
Ourefficiencyisbasedontheinnovativepower,competenceandcustomerfocusofourstaff.
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CorporatevisionoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
¨ …motivate,challengeandsupportourstaffmembers inaccordancewiththeirskillsandpotentialand promotegenderequality!
¨ …recogniseandcounteractexcessiveorinsufficientworkloads!
We, the staff members of the Federal Statistical Office, …
¨ …commitourselvestoachievingtheworkobjectivesofourunit!
¨ …areopentochange!
¨ …acceptleadershipbyothersandactloyally!
We all …
¨ …areabletoworkinateamandcontributetoafriendlyandcongenialworkingatmosphere!
¨ …co-operatewithoneanotheronthebasisoftrustandreliability!
¨ …respectthedifferentviews,workingsituationsandwaysoflivingofourcolleagues!
¨ …areabletohandleconflictsandsolveproblemsinatopic-orientedmanner!
An extended and more specific version of the corporate vision’s basic principles is contained in the Human Re-sourcesDevelopmentConcept.
The basic principles of leadership and co-operation reflect theFederalStatisticalOffice’sconceptofleadershipbehav-iourandteamwork.
Theyweredevelopedjointlybythemanagementandwork-inglevels.Interestedcolleagueshadtheopportunitytocom-mentonandassessafirstdraftofthebasicprinciplesusingawikiontheintranet.Aftertheresultshadbeenevaluated,afinalversionofthebasicprincipleswasdrafted.Thatver-sionwasonceagaindiscussedinternallyandfinallyadoptedinMay2015.
Theobjectivesdescribedprovideguidancetoallstaffmem-bersoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeastohowtheyshouldinteractwithoneanother.
Basic principles of leadership and co-operationThefollowingstatementsaretoexplainhowwewanttotreateachother.Theyareobjectivesthataretoprovideguidance.
We, the executives of the Federal Statistical Office, …
¨ …areawareofourrolemodelpositionandact accordingly!
¨ …areco-operativeleaderswhoreactreasonablyto thesituation!
Corporate vision
Mission Basicprinciples Strategy Vision
Corporate vision and strategy of the Federal Statistical Office in co-operation
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Strategy:CommunicationStrategy
3. Meeting the needs of target groups
Weprovidehigh-qualitydataonsocial,economicandecologicalissuestoourtargetusersandpromotetheirunderstandingofstatistics.Inadditiontothegen-eralpublic,ourtargetuserscomprisepolicy-makersandadministration,themedia,businessesandasso-ciations,thescientificandresearchcommunitiesaswellasstudentsandrespondents.Weanalysetheirdiverseinformationneeds.Modernmarketobserva-tionandmonitoringinstrumentsareemployedfortheanalysis.Weusearangeofdifferentcommunicationchannelstoreachourtargetusers,andweadjusttheinformationandservicesweoffertotheirchangingrequirements.Competentstaffareavailabletoanswerquestionsandprovideadvice.
4. Broadening the dialogue
Weuseforumsandsocialmediatocommunicatewithourtargetusers.Theusers’needsandideasaretakenintoaccountinrefiningtherangeofinformationandservicesweoffer.
5. Improving comprehensibility
Ourinformationisprovidedinclearandcomprehen-siblelanguageandweuseinnovativeformsofvis-ualisation.Inaddition,weoffercomprehensiveinfor-mationaboutthestatisticalmethodsandtechniquesapplied.
Strategy
TheHeadsoftheOfficehavelastrevisedthestrategyinco-operationwiththeheadsofdepartmentattheclosedcon-ferenceoftheseniormanagementinautumn2015.
Asaconsequence,thefocuswillshifttowardscommunica-tionwithandperceptionbytheoutsideworld.
Inafuture-orientedandknowledge-basedsociety,plansaremade,decisionsaretakenandthedecisions’successisevaluatedonthebasisoffacts.Astheleadingproviderofhigh-qualitystatisticalinformationaboutGermany,theFed-eralStatisticalOfficeplaysanimportantroleandaimstofurtherincreaseitsprofileandvisibility.Thetitle“official”isauniquefeatureofourdata,whichcomplywiththeprin-ciplesoftheEuropeanStatisticsCodeofPractice.
2020 Communication Strategy of the Federal Statistical Office
1. Strengthening the brand of “official statistics”
Westrivetofurtherraisetheprofileofofficialstatis-tics.Toreinforcetrustinofficialstatistics,weempha-siseourqualitystandardandqualitymanagement.Inparticularthequalityofourdataandourindepend-encearerecognisedbyusers.Wepromotethere-useofofficialdatabythirdpartiesinaccordancewiththeprinciplesoftheOpen-Data-Charta.Thereferenceto“StatistischesBundesamt”servesbothasabrandnameandasasealofquality.
2. Easier access
Wecontinuouslyimprovetheaccessibilityoftheinfor-mationweoffer.Ourcentralstatisticalinformationsystem(GENESIS-Online)isuser-friendlyandpresentstheresultsofofficialstatisticsatfederalandregionallevel.Ourdataaremadeavailablethroughreadilyaccessibleinterfaces(opendata).Thedigitalinfor-mationweofferispresentedinamedia-friendlyfor-mattosupportavarietyofdevicesandcanbeeas-ilyaccessedbypopularsearchengines.Weofferourinformationonplatformsusedbythetargetgroupsofourusers.
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Strategy:Actionareasandgoals
¨ establishandconductaquarterlysurveyoffinancialtransactions(inthesphereofpublicfinancestatistics)andpublishitsresults
¨ revisethemethodologicaldescriptionsfornationalaccounts(NA)inaccordancewiththeEuropeanSystemofAccounts2010(ESA2010)
¨ developglobalisationindicatorsfurtherandpublishthem
¨ informcomprehensivelyandinanappealingformaboutthemajorsetsofindicatorsformeasuringtheUnitedNations’SustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs)
¨ participateinthepreparationofaqualityreportonthedataqualityinEuropeannationalaccounts(NA)tobesubmittedtotheEuropeanCommission
¨ preparea“genericITsecurityconceptforthestatisticalofficesoftheFederationandtheLänder”
¨ developconfidentialityconceptsforprocessinggeo-referenceddataintheformofmapsandastrategyforintroducingtheirrelease
¨ revisethe“FactsandFigures”sectionofthewebsiteoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeinlinewithuserrequire-mentsandreducetheworkloadoftheinformationser-vice
¨ developaprocedureforanearlyidentificationofinfor-mationrequirements(demandplanning)
¨ createaconceptforidentifyingproblemswhichmayinterferewiththecompletionoftasks,takingprecau-tionsandreactingadequately.
The action areas essentially determine the path of futuredevelopment.Theyarespecifiedbystrategicgoalsrevisedannuallyandcorrespondingactions.ThustheFederalStatis-ticalOfficeisgettingcloserandclosertoitsvision.Aregularstrategycheckmakesitpossibletoidentifyneworchangingchallenges and adjust the focus accordingly. The above-mentionedcommunicationgoals,forexample,formpartoftheoverallstrategyespeciallyviatheactionareasof“qual-ity”,“professionalindependence”and“partners”.
Action areas and strategic goals of the Federal Statistical Office
Quality
Wemeettheneedsofourusersandprepareourprod- uctsinsuchawaythattheyfulfilthequalitycriteriaofrele- vance,accuracyandreliability,timelinessandpunctuality,coherenceandcomparability,accessibilityandclarity. Ourcommitmenttohighqualitystandardsincludestheimprovementofmethodologyandprocesses,anddatasecurity.
Strategic goal
Q1 Weensuretheattractivenessoftheproductsweofferbymeansofinnovations.
Q2 Weensurethehighvalidityofourdataduringtheentiredatacreationprocess.
Q3 Wecreatecoherenceinourresultsandbetweenthemethods,conceptsanddefinitionsapplied.
Q4 Weimprovetheaccessibilityandcomprehensibilityofourinformation.
Q5 Weguaranteetheconfidentiality,integrityandavail-abilityofourdata.
Q6 Weidentifydataneedsingoodtimeandensuretherelevanceoftheproductsweoffer.
To reach this goal, we intend, among others, to:
¨ carryouttheprojecton“furtherdevelopmentofthesystemofhouseholdstatistics“
¨ prepareanewconceptforthepresentsystemofcon-tinuoushouseholdbudgetsurveys(onthebasisofsamplesurveysofincomeandexpenditureandcontin-uoushouseholdbudgetsurveys)
¨ testinstrumentsforsurveyingthelabourmarketsitua-tionofimmigrantsaspartofthelabourforcesurveyandconductapilotstudyoftheworkandfamilybalance
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Strategy:Actionareasandgoals
To reach this goal, we intend, among others, to:
¨ developaconceptfordirectlyconveyingtheuniqueattributeof“official”statisticsbothin-houseandtotheoutsideworld
¨ adaptandrebuildthesystemofhospitalstatisticssothattheactualsituationinin-patienthealthcareisagaincompletelyreflectedandallissuescanbehan-dledwiththerequireddetail
¨ introducequalitydatasheetsinthesystemofstatisticalofficesforstatisticswhichareinthefocusofinterestinEurope
¨ encourageamorefrequentuseofgeodatainthepro-cessing,analysisanddisseminationofofficialstatistic
Professional independence
Wedevelop,produceanddisseminateourstatisticsrespectingscientificindependenceandinanobjective,professionalandtransparentmanner.Indoingso,wetreatallusersequitably.
Strategic goal
I1 Weworktowardsanimprovementoftheconditionssetforfederalstatistics.
I2 Wehaveunrestrictedaccesstoallmicrodataoffederalstatistics.
I3 Westrengthenthebrandof“officialstatistics”.
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Number of measures to the action area“Professional independence“
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Strategy:Actionareasandgoals
To reach this goal, we intend, among others, to:
¨ developpopulationstatisticsfurtherforthepurposeofdeterminingpopulationfiguresinfuture
¨ reprogramITapplicationsforbusinessstatisticsinthesphereofenergyandmaritimetransport
¨ developcost-of-illnessaccountsfurtherasframeworkconditionshavechanged
¨ developanautomaticIT-basedsystemforderivingEUexcessivedeficitproceduredata
¨ createcountryprofilesofallUNstatesautomatically
¨ introduceanITarchitecturemanagementsystemfortheITapplicationsofstatistics
¨ concentratethedevelopmentanddocumentationofmethodologicalstandardsandguidelinesfordataedit-inginacentreofexcellence
¨ developaweb-basedsurveyinstrument(mixed-modesurveys)
¨ analysesourcesofbigdatawithaviewtotheireco-nomicpotential(participationintheESSTaskForceonBigData)
¨ meetnewdemandsplacedontheGENESISsystemtoincreaseitsattractivenessandusewithinthesystemofofficialstatistics
¨ introduceanelectronicprocurementworkflow
Cost effectiveness
Weshapeourprocessestousestaff,financialandITresourceseffectivelyandefficiently.
Strategic goal
E1 Wecreateroomformanoeuvrebymodifyingourmeth-ods,proceduresandstructures.
E2 Westandardiseourprocesses.
E3 Westudyalternativedatasourcestoidentifycost-effectivepotential.
E4 Wedigitiseouradministrativeprocedures.
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Number of measures to the action area“Cost effectiveness“
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Strategy:Actionareasandgoals
To reach this goal, we intend, among others, to:
¨ participateactivelyintheimplementationofthe2020ESSVision
¨ participateintheselectionanddefinitionofanindi-catorsystemtobeabletomonitorprogressmadeinthefieldofsustainabledevelopment(UNSustainableDevelopmentGoals)
¨ co-ordinateallactivitiesperformedatnationalleveltodevelop,prepareanddisseminateEuropeanstatistics
¨ contributetothedevelopmentofcross-cuttingindicatorsetsfor“Livingwell–QualityoflifeinGermany“
¨ prepareamanualfortherecentlyincludedbalancesheetitembysectorsoftheESA2010transmissionpro-grammeinco-operationwiththeOECDTaskForceonlandandothernon-financialassets–ManualonInven-tories
¨ preparetheimplementationofFRIBS(FrameworkRegu-lationIntegratingBusinessStatistics)
¨ preparethe2021Census
¨ providegrossearningsdatafromthestructureofearn-ingssurveyforanassessmentofminimumwage
¨ contributetotheimprovementoftheKazakhstatisticalsystembymeansoftheWorldBankfundedprojectsoastofurtheradjustthesystemtointernationalstand-ards
¨ managetheConferenceoftheInternationalAssociationforResearchinIncomeandWealth(IARIW)in2016
¨ analysetheuseofsimulationandmodelcalculations(feasibilitystudyontheestablishmentofacentreofexcellenceforthepurpose)
¨ setupamonitoringsystemfortheco-operationwiththeFederalInformationTechnologyCentre(ITZBund)
¨ introduceITchangemanagementandtoolsupport
Partners
Wemaintainthepartnershipswehaveestablishedatnationalandinternationallevel,tojointlysafeguardthestatisticalsystemanddevelopitfurther.Respondentsareindispensablepartnerstouswhoseinterestswetakeintoaccount.
Strategic goal
P1 Weparticipateinpolitical,socialandscientificdia-logueonthebasisofourspecialistcompetence,impartialityandobjectivity.
P2 Weplayapartinshapingtheinternationalstatisticalsystem–inparticulartheEuropeanStatisticalSystem.
P3 WeseetotheuniformimplementationofEuropeanrequirementsinourfunctionasanationalco-ordinator.
P4 Weareawareoftheburdenplacedonrespondentsandreducethatworkload.
P5 Weincreaserespondents‘willingnesstoparticipate.
P6 Weusetheinnovativepowerofscience.
P7 WetakeanactivepartinshapingthecooperationwiththeFederalInformationTechnologyCentre(ITZBund).
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Number of measures to the action area“Partners“
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Strategy:Actionareasandgoals
To reach this goal, we intend, among others, to:
¨ developoptionsastohowthesharingoffamilychoresbymenandwomenaspartnerscanbesupportedundertheequalopportunitiesplan2016–2019
¨ reorganisehealthmanagementattheFederalStatisticalOffice
¨ concludeanin-houseserviceagreementonmobileworkingattheFederalStatisticalOffice
¨ conductacomprehensiveanalysisofcompetenceandmanpowerrequirementsattheFederalStatisticalOfficetosafeguardtheexistingbasisofexpertlabourandrecruitqualifiedjuniorstaff
¨ impartskillsfortheuseofnewmathematicalstatisticalmethods
¨ introduceprojectmentoringforasystematicexchangeofexperienceonprojectmanagement
Staff
We ensure efficiency by promoting the creativity, compe-tenceandcustomerfocusofallstaffmembers.
Strategic goal
S1 Weimproveourattractivenessasanemployer.
S2 Weshapedevelopmentandchangeprocessesjointly.
S3 Weactivelyimproveourcompetence.
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Measures 2016 – 2020 by goals(total 140 measures, multiple responses were possible)
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57
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42
S1
P1
P2
P3
P4
P5
P6
P7
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E2
E3
E4
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Q4
Q5
Q6
Q1
Q2
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We ensure the attractiveness of the products we offer by meansof innovations.
We ensure the high validity of our data during the entire datacreation process.
We create coherence in our results and between the methods,concepts and definitions applied.
We improve the accessibility and comprehensibility of our information.
We guarantee the confidentiality, integrity and availability of our data.
We identify data needs in good time and ensure the relevanceof the products we offer.
We work towards an improvement of the conditions setfor federal statistics.
We have unrestricted access to all micro data of federal statistics.
We strengthen the brand of “official statistics”.
We create room for manoeuvre by modifying our methods, proceduresand structures.
We standardise our processes.
We study alternative data sources to identify cost-effective potential.
We digitise our administrative procedures.
We participate in political, social and scientific dialogue on the basisof our specialist competence, impartiality and objectivity.
We play a part in shaping the international statistical system –in particular the European Statistical System.
We see to the uniform implementation of European requirements inour function as a national co-ordinator.
We are aware of the burden placed on respondents and reducethat workload.
We increase respondents‘ willingness to participate.
We use the innovative power of science.
We take an active part in shaping the cooperation with theFederal Information Technology Centre (ITZBund).
We improve our attractiveness as an employer.
We shape development and change processes jointly.
We actively improve our competence.
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withparticipation
withoutparticipation
Number of measures with/without participation of thestatistical offices of the Länder
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62
Measures by processes(multiple responses were possible)
Design
Analyse
Process
Support
Disseminate
Collect
Build
Evaluate
Specify needs
Manage
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Programme for the period 2016 to 2020
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Programme for the period 2016 to 2020
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Explanations 40
Product groups of the Federal Statistical Office and their respective total costs, 2015 41
3.1 Questions of principle, research and development in federal statistics 43
3.2 Statistics production 61
3.3 Statistics dissemination and communication 153
3.4 Internal services 171
Programme for the period 2016 to 2020
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The work programme
Theworkprogramme(ofthestatisticalofficesoftheFeder-ationandtheLänder)fortheyears2016to2020comprises378 sets of statistics (March 2016). About two thirds of these statistics are decentralised,theyareinlinewiththeprinciple of regional decentralisation and the related divi-sionoflabourintheFSO/LSOssystem(seechapter1.0“TheFederalStatisticalOfficeasan integralpartof theGermanandEuropeanStatisticalSystems”).
Not for all sets of statistics is the required informationobtained by means of data collection, there are vari-ous options: survey, calculation and register. About three fourths of the just under 400 sets of statistics are based on surveys. ThestatisticalofficesoftheLänderortheFederalStatistical Office collect the data directly for slightly morethanhalfofthese308setsofstatistics(primarysurveys).Intheothercases,thestatisticalofficesonlycapturedatafortherespectivestatisticswhichoriginallyhadbeencollectedforother thanstatisticalpurposes (secondarysurvey).Thestatistical offices use data here that are already availablefromadministrativeprocesses.
Calculations account for nearly one sixth of the work pro-gramme. No data are collected for that purpose as theseare evaluation processes. New statistical information isobtainedfromsurveyresultsbyusingmanydifferentcom-putationandestimationprocedures.There are six registers which are collections of data primarily used to support the data collection process but to some extent also for evalua-tion purposes.Allofthemaremaintaineddecentrally.
Information on the work programme
Theworkprogrammehasbeenstructuredbyproducts.Theproduct areas presented are, first, “questions of princi-ple,researchanddevelopmentinfederalstatistics”(chap-ter 3.1), second, “statistics production” (chapter 3.2) and“statisticsdisseminationandcommunication”(chapter3.3)and,thirdinchapter3.4,“internalservices”.Thepresenta-tionwithinanyproductareaisstructuredbyproductclasses.Foreveryproductclass,abriefdescriptionoutlinestherele-vantfieldofactivities,mainuses,mainusers,andcosts.
Forthispurpose,theFederalStatisticalOfficeusesitscostand performance accounting system. On that basis, thisStrategyandProgrammePlanshowsthecostsincurredperproductarea.Thisincludes:
Primary costs: Thesearethestaffandmaterialcoststhatcanbeallocatedtotheproductsmentionedunderanyproductclass.Theaimistoshowwhatcostswereincurredwithina productclass. Forexample, theprimarycostsof theprod-uctclass“Foreigntrade”donot includethecostsof infra-structure services that are provided so that the respectiveservicescanbedelivered–fromthetelephonesystemandofficebuildingsmanagementtocomputerequipment.How-ever,therelevantshareofinfrastructurecostsisincludedinthetotalcostsoftheproductclass“Foreigntrade”.
Total costs: Thesearetheprimarycostsoftherelevantprod-uctclassplustherelevantcostsshareforinfrastructureser-vices that must be available before such products can beprovided. Infrastructure services are the internal servicesdescribed in chapter 3.4 of this Strategy and ProgrammePlan. When calculating the total costs, the costs of thoseinternalservicesareentirelydistributedamongtheproductareasof“questionsofprinciple,researchanddevelopmentinfederalstatistics”,“statisticsproduction”and“statisticsdissemination and communication” described in chapter3.1,3.2and3.3.Astheinternalservicesarenoproductsoftheofficefromanoutput-orientedpointofview,totalcostsarenotshownforthem.
Foreachproductclass,thereisatableshowingtherelevantproductsandservices.Thereis:
¨ KLR no.:Numberoftherelevantproductfromthecostandperformanceaccountingsystem(KLR)oftheFederalStatistical Office.
¨ Product:ProductdesignationaccordingtothecostandperformanceaccountingsystemoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
¨ Product description:Explanationsontheproduct,wherenecessary.
Everyindividualstatistics(chapter3.2)isfurtherdescribedbythefollowingcharacteristics:
¨ EVAS:Numberoftherelevantstatisticsaccordingtothe“IntegratedListofAllStatisticsCompiledbytheFed-eralStatisticalOfficeandtheStatisticalOfficesoftheLänder“(EVAS).
Programme for the period 2016 to 2020
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Foreign trade, business registerand business demography, crafts
Statistics of individual sectors of economic activity(agriculture, industry, services, etc.)
Prices, earnings and labour costs,income, consumption
Territory, population, labour market, elections
Education, research and development, social issues,health, justice
National accounts andenvironmental-economic accounting
Standard Cost Model
Statistics dissemination (publications,information services, press work, etc.)
Public finance (public budgets, enterprises,public service personnel, taxes)
Question of principle, classifications,bodies of official statistics
Housing, environment
Co-operation with other countries
Research and development in federal statistics
Liaison office/Services of the Federal Statistical Officefor the Council of Economic Experts
24.4
18.8
17.7
12.2
11.7
11.2
9.6
9.0
8.0
4.4
4.1
2.8
2.7
2.0
Product groups of the Federal Statisti and their respectivecal Office total costs, 2015(EUR mn)
¨ Type of task:Adistinctionismadebetweenprimarysur-veys (data are collected for that statistics), secondarysurveys(datathatwerecollectedforotherpurposesarecoveredstatistically),calculations(evaluationprocesseswithoutoriginalsurveys)andregisters(datacollectionsusedprimarilytosupportsurveys).
¨ Reporting channel: Centralised statistics are producedby the Federal Statistical Office, whereas the statisti-calofficesoftheLänderparticipateintheproductionofdecentralisedstatistics.
¨ Periodicity:Frequencyofthesurvey.Yearsindicatethereferenceyearofthelatestsurvey.
¨ Responding units: For primary surveys, number ofrespondingunits(respondents),forsecondarysurveys,numberofunitsreportingdatatothestatisticaloffices.
Thepublications listedforeveryproductareacompriseontheonehandstandardpublicationsaccessibleviatheweb-site www.destatis.de (heading: “publications”). On theother hand, “grey literature” is mentioned which can beprovidedbythecontactsindicated.Inaddition,thevariousspecialised units of statistics offer also background infor-mationundertheirrespectiveheadingsatwww.destatis.de. The online series “STATmagazin” published at irregularintervals on the homepage www.destatis.de contains arti-cleswhichhavebeenspecificallyeditedtomakethemeasi-lycomprehensibleandifpossiblediscussasubjectfromtheangleofvariousdatasources.
Anythingelsedoneorplannedisshownunder“otheractiv-ities”or“additionalactions”.Thepurposeoftheadditionalactionsistoachievethestrategicgoals.
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3.1
� �Questions of principle, national and international co-ordination 44
� �Legal matters concerning statistics 48
� �Classifications 50
� �Interdisciplinary research and development in official statistics 53
� �Questionnaire development and pretests for federal statistics 56
� �Mathematical and statistical methods 58
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Brief descriptionCo-ordinationofallinterdisciplinaryprocesses,projectsandbodiesattheregional,national,supranationalandinternationallevelsaswellaspreparationofdecisionpapersfortheHeadoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeandfurtherdevelopmentofthestatisticalprogramme.
Main use— co-ordinatedstancetakenbytheFederalStatistical
Office(FSO)bothinternallyandexternallyinthenational,supranationalandinternationalspheres
Main users— federalministries
— HeadoftheFederalStatisticalOffice(FSO),special-isedunitsoftheFSO
— statisticalofficesoftheLänder(LSOs)
— StatisticalAdvisoryCommittee
— institutionsoftheEU,inparticularEurostat
— internationalorganisations
Contact: Marion Engelter, Bernd Störtzbach
Questions of principle, national and international co-ordination
Primary costs2014: EUR2,147,000
2015: EUR1,800,000
Total costs2014: EUR3,084,000
2015: EUR2,581,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12101000 Nationalco-ordination System and programme of federal statistics:Preparationofdecisionsonquestionsofprincipleoffederalstatisticsandanalysesregardingtheprogramme
Relations with respondents and users:Questionsofprincipleregardingtherelationswithrespondents(especiallysurvey-relatedburdens)andusersoffederalstatistics(burdenonbusinessescausedbyfederalstatistics,microdataforthescientificcommunity,confidenti-ality/anonymisation)
Co-ordination of interdisciplinary activities for federal statistics:Developmentofinterdisciplinarystatementsandinitiativesatthenationallevel
Institutionalised national bodies including their committees:Preparationandfollow-up,inpartalsoorganisationofmeetings– StatisticalAdvisoryCommittee– ConferenceofDirectors-General(ALK)– BoardofDirectors(ALGFS)– InterministerialCommitteeforCo-ordinationandRationalisationof
Statistics(IMA-Statistik)/CommitteeoftheFederationandtheLänderonStatistics(BLA-Statistik)
12102000 Supranationalandinter-nationalco-ordination
Statistical system of the EU, international statistical systems:– PreparationofdecisionsonquestionsofprincipleoftheEuropeanStatisti-
calSystem(ESS)andofinternationalstatisticalsystemsaswellasanalysesregardinginternationalstatisticalprogrammes
– Co-ordinationoftheactivitiesperformedatnationalleveltodevelop,pro-duceanddisseminateEuropeanstatistics
Co-ordination of interdisciplinary activities at the supranational and interna-tional levels:– Developmentofinterdisciplinarystatementsandinitiativesatthesuprana-
tionalandinternationallevels– Co-ordinationofdataandmetadatasuppliestotheIMF
Institutionalised supranational and international bodies:Preparationandfollow-up,inpartalsoorganisationofmeetings– EuropeanStatisticalSystemCommittee(ESSCommittee)– ConferenceoftheDirectorsGeneraloftheNationalStatisticalInstitutesat
EUlevel(DGINS)– EuropeanStatisticalAdvisoryCommittee(ESAC)– EuropeanStatisticalGovernanceAdvisoryBoard(ESGAB)– OECDStatisticsCommittee– UnitedNationsStatisticalCommission– ConferenceofEuropeanStatisticians(CES/UNECE)
12204100 Co-ordinationofregionalstatistics,indicators1)
Co-ordination in the area of regional statistics:Developmentofinterdisciplinarystatementsandinitiativesintheareaofregionalstatisticsatthenationalandinternationallevels
Indicator systems:Furtherdevelopmentoftheindicatorsystemsdatabase,co-ordinationofinter-disciplinarystatementsandinitiativesinthesphereofindicatorsystems
1)Contact:ThomasRiede.
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
21120110 SteP–Standardisationoftheproductionprocess1)
Tohandlemajorprocesseswhicharepartofstatisticalproduction,iso-latedsolutionshavebeenpreparedforindividualstatistics.Bydevelopingcommonproceduresandtechniques,auniformhandlingofthesepartialprocessesistobemadepossible
35105000 Co-ordinationofbusinessstatistics 2)
Co-ordinationofthevarioussurveysconductedamongenterprisesandlocalunits
35290106 Furtherdevelopmentofthebusinessstatisticsprogramme2)
Furtherdevelopmentofthebusinessstatisticsprogramme
1)Contact:FrankGenßheimer.–2)Contact:MartinBeck.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
AnnualreportoftheFederalStatisticalOffice yearly
StrategyandProgrammePlan yearly
Informationfromofficialstatistics quarterly
PapersonstatisticaldevelopmentsandprojectsatthenationalandEuropeanlevelsintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)
irregular
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Co-ordinationofthenationaldataproducers fortheESS
P3 support 1/2011 6/2016 no
ActiveparticipationinimplementingtheESSVision2020
P2 support 1/2015 12/2020 no
Involvementinthepreparationofcross-cuttingindicatorsetsfor“Livingwell–QualityofLifeinGermany“2)
Q4; P1; S3
specifyneeds,design, build, collect, process, analyse,evaluate, support
11/2014 12/2016 no
Preparingrecommendationsregardingageneralstrategyforthepublicationofsmall-areageo-referenceddataforallofGermany2)
Q1,4;S3
design,build, analyse, disseminate
3/2016 12/2017 yes
Bilateralexchangewithothernationalstatisti-calinstitutesandcontinuedmembershipoftheUNStatisticalCommissionandtheOECDCSTATBureau
P2 specifyneeds,design,support,manage
1/2012 12/2016 no
Meetingtherequirementsofthespecialdatadisseminationstandardplus(SDDS+)oftheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF)
P2 specifyneeds,support
1/2015 12/2019 no
Publishingaconsolidatednationalstatisticalworkprogrammeincludingaprogressreport
I1;P3;S2–3
design,build,collect, process,disseminate,manage
8/2015 6/2018 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.–2)Contact:ThomasRiede
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Contact: Marion Engelter
Legal matters concerning statistics
Brief descriptionThepreparationandapplicationofrelevantlegalprovi-sionsforindividualsetsofstatisticsrequirelegalsup-port.Inaddition,legalbasesofstatisticshavetobedocumentedprofessionallyandsupporthastobepro-videdtotheheadoftheFederalStatisticalOffice(FSO)withregardtofundamentalquestionsofstatisticallaw.
Main use— settlinglegalissuespertainingtostatisticalmatters
Main users— federalministries
— HeadoftheFederalStatisticalOffice(FSO)
— specialisedunitsoftheFSO
— statisticalofficesoftheLänder(LSOs)
Primary costs2014: EUR 852,000
2015: EUR 921,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,215,000
2015: EUR1,300,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12106000 Fundamentalquestionsofstatistical law
– Preparationofdecisionsonfundamentalquestionsofnationaland Europeanstatisticallaw
– documentationofthelegalbasesofstatistics– provisionofsupporttotheheadoftheFSOinmatterspertainingto
statistical law
12107000 Individualstatisticallegalissues
PreparationandapplicationoflegalprovisionsforindividualsetsofstatisticsofthespecialisedunitsattheFSO
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Collectionofstatisticallegalbases,onlinepublicationatwww.destatis.de,“Methoden”,“Rechtsgrundlagen”
continuous
Contact: Martin Beck
Classifications
Brief descriptionWhenmassphenomenaaremonitoredbystatisticalsurveys,therealwaysisamultitudeofdatawhichhavetobecondensedinasuitablemannertosimplifytheirpresentationandanalysisormakethempossibleatall.Aprerequisitearebindingbreakdownsoftheeconomic,socialorothervariablestobeobserved.Onlythroughtheobligatoryuseofacertainclassificationanditsrulescanthevarioususersofstatisticaldatagroupthemicrodatainauniformway.Uniformclassificationsarethebasicprerequisiteofthenationalandinternationalcomparabilityofstatisticaldataintermsofsubjectmat-ter.
Main use— uniformgroupingofmicrodatainspecialised
statistics
Main users— specialisedunitsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
andtheLänder
— statisticalinstitutesofforeigncountries
— Eurostat
— OECD
— UN
Primary costs2014: EUR1,115,000
2015: EUR1,280,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,602,000
2015: EUR1,817,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
35104000 Classifications Classifications of economic activity:ClassificationofEconomicActivities(WZ),Nomenclaturegénéraledesactivi-téséconomiquesdanslesCommunautéseuropéennes(NACE),InternationalStandardIndustrialClassificationofAllEconomicActivities(ISIC)
Product classifications at national level:ProductClassificationforProductionStatistics(GP),ClassificationofMaterialandGoodsReceivedintheIndustry(WE),ClassificationofBuildings(SB)
Product classifications at European/international level:ListofproductsforEuropeanProductionStatistics(PRODCOM),StatisticalClassificationofProductsbyActivityintheEuropeanEconomicCommunity(CPA),CentralProductClassification(CPC),ClassificationofTypesofConstruc-tion(CC)
Goods classifications 1):HarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem(HS),CombinedNo-menclature(CN),CommodityClassificationforForeignTradeStatistics(WA),StandardInternationalTradeClassification(SITC),ClassificationbyCommod-ityGroupsandSubgroupsoftheFoodIndustryandTradeandIndustry(EGW)
Classifications and lists for specific survey purposes:Classificationsoftheeducationalsector,ClassificationofStatesandTerrito-riesandadministrativeterritorialclassifications2),CountryNomenclaturefortheExternalTradeStatistics1),functionalclassifications,InternationalStatisti-calClassificationofDiseases,InjuriesandCausesofDeath(ICD)3),classifica-tionsoftransportstatistics,otherclassificationsandlists
Classifications of Occupations:ClassificationofOccupations(KldB),InternationalStandardClassificationofOccupations(ISCO/ISCO-COM)
Information system of classifications:Informationsystemforinternalandexternalusers,installationandmainte-nanceofaclassificationserver
1)Contact:Dr.KlausGeyer-Schäfer.–2)Contact:StephanLüken.–3)Contact:KarinBöhm.
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Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Classificationsofeconomicactivities irregular
Productclassificationsandlists yearly,irregular
Classificationsofpersons irregular
Regionalclassificationsandlists quarterly,yearly
Otherclassifications yearly,irregular
CommodityClassificationforForeignTradeStatistics yearly
Papersontherevisionofclassificationsintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik” (EconomyandStatistics)
irregular
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
LinkingoftheclassificationservertoIDEVandfurthertechnicaldevelopments
Q1,4; E2
design 1/2012 6/2017 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Thomas Riede
Interdisciplinary research and development in official statistics
Brief descriptionCo-ordinationofresearchanddevelopmentprojectsinthecontextoffederalstatisticsandtheEuropeanStatis-ticalSystem(ESS)aspartoftheresearchanddevelop-mentplanandfurtherdevelopmentofstatisticalmeth-odsandprocedures.
Main uses— assistanceandadviceforspecialisedunits
instatisticalproduction
— externalrepresentationoftheFederal StatisticalOffice’smethodologicalresearchactivi-tiesandofcross-cuttingaspectsof statisticaldataquality
Main user— specialisedunitsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
andtheLänder
Primary costs2014: EUR 839,000
2015: EUR 594,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,252,000
2015: EUR 891,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12203000 Dataquality,cross-depart-mentalmethodsdevel-opment,contactswithresearchers
Quality of statistical data (network on data quality):Dataqualitymanagement(e.g.coordinatingthepreparationofqualityreports,developmentandintroductionoftoolstomonitorthequalityofstatisticaldata),coordinatingtheimplementationoftheEuropeanStatisticsCodeofPracticeintheareaofdataquality;coordinationofconceptsandmethodsregardingdataqualitywiththestatisticalofficesoftheLänderandwithintheESS
Co-operation with the co-ordination agency for statistics-related R&D activities of the EU (e.g. EPROS):Co-ordinationoftheFSO’sparticipationinEuropeanprojects(e.g.inthecon-textoftheEUFrameworkProgrammesonResearch);informationtospecial-iseddepartmentsregardingapotentialparticipationinEuropeanprojects
Co-ordination of research and development projects:R&Dplan,centralcontactunitforthefederalministriesforstatistically relevantresearchprojects
12103100 SurveysunderArticle7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw,demographicandregionalstandards1)
FundamentalissuesofsurveysaccordingtoArticle7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw
1)Contact:MarionEngelter.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
METHODS–APPROACHES–DEVELOPMENTS– NewsfromtheFederalStatisticalOffice
half-yearly
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
ImplementationofametadatamanagementsystemtoprovideITsupportregardingqualitydatasheetsintheFSO/LSOssystem 2)
Q2,4–5;E2; P3
design, build,process,analyse,disseminate,evaluate,support
8/2014 6/2017 yes
Studyintheresearchareaofmicrosimulation Q1,5;I2;P1,6;S3
analyse, support
1/2015 12/2017 no
Methodsdevelopmentformixedmode procedures
Q2; W2; P4
design, collect
11/2014 12/2019 yes
Analysisofbigdatawithafocusonitseco-nomicpotential
Q1,3;E1,3;P2,4,6;S2–3
specifyneeds, design, collect, process,analyse,disseminate,evaluate
1/2015 12/2016 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.–2)Contact:FrankGenßheimer.
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Contact: Thomas Riede
Questionnaire development and pretests for federal statistics
Brief descriptionInordertoimprovedataquality,expertsoffederalsta-tisticsstudynotonlysamplingerrorsbutalsomeasure-menterrorswhichmaybeduetothesurveyinstrument,respondentsorinterviewers.Withthehelpofsuitabletestingmethods,questionnairescanbetestedatvari-ousdevelopmentstages.Tothatend,differentgroups ofpersonsareconsulted(forinstanceexperts,special-isedstatisticians,interviewersandpotentialrespon-dents).Ontheonehand,thesetestsreducetheburdenonrespondentsastheresultingsurveyinstrumentsare easiertounderstand,andontheotherhand,theyimprovethequalityofthedataobtained.
Main use— optimisedsurveydocuments
Main users— specialisedunitsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
andthetheLänder
— respondents
Primary costs2014: EUR 981,000
2015: EUR1,151,000
Total costs2014 EUR1,496,000
2015: EUR1,769,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12201000 Questionnairepretesting,datacollectionmethods
Further development of methods and procedures of federal statistics:– implementingcross-departmentalprojects(e.g.systematictestingof
web-basedsurveyinstrumentsfromamethodologicalangle,mixedmodesurveydesigns)
– furtherdevelopingtheworkwithpersonsobligedtoreportandwithrespondents
Questionnaire pretesting and survey methods:– testingandfurtherdevelopmentofquestionnaireconstructionmethods– consultation,co-ordination,organisationandimplementationofpilot
studiestotestsurveyproceduresandprocesses– implementingpretestsofsurveyinstruments– implementingusabilitytestsforonlinesurveys– furtherdevelopingthemethodologyofquestionnairetestingprocedures
12202000 Questionnairedevelop-mentanddesign
Furtherdevelopmentofmethodsandproceduresoffederalstatisticsforthetaskareaof“datacollectionmethods“
Development and design of survey instruments:– testingandfurtherdevelopingquestionnaireconstructionmethods– centralpreparationofpaperquestionnaires– standardisingthedesignofsurveyinstruments– guidelinesandinstructionsforauniformdesignofsurveyinstruments
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Contact: Prof. Dr. Manfred Ehling
Mathematical and statistical methods
Brief descriptionMathematicalandstatisticalsupportforthespecial-isedunits,especiallyinthephasesofthemethodical-technicalpreparationofsurveys,dataprocessinganddataanalysis.Thefocusisonthedevelopmentoftailor-madesamplingtechniquesforconductingsamplesur-veysintheareaofofficialstatistics.
Thisproductclassalsoincludesinterdisciplinarymeth-odologicalresearchanddevelopmentinthefieldsofsamplingtechniques,timeseriesanalysisandfore-castingprocedures,methodstoensurestatisticalconfi-dentiality,imputationproceduresandmethodstoeditstatisticaldata,thatistocorrecterrorsinthem.Themathematicalandstatisticalmethodsdevelopedmustalsobeimplementedintoeffectivesoftwaresolutions.
Main uses— supportofstatisticsproduction
— externalrepresentationoftheFederal StatisticalOffice’sresearchactivitiesintheareaofmathematicalandstatisticalmethodology
Main user— specialisedunitsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
andtheLänder
Primary costs2014: EUR1,281,000
2015: EUR1,247,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetask areassupported(research/development/questions ofprinciple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcommunication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
14000022 Methodicaldevelopmentforsubject-relatedtasks
Mathematicalandstatisticalsupportforthespecialisedunits,especiallyproject-relateddevelopmentofselectionmethods,estimationmethodsandmethodstoassesstheaccuracyforsamplesurveysofofficialstatistics;developmentofautomaticdataeditingproceduresforfaultydataandofmethodstoensurestatisticalconfidentialityintables.
14000023 Methodicalresearchanddevelopmentforinterdisci-plinarytasks
Project-relatedmathematical-methodicalresearch,developmentandadviceforinterdisciplinarytasks,especiallyfurtherdevelopmentofsamplingtech-niques,timeseriesanalysisandforecastingproceduresaswellasmethodstoensurestatisticalconfidentialityandautomaticdataeditingproceduresforfaultydata.
14000024 Scientificsoftware development
Implementationofmathematical-statisticalmethodsintoeffectivesoftwaresolutions.
22100220 ESSNET-SDC-II(EUproject) Inthesphereofstatisticalconfidentiality,EurostatconcludedaframeworkpartnershipagreementwithaconsortiumheadedbythenationalstatisticalinstituteoftheNetherlandsinwhichtheFederalStatisticalOfficepartici-pates.Sincethatagreementwasconcluded,twospecificgrantagreements(SGAs)havebeenawarded,anotheroneisinpreparation.TheFederalStatisticalOfficeisorwasinvolvedinallthreeoftheseprojects.The“SGATOOLS”project,whichiscurrentlygettingstarted,coversthemaintenanceandupkeepofopensourcetoolssafeguardingstatisticalconfidentiality(specificallyTau-Argus).AnotherSGAwhichwilldealwiththedevelopmentofconfidentialityconceptsforthe2021Censusisinthetenderingphase.
1)Inthisproductclass,theproductnumberingdiffersfromtheKLRsystemoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Reportsonmethodology irregular
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
FurtherdevelopmentoftheBV4.1softwareforcomponentanalysisandseasonaladjustmentofeconomictimeseries
Q1 analyse, support
1/2008 12/2017 no
Conceptstoensurethestatisticalconfidenti-alityofgeo-referenceddataprocessedtobepresentedincartographicform
Q5; E2;S3
process 2/2014 3/2017 yes
Buildingofcompetenceregardingtheuseofnewmathematical-statisticalmethodsinthespecialisedunits
P4; S3
design, build, analyse, support
5/2015 1/2017 yes
Settingupa“CentreofExcellenceforData Editing“
Q2; E2
design,build,process
10/2014 4/2018 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
Programme for the period 2016 to 2020
Statistics production
3.2
� �Territory, population, labour market, elections
63
65
67
69
72
75
� �Education, social issues, health, justice
77
81
83
Health 87
90
� �Housing, environment
92
94
97
� �Sectors of economic activity
99
102
104
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109
111
114
� �Foreign trade, enterprises, crafts
116
118
120
Crafts 122
� �Prices, earnings, income and consumption, living conditions
124
127
130
� �Finance and taxes, public service
133
137
Taxes 139
142
� �Accounting systems
144
146
148
� �Special area
151
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Contact: Stephan Lüken
Territory
Brief descriptionTheterritoryoftheFederalRepublicofGermanyentailsthesurfaceareauptothecoastlineincludinginlandwaters,butexcludingtheLakeofConstance.Theterri-toryisupdatedmonthlyatmunicipalitylevel.
ThelistofmunicipalitiespresentstheadministrativeregionalunitsofGermanybytheirhierarchicaladminis-trativestructureatsetreferencedates.
Main uses— masterrecordforregionalstatistical
evaluations
— presentationofthemunicipalitieswith municipalitycode,areaandpopulation
Main users— FederalGovernment,federalministries
— specialisedunitsoftheFSOandLSOs
— businesses
— privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR186,000
2015: EUR255,000
Total costs2014: EUR271,000
2015: EUR367,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
11111 Recordingofterritorialstatus secondarysurvey decentralised monthly 11,339
11911 Listofmunicipalities register decentralised monthly –
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Listofmunicipalities quarterly,yearly
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Programme for the period 2016 to 2020
Contact: Stefan Dittrich
Population census
Brief descriptionPopulationcensusessupplybasicdataonacoun-try’spopulation,theiremploymentandhousingsitua-tion.Onlypartofthepopulationcensusresultscanbeupdatedcontinuallyanditisinevitablethaterrorswilloccurovertheyears.Forthisreasonageneralstock-takingmustbecarriedoutfromtimetotime.Withits“2011Census”,Germanyjoinedtheten-yearlycensusroundswhicharecommonpracticeinternationally.In2013to2015,resultsofthatcensuswerepublishedandtheprocedurewasevaluatedindetail.Inaccord-ancewithcurrentlyapplicableEUregulations,Ger-manywillparticipateinthenextcensusroundof2021.Methodologicalandorganisationalpreparationshavestartedin2015.FurthertasksareprovidingcounseltothenationallegislatorandplanningtheITarchitectureandanexpansionofstaffnumbers.
Main uses— basisforpoliticalandeconomicplanning
— assessmentbasisfortheallocationof financialresourcesatLandandmunicipal levels
— samplingframeandframeforexpansion
Main users— FederalGovernment,federalministries
— Europeanandinternationalorganisations
— politicalparties,associations
— socialandeconomicresearchinstitutes
— producersofotherspecialisedstatistics
— themedia,privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR1,979,000
2015 EUR1,697,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,798,000
2015: EUR2,494,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
12111 Populationcensus primarysurvey decentralised 10-yearly n.s.1)
1)Thecensusofbuildingsandhousingwillcoverabout20millionproprietorsofhousingspace;thehouseholdsurveywillincludesome7.9millionnaturalpersons.Asitisunknowntowhatextentthetwogroupsoverlap,nototalcanbegiven.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Theregister-basedprocedureofthe2011Census non-recurrent(2011)
2011Census–Populationbysex,age,citizenship,maritalstatusandreligiousaffiliation non-recurrent(2014)
“ZensusKompakt”–Resultsofthe2011Censusincompactform non-recurrent(2014)
2011Census–Methodsandprocedures(jointpublication) non-recurrent(2015)
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik“(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
Resultsbytopics:censusdatabaseathttps://ergebnisse.zensus2011.de/
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Preparationandimplementationofthe2021Census
Q1–2,4–5;I1;E2–3;P2–6;S2
design, build,collect,process,analyse,disseminate,support,manage
7/2014 12/2018 yes
Preparationandimplementationofaconceptforsettingupandusingapermanentaddressregister
Q2;E1
design, build,collect,process,analyse, disseminate
1/2016 12/2019 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Anette Stuckemeier
Microcensus
Brief descriptionThemicrocensusistheofficialrepresentativestatis-ticsofthepopulationandthelabourmarketandcovers1percentofallhouseholdsinGermanyeveryyear.
Themicrocensusprovidesstatisticalinformationontheeconomicandsocialsituationofthepopulationaswellasonemployment,thelabourmarketandeducation/traininginahouseholdandfamilycontext.Theinte-gratedEULabourForceSurveysuppliesinternation-allycomparableresults.Furthermore,themicrocen-susisusedforevaluatingandadjustingotherofficialandnonofficialstatisticssuchasthesamplesurveyofincomeandexpenditure.
HouseholdsurveysneedtobedevelopedfurthertoensurethatEuropeanandnationalrequirementsonofficialhouseholdstatisticscanbecompliedwithinaflexiblemanneralsointhefutureanddataproductionwillremaindemand-oriented.Forthispurpose,apro-jectwasinitiatedin2012forthefurtherdevelopmentofthesystemofhouseholdstatistics.
Thecentralideaisredesigninghouseholdstatisticsasanoverallsystem,withhouseholdstatisticsthathadformerlybeenkeptratherseparatelynowbeingcoveredbyajointsurvey.TheLabourForceSurveyoftheEuro-peanUnion,LEBENINEUROPA(theGermanCommunitystatisticsonincomeandlivingconditions–EU-SILC)andinformationandcommunicationtechnologiesinhouseholds(IKT)arehouseholdstatisticswhichwillbeintegratedintothemicrocensus(seealsotheproductclass“Voluntarysurveysonincome,expenditureandlivingconditionsofhouseholds”).
Main uses— basisforpolitical,socialandeconomic
planninganddecisions
— basisforscience,researchandpolitical consultancy
— basicinformationforotherstatisticsand surveys
— informationforthegeneralpublic
— furtherspecialisedstatistics (forexampleemploymentstatistics)
Main users— federalministries:BMWi,BMFSFJ,BMG,BMAS,
BMBF,BMVBS,BMVI,BMUB,BMI
— EuropeanCommission
— socialandeconomicresearchinstitutes
— themedia,privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR2,581,000
2015: EUR2,717,000
Total costs2014: EUR3,796,000
2015: EUR3,940,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
12211 Microcensusstandardprogramme primarysurvey decentralised yearly 810,000
12212 Microcensussupplementary programme
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 810,000
12221 Householdandfamilystatistics primarysurvey decentralised yearly 810,000
Other activities
KLR no. Product
12206000 Furtherdevelopmentofthesystemofhouseholdstatistics/MZ2020
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries1,series3 yearly
Subject-matterseries13,series1.1 4-yearly
Accompanyingmaterialforpressconferencesonvariousfocaltopics(e.g.PersonslivingaloneinGermany,HowdochildrenliveinGermany?etc.)
yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Furtherdevelopmentofthesystemofhouse-holdstatistics/MZ2020
Q3;E2;P3
design 9/2011 3/2020 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Stephan Lüken
Current population statistics
Brief descriptionThecurrentpopulationstatisticsprovidebasicinfor-mationonthenumberandchangesofthepopulation.Basedonthemostrecentpopulationcensus,thenum-berofthepopulationisupdated,usingstatisticsonbirthsanddeaths,marriagesanddivorces,andmigra-tionstatistics.Thelattercoverchangesofresi- dencebetweenmunicipalitiesintheterritoryoftheFed-eralRepublic(internalmigration)aswellasin-andout-migrationacrossthefederalborders(externalmigra-tion).TheresultsarepresentedinabreakdownbyGermanandnon-Germancitizens.Forthispurpose,dataonnaturalisationsarerequired.Inaddition,basicdataareavailableonthenumberofnaturalisationsandontheforeignpopulation.
Thedevelopmentofmortalityandlifeexpectancyisillustratedbylifetables,whilepopulationprojectionsdescribechangesinthenumberandagestructureofthepopulation.
Main uses— basisfordecisionsoffamily,social,healthand
migrationpolicy
— basisforassessingtheeconomicandsocialeffectsofdemographictrends
— informingthegeneralpublic
Main users— federalministries,mainlyBMFSFJ,BMG,BMAS,BMI
— commissionsoftheGermanBundestag, parliamentaryfactions,politicalparties, associations
— Eurostat,OECD,UN,IMF,CouncilofEurope
— socialandeconomicresearchinstitutes
— themedia,privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR1,565,000
2015: EUR1,804,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,223,000
2015: EUR2,566,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
12411 Currentupdatingofpopulationfigures calculation decentralised quarterly –
12421 Populationprojections calculation centralised 3-yearly –
12511 Naturalisationstatistics secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 500
12521 Statisticsofforeigners secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1
12611 Statisticsofmarriages secondarysurvey decentralised monthly 5,000
12612 Births statistics secondarysurvey decentralised monthly 5,000
12613 Deaths statistics secondarysurvey decentralised monthly 5,000
12621 Lifetables calculation centralised yearly –
12631 Statisticsofdecreesabsolutein matrimonialcases
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
12641 Basicdemographicdataonthe developmentofbirthsinGermany (Art.7ofFederalStatisticsLaw)1)
primarysurvey decentralised non-recurrent(2006)
13,000
12651 Creationofsame-sexpartnerships secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 5,000
12661 Dissolutionofsame-sexpartnerships secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
12711 Migrationstatistics secondarysurvey decentralised monthly 8,000
19911 Pilotsurveyofpublicserviceemployeswithamigrantbackground
primarysurvey centralised non-recurrent 15
1)Dataonthedevelopmentofbirthsarecollectedbythemicrocensusatfour-yearintervals.
Other activities
KLR no. Product
31290010 StatisticsofethnicGermanrepatriatesandasylum-seekers
31241120 Futurecalculationofthepopulationfigure
45620201 Populationdatainaccordancewiththeusualresidencedefinition:Feasibilitystudies
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Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries1,series1and2 yearly
IntheSpotlight:ElderlypeopleinGermanyandtheEU(2011edition) 1) non-recurrent
Headingforgenderequality?Education,employmentandsocialmatters–Differencesinthesituationofwomenandmen(2014)
non-recurrent
Oldagesubjecttochange–OlderpeopleinGermanyandtheEU–2012 non-recurrent
Populationbymigrationstatus,regionaldata–Resultsofthemicrocensus yearly
Migration(internal,externalandtotalmigration) yearly
TheGermanpopulationupto2060 irregular
Marriages,birthsanddeathsbyadministrativedistricts yearly
Cashinsurancevaluesforlifeannuities irregular
ClassificationofCitizenshipsandTerritories irregular
PeriodlifetablesforGermany yearly
BirthsinGermany–Factsandfiguresonthedevelopmentofbirths irregular
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
1)2016editioninpreparation.
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Expansionofpopulationupdatesfollowingthe2011Census:reprogrammingofpopulationstatisticsprocessing(BASIS+)
Q1–2;E2
design, process
1/2010 6/2018 yes
Furtherdevelopmentofpopulationstatistics:futurecalculationofthepopulationfigure
Q1–2,6;I1,3;E1,3;P1–3;S2–3
specifyneeds, design, build, analyse, disseminate
1/2016 12/2018 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Stephan Lüken
Labour market
Brief descriptionCoherentandcomprehensivepresentationofstatisti-callabourmarketresultsbyincludingallbasicstatisticsthatareavailable.Inaccordancewiththeinternation-allyagreedLabourForceConceptoftheInternationalLabourOrganization(ILO),monthly,quarterlyandannuallabourmarketresults(partlyingreaterdetail)arederivedfromthemicrocensusandthelabourforcesurvey.
Basedonalltheemploymentinformationavailable,theemploymentaccountsperformedbytheFederalStatis-ticalOfficeprovidemacroeconomicemploymentdataeverymonthforshort-termeconomicandlabourmar-ketmonitoring.Inaddition,theysupplyquarterlyandannualaverageresultsrelatingtoself-employedper-sons(incl.familyworkers)andemployeesinabreak-downbyeconomicsectors,whicharealsoincorporatedintonationalaccounts.
Inco-ordinationwiththeFederalEmploymentAgency,resultsonemployeessubjecttosocialinsurancecontri-butionsaresupplied,amongothers,asstructuraldatainadetailedsubject-relatedandregionalbreakdown,andresultsareprovidedonunemployedpersons.
Main uses— labourmarketmonitoringatnationalandinterna-
tionallevels
— short-termeconomicindicatorsonthelabourmar-ketandemployment
— contributionstonationalaccounts (referencevalues)
Main users— federalministries:BMWi,BMAS,BMF
— FederalEmploymentAgency
— EuropeanCommission,Eurostat
— ILO,OECD
— EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— economicassociations,labourmarketandeco-nomicresearchinstitutes,tradeunionsandemploy-ers’associations
— privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR1,208,000
2015: EUR1,111,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,746,000
2015: EUR1,598,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
13231 UnemploymentstatisticsinthecontextoflabourmarketstatisticsbasedontheILOconcept
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 35,000
13321 Estimationofpersonsinemployment andthelabourforceintheterritoryof theFederalRepublicofGermany1)
calculation centralised monthly –
13411 EULabourForceSurvey2) primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 810,000
1)Contact:AlbertBraakmann.–2)Contact:AnetteStuckemeier.
Other activities
KLR no. Product
45421104 Pilotstudyonthe2017ad-hocmodule(self-employment)ofthelabourforcesurvey
45620601 ESSnetBigDataI:Internet-basedcoverageofvacancies
45830501 Ad-hocmoduleoftheEU,2016:“Youngpeopleonthelabourmarket“ 1)
1)Contact:AnetteStuckemeier.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries1,series4 quarterly,yearly
Qualityofemployment–Earningmoneyandwhatelsecounts(2015edition) irregular
Labourmarketataglance–GermanyandEurope(2016edition) irregular
Labourmarketsundergoingchange,2000to2009 non-recurrent
TheemploymentaccountsoftheFederationandtheLändercanbeaccessedvia theircommonstatisticsportalatwww.statistik-portal.de. 1)
quarterly,yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
1)Contact:AlbertBraakmann.
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Developinganddisseminatingindicatorsofthequalityofworkandofthedegreetowhichtheproductionfactoroflabourisused
Q1–2,4;P2
design,analyse,disseminate
1/2010 6/2018 no
Pilotstudyonthelabourforcesurveymodule“Reconciliationbetweenworkandfamilylife“
Q1–3,6;P1–2,4,6
specify needs, design,build,collect, evaluate
4/2016 12/2016 no
Testingofsurveytoolsforthelabourforcesurveymoduleonthelabourmarketsituationofmigrants
Q1–3,6;P1–2,4,6
specify needs, design,build,collect, evaluate
9/2016 6/2017 no
Internet-basedcoverageofvacancies(bigdatapilotproject)
Q1–3,6;E1,3;P1–2,4
specify needs, design,build,collect, process, analyse, evaluate
2/2016 3/2018 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Karina Schorn
Elections
Brief descriptionTraditionally,thePresidentoftheFederalStatisticalOfficehasalsoexercisedthefunctionofFederalReturn-ingOfficerinpersonalunion.Theproductclass“Elec-tions”comprisesmainlythesupportoftheFederalReturningOfficerinpreparingandholdingelectionstotheGermanBundestagandtotheEuropeanParlia-mentandinmaintainingaregisterwhichcontainsthestatutes,programmesandnamesoftheexecutivecommitteemembersofthepoliticalpartiesandtheirLandbranches–atasklaiddowninthePolitical PartiesAct.
Also,generalandrepresentativeelectionstatisticsareproducedforBundestagandEuropeanParliament elections.
Thegeneralelectionstatisticsbothdocumentsandanalysesthedatawhichtheelectoralbodiesobtainaselectionresults.Theyinclude,inparticular,thenum-berofpersonsentitledtovote,ofactualvotersinclusiveofpostalvoters,ofnon-voters,andofvalidandinvalidvotesinabreakdownbypollingdistricts.
Therepresentativeelectionstatistics,however,pro-videsananalysisofthedataobtainedfromtheofficialballotpapersinabreakdownbysexandagegroups.
Main uses— preparationandconductofBundestag
andEuropeanParliamentelections
— documentationandanalysisofthe electionresults
Main users— politicsandadministrationatFederationlevel
— politicalparties
— electoralresearchinstitutes
Primary costs2014: EUR1,325,000
2015: EUR 956,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,664,000
2015: EUR1,270,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
14111 GeneralstatisticsofelectionstotheBundestag
secondarysurvey decentralised 4-yearly 61,946,900
14121 Representativestatisticsofelections totheBundestag
secondarysurvey decentralised 4-yearly 2,478,000
14211 GeneralstatisticsofelectionstotheEuropeanParliament
secondarysurvey decentralised 5-yearly 61,998,800
14221 Representativestatisticsofelections totheEuropeanParliament
secondarysurvey decentralised 5-yearly 2,547,000
Other activities
KLR no. Product
31491000 Preparationandconductofelections
31492000 TasksaslaiddowninthePoliticalPartiesAct
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
ElectiontotheGermanBundestag 4-yearly
LegalbasesoftheBundestagelections 4-yearly
ComparativefiguresofformerelectionstotheBundestagandLänderparliamentsaswell asstructuraldataonBundestagconstituencies
4-yearly
ProvisionalandfinalresultsoftheBundestagelectionsbyconstituencies 4-yearly
Electoralparticipationofandvotescastbymenandwomen,byagegroups 4-yearly(Bundestagelection)5-yearly(EuropeanParliamentelections)
Textualevaluationoftheelectionresults 4-yearly(Bundestagelection)5-yearly(EuropeanParliamentelections)
ResultsandcomparativefiguresofearlierelectionstotheEuropeanParliament,theGermanBundestagandtheLänderparliaments,andstructuraldatafortownsnotattachedtoanad-ministrativedistrictandforruraldistricts
5-yearly
PreliminaryandfinalresultsoftheelectionofthemembersoftheEuropeanParliamentbytownsnotattachedtoanadministrativedistrictandbyruraldistricts
5-yearly
ElectionofthemembersfromtheFederalRepublicofGermanytotheEuropeanParliament 5-yearly
LegalbasesoftheEuropeanParliamentelections 5-yearly
PapersonbasesandresultsofBundestagandEuropeanParliamentelectionsinthe periodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)
4-yearly (Bundestagelections)5-yearly (EuropeanParliamentelections)
Statutesandprogrammesofpoliticalpartiesfordownload(www.bundeswahlleiter.de) continuous
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Contact: Pia Brugger
Education and culture
Brief descriptionTheeducationstatisticscomprisestatisticsofschoolsandinstitutionsofhighereducation,vocationaltrainingstatistics,statisticsonthepromotionofeducationandonupgradingtrainingassistanceaswellasfinance statisticsofhighereducationinstitutionsandthe educationbudget.
Theculturalstatisticsdealwithculturalinstitutionsandculturalactivitiesofthecitizens.
Main uses— basisfortheplanningandpoliticalshapingofedu-
cationandculture
— internationaleducationandculturestatistics
Main users— BMBF,Landministriesofeducation
— StandingConferenceofLandMinistersof Education(KMK)
— GermanScienceCouncil,JointScienceConference(GWK)
— GermanRectors’Conference(HRK)
— Eurostat,OECD,UNESCO
Primary costs2014: EUR2,493,000
2015: EUR2,695,000
Total costs2014: EUR3,445,000
2015: EUR3,673,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
21111 Statisticsofschoolsofgeneral education
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 34,500
21121 Statisticsofvocationalschools secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 8,900
21131 Statisticsofschoolsfornurses, midwives,etc.
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,600
21141 Teachertrainingstatisticsandstatisticsofyoungteachers
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
21211 Statisticsofvocationaltrainingasof31December
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,100
21231 StatisticspursuanttotheProfessionalQualificationsAssessmentAct(BQFG)
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
21311 Statisticsofstudents secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
21321 Statisticsofexaminations secondarysurvey decentralised half-yearly 400
21331 Statisticsofgueststudents secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
21341 Statisticsofpersonnelandposts secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
21351 Statisticsofpost-doctorallecturing qualifications
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
21352 DoctoralstudentsinGermany (Article7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)
primarysurvey decentralised irregular 20,000
21371 Financestatisticsofinstitutionsofhighereducation,yearly
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
21372 Financestatisticsofinstitutionsofhighereducation,quarterly
primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 400
21381 Keydataoninstitutionsofhigher education
calculation centralised yearly –
21411 Statisticsofthegovernment-sponsoredpromotionofeducationpursuanttotheFederalEducationAssistanceAct
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 800
21421 Statisticsofupgradingassistance pursuanttotheUpgradingTraining AssistanceAct
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
21431 SurveyofassistancepursuanttotheScholarshipProgrammeAct(StipG),(Germanyscholarshipprogramme)
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
21521 EuropeanContinuingVocationalTrainingSurvey(CVTS)
primarysurvey decentralised 5-yearly 10,000
21621 Culturalreportsfornationalpurposes calculation centralised yearly –
21631 Culturalreportsforinternational purposes
calculation centralised irregular –
21711 Educationalreportsfornationalpurposes
calculation centralised irregular –
21721 Educationalreportsforinternationalpurposes
calculation centralised yearly –
21931 Surveyofreceiptsandexpendituresofnon-governmentschools,includingschoolsfornurses,midwives,etc. (Article7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)
primarysurvey decentralised irregular 5,200
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Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries11,series1to8 yearly
Subject-matterseries14,series3.6 yearly
Educationalstatusofthepopulation yearly
Reportoneducationfinance yearly
Institutionsofhighereducationataglance(2016edition) irregular
Vocationaltrainingataglance(2013edition) irregular
InternationaleducationindicatorsinacomparisonbetweenGermanLänder yearly
Continuingeducation yearly
EducationinGermany–Anindicator-basedreportincludingananalysisofeducationandpeoplewithdisabilities(2016edition)
2-yearly
Schoolsataglance(2016edition) 2-yearly
Culturalfinancereport 2-yearly
Employmentincultureandtheculturalindustries–Specialevaluationofthemicrocensus irregular
TimeusedforcultureandculturalactivitiesinGermany irregular
Germanstudentsabroad yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Furtherdevelopmentofculturalstatistics Q1,3;P1;S3
design 9/2014 12/2016 yes
Nationalreportingoneducation:Co-operationinthecompilationofpublications,theindicatordatabase,regionaleducationmonitoring,etc.
Q1,3–4;E2;P2;S3
design,process,analyse
1/2009 12/2016 yes
Surveyofreceiptsandexpendituresofnon-governmentschoolsandschoolsfornurses,midwives,etc.(surveyconductedfortheBMBFinkeepingwithArticle7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)
Q2–3 design,collect, process,analyse
1/2014 9/2016 yes
Establishmentofaflexibleevaluationsystemforthestatisticsofhighereducation
Q1,4–5;I2;E1; S3
analyse, disseminate
1/2014 12/2019 yes
SpecialsurveyofdoctoralstudentsinGermany Q2–3;P2;S3
design,build,collect,process,analyse,disseminate,evaluate
4/2014 6/2016 yes
Revisionofthelegalbasesofeducation statistics
Q1–3;I1; E1;P2–3
specifyneeds,design,build,collect
3/2014 12/2017 yes
Creatingadatapoolforthestatisticsofstudentpathwaysthroughhighereducation
Q1–3;I1; E1;P2–3;S3
design,build,collect,analyse,disseminate
1/2016 3/2018 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Pia Brugger
Research and development
Brief descriptionOfficialresearchstatisticscoverexpenditure,receiptsandemployeesfortheareasofscience,researchanddevelopmentinthepublicsector(non-universityresearchinstitutions,institutionsofhighereducation).Also,non-officialstatisticsareevaluatedandincludedinnationalandinternationalreporting.Researchanddevelopmentaredefinedasthesystematic,creativeactivityaimedatextendingtheknowledgeincludingthefindingsonman,cultureandthesocietyaswellastheirusewithaviewtofindnewapplications.
Main uses— basisforresearchpolicydecisions
— nationalresearchreporting(federalreportonresearch,Landreportsonresearch)
— internationalcomparison
Main users— BMBF,ministriesofscienceoftheLänder
— StandingConferenceofLandMinistersof Education(KMK)
— Eurostat,OECD
Primary costs2014: EUR284,000
2015: EUR345,000
Total costs2014: EUR406,000
2015: EUR489,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
21811 Surveyofexpenditure,receiptsandstaffofpublicandstate-subsidisedinstitu-tionsforscienceandresearch
primarysurvey centralised yearly 1,000
21821 Reportsonresearchanddevelopmentfornationalpurposes
calculation centralised yearly –
21831 Reportsonresearchanddevelopmentforinternationalpurposes
calculation centralised yearly –
92911 QuantitativecheckofR&Dcoefficients(Art.7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)
primarysurvey decentral-ised
non-recurrent 70,000
92921 QualitativecheckofR&Dcoefficients(Art.7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)
primarysurvey decentral-ised
non-recurrent 24
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries14,series3.6 yearly
Regionalindicatorsofscienceandtechnology irregular
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
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Contact: Dr. Bernd Becker
Social issues
Brief descriptionSocialsecuritybenefitscomprisecashpaymentsandbenefitsinkindwhicharegrantedtohouseholdsorindividualsbythegovernment,publicbodiesorenter-prisestocoverspecificsocialrisksandneeds.Theben-efitsareintendedtoprovidesocialsecurityagainstrisksandtofulfilothersocialpolicytasksinfieldssuchaspublicchildrenandyouthwelfare,publicassistance,andthesupportforpeoplewhoaredisabledorinneedoflong-termcare.Thenecessaryfinancialfundsaremainlysuppliedthroughcontributionsbytheinsuredandtheemployersaswellasbygovernmenttransfers.
Main uses— basisforpoliticaldecision-makers
— basisforscienceandresearch
— basisforgovernmentreports
— informationforthegeneralpublic
Main users— federalandLandministriesforfamilyaffairsand
socialsecurity
— parliamentsoftheFederationandtheLänder
— businessassociations,socialandeconomic associations(welfareassociations)
— scienceandeducation
— themedia
Primary costs2014: EUR1,705,000
2015: EUR2,594,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,458,000
2015: EUR3,660,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
22111 Statisticsofexpenditureandrevenueregardingpublicassistance
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 407
22121 Statisticsofrecipientsofsubsistencepayments(excl.short-termrecipients) –recipientson31December
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
22122 Statisticsofrecipientsofsubsistencepayments(excl.short-termrecipients) –newrecipientsandleavers
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
22123 Statisticsofrecipientsofsubsistencepaymentswithshort-termprovisionofassistance
secondarysurvey decentralised quarterly 868
22124 Samplesurveyofrecipientsof subsistencepayments
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
22125 Statisticsofrecipientsofbenefitsforeducationandparticipationinaccord-ancewiththeGermanSocialCode,BookXII,Chapter3
secondarysurvey decentralised quarterly 1,000
22131 StatisticsofrecipientsofbenefitsinaccordancewiththeGermanSocialCode,BookXII,Chapters5to9
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 953
22132 SamplesurveyofrecipientsofbenefitsinaccordancewiththeGermanSocialCode,BookXII,Chapters5to9
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 953
22151 Recipientsofbasicsecuritybenefitsinoldageandincasesofreducedearningcapacity
secondarysurvey centralised quarterly 740
22152 Samplesurveyofrecipientsofbasic securitybenefitsinoldageandincasesofreducedearningcapacity
calculation centralised quarterly –
22211 Statisticsofexpenditureandrevenueregardingbenefitsforasylum-seekers
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
22221 Statisticsofrecipientsofnormal benefitsforasylum-seekers–recipientson31December
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
22231 Statisticsofrecipientsofspecialbenefitsforasylum-seekers
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
22251 StatisticsofrecipientsofbenefitsforeducationandparticipationpursuanttotheActonBenefitsforAsylum-seekers
secondarysurvey decentralised quarterly 1,000
22311 Housingallowanceasat 31December
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,400
22312 Housingallowance–quarters secondarysurvey decentralised quarterly 1,400
22313 Samplesurveyofhousingallowance calculation decentralised yearly –
22411 Statisticsofhomecareservices secondarysurvey decentralised 2-yearly 13,000
22412 Statisticsofin-patientnursinghomes secondarysurvey decentralised 2-yearly 13,000
22421 Statisticsofrecipientsoflong-termcareallowances
secondarysurvey centralised 2-yearly 7
22517 Statisticsofeducationalassistance,ofintegrationgrantsforemotionallydisturbed,andofassistanceforyoungmajors
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,900
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
22518 Statisticsoftheprotectivemandateincasesofchildendangerment
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 660
22521 Statisticsofadoptions secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 700
22522 Statisticsofapprovalforfostering,ofcuratorships,guardianships,rightof custody,andchildcustodydeclarations
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 700
22523 Statisticsofprovisionalprotective measures
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 700
22531 Youthservicemeasuresoffered secondarysurvey decentralised 2-yearly 120,000
22541 Statisticsofchildrenandpersons employedindaycarecentres
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 50,000
22542 Statisticsofinstitutionsandpersonsemployed–excl.daycarecentres
secondarysurvey decentralised 2-yearly 32,000
22543 Statisticsofchildrenandpersons employedinpubliclysupporteddaycareforchildren
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 700
22545 Statisticsofpersonsindaycarefacilitieswithmorethanonechildminderandchildrencaredforthere
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 700
22546 Financestatisticsofnon-governmentdaycarecentresforchildren(Art.7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)
primarysurvey centralised non-recurrent
inprepa-ration
22551 Statisticsofexpenditureandrevenueofpublicchildrenandyouthwelfare
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 17,000
22711 Statisticsofseverelyhandicappedpersons
secondarysurvey decentralised 2-yearly 70
22731 Statisticsofassistanceforwarvictims secondarysurvey decentralised 2-yearly 550
22811 Socialreportinginofficialstatistics calculation centralised yearly –
22922 Statisticsofparentalallowance secondarysurvey centralised quarterly 16
22923 Statisticsofhomechildcareallowance secondarysurvey centralised quarterly 16
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries13,series4,5to7 yearly
Statisticsofparentalallowance quarterly,yearly
Statisticsofhomechildcareallowance quarterly
Statisticsofassistanceforwarvictims 2-yearly
Statisticsofseverelyhandicappedpersons 2-yearly
Statisticsofchildrenandyouthwelfare yearly
Daycareforchildren–regionaldata yearly
Reportonlong-termcarestatistics 2-yearly
Thematicpapersonpublicassistance yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Newconceptforthestatisticsofmeasuresinchildandyouthservices
Q2 design 10/2010 8/2016 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Karin Böhm
Health
Brief descriptionThehealth-relatedstatisticsandaccountingsystemsprovidedataonthehealthsituationandthehealthbehaviourofthepopulationinGermany,onaspectsofmedicalcareandtheexpendituresituationinthehealthsector.Thehospitalstatisticssupplyinformationontheequipmentandpatientsofthehospitalsandpre-ventionorrehabilitationfacilities.Forhospitals,costsareshown,too.
ForeverydeathinGermany,thecausesofdeathstatis-ticsdonotonlyshowdemographicdatabutalsothebasicdisease.Thestatisticsofabortionsgiveanover-viewofthemagnitude,structureandtrendofabortionsinGermanyaswellasofthelifesituationofthewomenconcerned.
Inhealthexpenditureaccounts,expenditureinthehealthsectorisdeterminedbytypesofbenefit,facili-tiesandinstitutionsmakingtheexpenditure.Thecost-of-illnessaccountsshowburdenimposedontheGer-maneconomybydiseases.Thehealthpersonnelaccountsprovidedetailedinformationonthenumberandstructureofpersonnelinthehealthsector.
ThehealthmonitoringinformationsystemoftheFed-erationwww.gbe-bund.deprovidesstatisticalinforma-tiononhealthinanonlinedatabase.ItstoresdatafromthestatisticalofficesoftheFederationandtheLänderandfrommanyexternalinstitutions.TheFederalStatis-ticalOfficeisresponsiblefortheintegrationofnewdataandthemaintenance,administrationandfurtherdevel-opmentofthesysteminbothcontentandtechnicaltermsandcombinesthesedatasystematically.TheFed-eralStatisticalOfficecloselyco-operateswiththeRob-ertKoch-Instituteinthatarea.
Main uses— basisforhealthpolicydecisions
— referencefunctionfordiscussionsonandassess-mentsofhealth-relatedgoals
— databasisforthehealthmonitoringsystemandthereportsonpovertyandwealth
— sourceforsettingupanEuropeansystemofhealthstatisticsandformeetinginternationaldeliverycommitments
Main users— federalministries:BMG,BMFSFJ,BMAS
— Eurostat,OECD,WHO
− AdvisoryCouncilontheAssessmentof DevelopmentsintheHealthCareSystem
— publichealthresearchinstitutes
— privateusers,the(specialised)public
Primary costs2014: EUR2,147,000
2015: EUR2,326,000
Total costs2014: EUR3,148,000
2015: EUR3,299,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
23111 Resourcesandpersonneldataof hospitals
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 2,000
23112 Resourcesandpersonneldataofpreventivecareandrehabilitationfacilities
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,200
23121 Costdataofhospitals primarysurvey decentralised yearly 2,000
23131 Diagnosesofhospitalpatients primarysurvey decentralised yearly 2,000
23132 Diagnosesofpatientsinpreventivecareandrehabilitationfacilities
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 700
23141 Hospitalstatisticsrelatedtocaseflatrates(statisticsofdiagnosesandprocedures)
secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1,500
23151 Referencevalueforhospitals secondarysurvey centralised yearly –1)
23211 Causesofdeathstatistics secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 440
23311 Abortionstatistics primarysurvey centralised quarterly 2,000
23611 Healthexpenditureaccounts calculation centralised yearly –
23621 Healthpersonnelaccounts calculation centralised yearly –
23631 Cost-of-illnessaccounts calculation centralised irregular –
23711 Statisticsofdiagnosesinoutpatients secondarysurvey centralised yearly inprepa-ration
1)Onlyuseofdataavailablefromothersetsofstatistics.
Other activities
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32381000 Healthmonitoringsystem(GBE):Asanonlinedatabase,theinformationsystemoftheGBEoftheFedera-tionprovidesinformationonallareasofhealthmonitoring.Thecoreoftheinformationsystemcurrentlyisastockofover1billiondatagroupedtoforminformativeindicators
44101640 Qualityimprovementofthecausesofdeathstatistics
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries12,series3to7 yearly/irregular
ListofhospitalsandpreventivecareandrehabilitationfacilitiesinGermany(Listofhospitals) yearly
Accidents,violence,self-inflictedinjuriesofchildrenandjuveniles yearly
OnlineinformationsystemoftheFederalHealthMonitoringSystematwww.gbe-bund.de continuous
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Revisionandexpansionofthehealthexpendi-tureaccountsaspartofthechangeovertotheSystemofHealthAccounts2.0
Q1,3;E2;P2–3;S2–3
design, process,analyse,disseminate
5/2013 12/2017 no
Introductionofstatisticsofdiseaseprevalenceinoutpatientmedicaltreatment(statisticsofdiagnosesinoutpatients)
Q1,4;P2; S3
design,collect, process,analyse, disseminate
1/2013 12/2016 no
Revisionofhospitalstatistics Q1–3; I1;E2; P1;S2–3
specify needs, design, build, collect, process,analyse, disseminate
7/2012 12/2017 yes
Furtherdevelopmentofthereferencevalueforhospitals
Q1;I3;E1;P1;S3
design,collect,process,analyse, disseminate
9/2015 9/2018 no
Furtherdevelopmentofcost-of-illnessaccounts Q1;I3;E3;P2;S3
design,build,collect,process,analyse, disseminate
1/2016 12/2017 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Heinz-Werner Hetmeier
Justice
Brief descriptionTheofficialjusticestatisticsprovideinformationonthevolumeofworkofandtheworkcompletedbycourtsandpublicprosecutors.Theyalsosupplydataonper-sonssentencedandpersonsconvicted,onjailprison-ersandonpersonsunderprobationsupervision.
Main uses— informationforplanningandmonitoringtheuseof
fundsbyjudicialbodies
— evaluationandfurtherdevelopmentoflegislationandlegalpolicymeasures
— nationalandinternationalcrimereporting
Main users— federalministries:BMI,BMAS,BMJV,FederalOffice
ofJustice(BfJ)
— landministriesofjusticeandjudicial administrations
− EU,Eurostat,UN
— themedia,privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR303,000
2015: EUR395,000
Total costs2014: EUR434,000
2015: EUR558,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
24211 Statisticscompiledbypublicprosecu-torsandpublicprosecutorsatlocalcourts
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 200
24221 Statisticsoncriminalproceedingsandadministrativefineproceedings
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 800
24231 Statisticsoncivilmatters secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 800
24241 Statisticsonfamilymatters secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 700
24251 Statisticsinadministrativejurisdiction secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 70
24261 Statisticsinjurisdictionovertaxmatters secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 20
24271 Statisticsinsocialjurisdiction secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 90
24281 Statisticsinlabourjurisdiction secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 100
24311 Criminalstatisticsofthecourts secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 800
24321 Statisticsoftheexecutionofsentencesanddisciplinaryorders
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 300
24411 Probationstatistics secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 100
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries10,series1to5 yearly
Chapter11“Justice“oftheStatisticalYearbook yearly
Justiceataglance(2015edition) irregular
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
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Contact: Dr. Daniel Vorgrimler
Buildings and housing
Brief descriptionThestockofdwellingsandresidentialbuildingswasdeterminedbythecensusofbuildingsandhousingofthe2011Census.Onthebasisofthatdata,thestatis-ticsofbuildingactivityprovidesinformationonthefil-ingofapplications,thegrantingofpermits,thecom-pletionofconstructionprojectsandthedemolitionofbuildingsanddwellings.Administrativedataaccruingatthebuildingsupervisoryauthoritiesofmunicipali-tiesareusedforthepurpose.Thestatisticsofbuildingactivitythusgivesimportantcluesastofuturetrendsintheconstructionindustryandmakesitpossibletomonitorthemediumandlong-termdevelopmentofthestockofbuildingsanditsstructure.Furthersignificantinformationonconstructionactivityissuppliedbythesurveysofthebuildingindustrystatistics.Pleaserefertotheproductclassof“buildingindustry“onthesub-ject.
Main uses— short-termeconomicmonitoring
— basisforhousingpolicydecisions
— basisforplanninginthehousingand constructionindustry
Main users— federalministries
— Eurostat
— UN,OECD
— economicassociations
Primary costs2014: EUR494,000
2015: EUR434,000
Total costs2014: EUR711,000
2015: EUR625,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
31111 Statisticsofbuildingpermits primarysurvey decentralised monthly 24,0001)
31121 Statisticsofconstructionwork completed
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 220,0001)
31131 Statisticsofthevolumeofunfinishedbuildingprojects
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 470,0001)
31141 Statisticsofdemolitionofbuildingsanddwellings
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 23,0001)
31211 Censusofbuildingsandhousing2) primarysurvey decentralised 10-yearly 20,000,000
31231 Estimationofthestockofresidentialbuildingsanddwellings
calculation decentralised yearly –
1)Thisisthenumberofreportsbecomingavailablewitheachbuildingpermitgrantedorconstructionworkcompleted.Theirnumbervarieseveryyearandcannotbedeterminedbeforehand.Thisisthenumberofreportsprovidedin2015.2)Contact:StefanDittrich.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries5,series1,3 yearly
Selectedfiguresontheconstructionindustry monthly
Estimationofthestockofresidentialbuildingsanddwellings–Long-termseriesfrom1969 yearly
StockofbuildingsanddwellingsinGermany–Firstresultsofthe2011CensusofBuildingsandHousing1)
non-recurrent
BuildinganddwellingsinthenewLänderandBerlin-East–Comparisonofresultsfromthe2011and1995CensusesofBuildingsandHousing1)
non-recurrent
1)Contact:StefanDittrich.
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Contact: Stefan Gruber
Environment
Brief descriptionTheenvironmentalsurveysprovideimportantbasicdatatoassesstheenvironmentalsituation,ecologicalburdensandtheirchanges.Adistinctionismadeherebetweentwotypesofsurveys.Oneofthemmonitorsresourcesmanagementinthefieldofwaterextractionandtheenvironmentalloadofemissionsinwasteman-agement,wastewatermanagementandairqualitycon-trol.Theothertypeofsurveyquantifiesthesignificanceofenvironmentalprotectionfortheeconomy.
Main use— evaluationandmonitoringofnationalandinterna-
tionalpolicies
Main users— BMUB
— FederalEnvironmentAgency(UBA)
— supranationalandinternationalinstitutions
— scientificcommunity
— privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR2,444,000
2015: EUR2,440,000
Total costs2014: EUR3,474,000
2015: EUR3,456,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
32111 Surveyofwastedisposal primarysurvey decentralised yearly 12,000
32121 Surveyofpublicwastedisposal secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 20
32131 Surveyofthecollectionoftransportandsecondarypackaging
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 2,000
32136 Surveyofsalespackagingreturned primarysurvey decentralised yearly 100
32141 Surveyofprocessingandutilisingsiteanddemolitionwaste
primarysurvey decentralised 2-yearly 2,000
32151 Surveyofdangerouswastesubjecttospecialmonitoringanddocumentation
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 20
32161 Surveyofwasteproduction primarysurvey decentralised 4-yearly 20,000
32211 Surveyofpublicwatersupply primarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly 6,000
32212 Surveyofpublicwastewaterdisposal primarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly 6,500
32213 Surveyofpublicwastewatertreatment primarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly 9,300
32214 Surveyofpublicwastewaterdisposal–sewagesludge
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 6,500
32221 Surveyofnon-publicwatersupplyandwastewaterdisposal
primarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly 18,500
32251 Surveyofhouseholds’ownwatersup-plyanddisposal
primarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly 11,200
32271 Surveyofwaterandwastewatercharges
primarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly 8,000
32311 Surveyofaccidentsinvolvingwater-endangeringsubstances
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 500
32331 Surveyofinstallationsforhandlingwater-endangeringsubstances
secondarysurvey decentralised 5-yearly 500
32421 Surveyofspecificsubstancesaffectingtheclimate
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 14,000
32511 Surveyofinvestmentsforenvironmen-talprotection
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 10,000
32521 Surveyofthecurrentexpenditureonenvironmentalprotection
primarysurvey centralised 3-yearly 10,000
32531 Surveyofgoodsandservicesfor environmentalprotection
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 15,000
32911 Overallsteeringfileonenvironmentalstatistics(GLU)
register decentralised yearly –
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33256100 EUproject:useofgeo-data
45720202 HarmonisedwaterstatisticsreportstotheEU
45720302 ReportsontheCReMA(ClassificationofResourcedManagementActivities)andReMEA(Resource managementexpenditureaccount)environmentalclassifications
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries19,series1–3 yearly, series2:yearly 3-yearly
Surveyofspecificsubstancesaffectingtheclimate–reportsonresults yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Reprogrammingthesurveysofinstallationsforhandlingwater-endangeringsubstances
Q2; E2
specifyneeds, design, collect, process,analyse
1/2014 6/2016 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Hermann Seewald
Land use
Brief descriptionTheofficialareastatisticsforallofGermany,whichiscompiledannually,providesbasicdataforlandusemonitoring.ItisbasedondatafromtheofficiallandregistersoftheLänderandthereforeasecondarysta-tistics,whichmeansthatdataofthirdpartiesareused.ThesustainabilitystrategyoftheFederalGovernmentshowsthatgreatpoliticalimportanceisattachedtothewaythislimitedresourceisused.Forhistoricalreasons,theAgriculturalStatisticsActisthelegalbasisoftheareasurveyasuserinterestinitiallyfocusedonagricul-turallanduse.
Main uses— basicinformation,especiallyfordecisions
intheareasofregionaldevelopmentand environmentatthefederal,Landand municipalitylevels
— sustainabilitystrategyoftheFederal Government
— environmental-economicaccounting
Main users— federalministries:BMVI,BMUB,BMEL
— FederalOfficeofBuildingandRegionalPlanning(BBR),FederalEnvironmentAgency(UBA)and FederalOfficeforNatureConservation(BfN)
— similaragenciesatLandandmunicipality levels
Primary costs2014: EUR164,000
2015: EUR 84,000
Total costs2014: EUR231,000
2015: EUR121,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
33111 Surveyofareasbytypesofactualuse secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 413
Other activities
KLR no. Product
45710502 Copernicusproject“Cop4Stat“:Thisprojectinvestigateswhethersatelliteimagedataandderivedproductsaresuitedforqualityimprovement,forexpanding,intermsofsubject-matter,theareainformationavail-able,andformeetingupcomingreportingrequirementsoftheEuropeanLandUseandCoverageAreaframeSurvey“LUCAS”.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries3,series5.1 yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
Contributionstothe“indicatorreport” yearly
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Contact: Hermann Seewald
Agriculture and forestry, fisheries
Brief descriptionThetaskofofficialagriculturalstatisticsistheup-to-datecoverageofstructuralandsocialadjustmentsofagriculturetochangedconditionsintermsofmarketeconomyandagriculturalpolicy.Thisincludesdeter-miningcurrentproductionconditionsandoutputtoper-mitassessmentoffuturedevelopments.
Agriculturalstatisticsaresubdividedintostructural surveysofagriculturalandforestryholdingsandtheagriculturalproductionstatistics.
Main use— evaluationofinternationalandnational
agriculturalpolicies
Main users— BMEL
— EuropeanCommission(Directorate-Generalfor AgricultureandRuralDevelopment)
— Eurostat
— economicassociations
— enterprisesoperatinginagriculture,forestryandfishing
Primary costs2014: EUR2,333,000
2015: EUR2,523,000
Total costs2014: EUR3,337,000
2015: EUR3,703,000
SomeproductsofagriculturalstatisticsarecofinancedfromEUfunds.AsthestatisticalofficesoftheLänderareinvolvedintheproductionofthoseproductssup-portedbytheEU,thecostsshownwillinsuchcasescontainreimbursementsmadetothestatisticalofficesoftheLänder.TheEUfundshavenotbeenoff-setagainstthereimbursementsbecausethecostsare evaluatedaccordingtotheno-nettingprinciple.
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
41111 Registerofagriculturalholdings(incl.register-basedsurveys)
register decentralised monthly –
41121 Agriculturalstructuresurvey(ASE) primarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly 80,0001)
41123 Communityagriculturalstructuresurvey(ASE)
primarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly 80,0001)
41141 Censusofagriculture–mainsurvey primarysurvey decentralised 10-yearly 300,000
41151 Censusofagriculture–surveyofagricul-turalproductionmethods(ELPM)
primarysurvey decentralised non-recurrent(2010)
80,000
41213 Generalsurveyofornamentalplants primarysurvey decentralised 4-yearly 5,000
41214 Surveyofediblefungi primarysurvey decentralised yearly 50
41215 Surveyofvegetables primarysurvey decentralised yearly 6,000
41221 Surveyoftreenurseries primarysurvey decentralised 4-yearly 2,500
41231 Surveyoftreefruitgrowing primarysurvey decentralised 5-yearly 8,000
41232 Surveyofbushberries primarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,500
41241 Reportsoncropyieldsandholdings: fieldcropsandgrassland (incl.areasundercultivationandstocks)
primarysurvey decentralised 7timesperyear
8,000
41243 Reportsoncropyieldsandholdings:fruit primarysurvey decentralised 4timesperyear
1,300
41244 Reportsoncropyieldsandholdings:vinesandwinemust
primarysurvey decentralised 3timesperyear
1,000
41246 Specialcoverageofcropyieldsandquality
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 7,000
41251 Basicsurveyofvineacreage secondarysurvey decentralised 10-yearly 10
41252 Surveyofvineacreage (viticulturallandregister)
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 10
41253 Grapeharvestsurvey secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 10
41254 Surveyofwineproduction secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 10
41255 Surveyofwinestocks secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 25,000
41261 Woodfellingstatistics(surveyofwood-producingholdings)
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 15,000
41271 Mainsurveyoflanduse primarysurvey decentralised yearly 80,0002)
41312 Livestocksurvey–cattle calculation decentralised half-yearly –
41313 Livestocksurvey–pigs primarysurvey decentralised half-yearly 14,000
41314 Livestocksurvey–sheep primarysurvey decentralised yearly 4,800
41321 Poultrystatistics:surveyincommercialbrooders
primarysurvey centralised monthly 70
41322 Poultrystatistics:surveyinpoultryslaughterhouses
primarysurvey centralised monthly 250
41323 Poultrystatistics:surveyinholdingswithlayinghenhusbandry
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 1,500
41331 Statisticsofslaughteringand slaughteringweights
secondarysurvey decentralised monthly 400
1)TheagriculturalstructuresurveyandtheCommunityagriculturalstructuresurveyareconductedatthesametime.–2)Thereare completeenumerationsatirregularintervalswhichcoverapproximately285,000holdings.
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
41362 Surveyofproductioninaquaculturebusinesses
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 5,000
41363 Pricesurveyinaquaculturebusinesses primarysurvey decentralised yearly 500
41911 Surveyofthesupply,inruralareas,ofservicesprovidedbyveterinariansspe-cializinginlivestocktreatment(Article7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)
primarysurvey decentralised non-recurrent(2012)
4,000
49911 Meatinspectionstatistics secondarysurvey centralised half-yearly 400
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries3,series1to4 quarterlytoirregular
AgricultureinGermanyandintheEuropeanUnion(2009) non-recurrent
Agricultureataglance(2011edition) irregular
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Climateprotectionreports(emissioninvento-ries)intheareaofagriculture
Q2–3,5;P1; S3
design,process,disseminate,evaluate
1/2008 5/2018 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Manufacturing, mining and quarrying
Brief descriptionManufacturing,miningandquarryingarepartofindus-try.Thepurposeofmonthlyproductionsurveysandmonthlyreportsisshort-termreportingintheareaofmanufacturing,miningandquarrying.Importantindi-catorsformonitoringthebusinessdevelopmentinGer-manyarealsocalculated(forinstancetheindexofnewordersinmanufacturingandtheproductionindex),whicharebasedontheabovedataandotherdatasources.Theyaresupplementedbyquarterlysurveyssupplyingadditionalinformationonthestructureandtheamountofgoodsproduced.
Structuralsurveysprovideinformationonadditionstoanddisposalsoffixedassets(investmentsinandsalesoftangiblefixedassets)ofenterprisesandlocalunits,oncostandperformancestructuresandonmateri-alsandcommoditiesreceivedbyenterprises.Inmanycasestheresultsofthestructuralsurveysareusedasbasicdataforfurthercalculationsofsecondarysta-tisticssuchasthecontributionsoftheindividualeco-nomicsectorstothegrossdomesticproduct.
Statisticsoffertilisersandwoodworkingstatistics,whichareshownasseparatespecialisedstatistics,alsobelongtomanufacturing.
Main uses— short-termindicators
— reportingwithinthescopeoftheEUstructuralbusi-nessstatisticsregulationandtheregulationgovern-ingtheEuropeanPRODCOMstatistics
— marketmonitoring
— concentrationstudies
— nationalaccounting
Main users— federalministries,particularlyBMWi,corresponding
ministriesatLandlevelandBMEL
— EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— EuropeanCommission,Eurostat
— OECD,IWF,UN
— FederalCartelOffice
— economicassociations,tradeunions,andchambersofcommerce
— labourmarketandeconomicresearchinstitutes,universities
Primary costs2014: EUR2,724,000
2015: EUR2,833,000
Total costs2014: EUR3,921,000
2015: EUR4,029,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
42111 Monthlyreportincl.surveyofordersreceivedforlocalunitsinmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 23,000
42121 Monthlyproductionsurveyin manufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 20,300
42131 Quarterlyproductionsurveyin manufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 23,600
42141 Europeanproductionsurvey (PRODCOM)
calculation centralised yearly –
42151 Indicesofordersreceivedin manufacturing,miningandquarrying
calculation centralised monthly –
42152 Indicesofturnoverinmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
calculation centralised monthly –
42153 Indicesofproductioninmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
calculation centralised monthly –
42154 Indicesoflabourproductivityin manfacturing,miningandquarrying
calculation centralised yearly –
42221 Annualreportonenterprisesin manufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 6,500
42231 Surveyofinvestmentsinmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 37,000
42241 Statisticsofmaterialsandcommoditiesreceivedinmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey centralised 4-yearly 12,000
42251 Coststructuresurveyinmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey centralised yearly 18,000
42252 Structuralsurveyofsmallenterprisesinmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey centralised yearly 6,000
42271 Annualreportforlocalunitsin manufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 23,000
42321 Statisticsoffertilisers primarysurvey centralised quarterly 100
42341 Woodworkingstatistics primarysurvey centralised yearly 380
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries4,series2to4,8 monthly,quarterly,half-yearly,yearly
Workingdocumenton“Woodintheroughandproductsofprimaryprocessingofwood” yearly
ContributiontotheBusinessCycleMonitor monthly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearlytomulti-annual
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Energy provision and use, utilities and waste management
Brief descriptionEnergyandwatersupply,andalsowastemanagement,arepartofindustry.Surveysinthisfieldcoverallenter-prisesoperatinginelectricity,gasandwatersupply,heatingandcoolingandinwastewaterandwastedis-posal.Thesestatisticsareinthefocusofinterestasthestrategicsupplyandsecurityaspectsofaneconomy’senergyandwatersupplyhavetobeconsideredontheonehand,andsincewastemanagementisofconsider-ableimportanceforenvironmentalpolicyontheother.
Thestatisticsarealsofedintothecalculationsoftheproductionindex,animportantshort-termindicator.
Main uses— short-termindicator
— informationbasisforensuringsustainableenergyandwatersupply
— marketmonitoring
— reportingwithinthescopeoftheEUstructuralbusi-nessstatisticsregulation
— nationalaccounting
— environmental-economicaccounting
Main users— federalministries:BMWi,BMUB,BMELandcorre-
spondingministriesatLandlevel
— FederalEnvironmentAgency(UBA)
— EuropeanCommission,Eurostat
— InternationalEnergyAgency(IEA)
— WorkingPartyonEnergyBalances(AGEB)
— LänderWorkingPartyonEnergyBalances(LAK)
— economicassociations
Primary costs2014: EUR815,000
2015: EUR862,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,169,000
2015: EUR1,224,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
43111 Monthlyreportcoveringenterprisesinthefieldsofenergyandwatersupply
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 2,100
43211 Surveyofinvestmentscoveringenter-prisesinthefieldsofenergysupply,watersupply,wastewaterandwastedisposal,remediationactivities
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 10,000
43212 Surveyofinvestmentscoveringlocalunitsinthefieldsofenergysupply,watersupply,wastewaterandwastedisposal,remediationactivities
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 10,000
43213 Surveyofinvestmentsinthefieldofgassupply–coveringenterprisesextractingnaturalgasorpetroleumgas
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 10
43214 Surveyofinvestmentsinthefieldofgassupply–coveringenterprisesinstallingoroperatingnaturalgasorpetroleumgaslines
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 10
43221 Coststructuresurveyinthefieldsofenergysupply,watersupply,wastewaterandwastedisposal,remediationactivities
primarysurvey centralised yearly 10,000
43311 Monthlyreportonelectricityandheatgenerationforgeneralsupplybypowergeneratingplants
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 1,000
43312 Monthlyreportontheelectricitysupplybysupplysystemoperators
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 1,000
43321 Monthlyreportongassupply primarysurvey decentralised monthly 16
43322 Surveyofthegeneration,utilisationandsaleofproducers’naturalgasandpetroleumgas
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 9
43331 Surveyofelectricitysalesandsalesproceedsofelectricitysuppliersandelectricitysellers
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 900
43341 Surveyofthegenerationandsaleofgasandthesalesproceedsofgassuppliersandgassellers
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 800
43342 Surveyofthesale,importsandexportsofnaturalgasandpetroleumgasandproducers’salesproceeds
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 9
43351 Surveyofthepowergeneratingplantsoflocalunitsinmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 400
43371 Surveyoftheelectricityinputofsupplysystemoperators
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
43381 Surveyofsewergasextraction,utilisa-tionandsale
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,200
43391 Surveyofliquefiedgassales primarysurvey decentralised yearly 130
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43411 Surveyofheatgeneration,utilisation,purchaseandsale
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
43421 Geothermiasurvey primarysurvey decentralised yearly 100
43511 Surveyofcoalimports primarysurvey centralised monthly 120
43521 Surveyofbiofuels primarysurvey decentralised yearly 100
43531 Surveyoftheenergyuseoflocalunitsinmanufacturing,miningandquarrying
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 44,500
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries4,series6 yearly
Energyataglance(2009edition) non-recurrent
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearlytomulti-annual
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Reprogrammingofenergystatisticsaftertheamendmenttotheenergystatisticslaw (EnStatG)
Q2,I1;E2;P3
design, process, support
10/2015 12/2018 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Building industry
Brief descriptionThebuildingindustryispartofindustry.Thebuildingindustrystatisticsconsistsofshort-termreportinginthebuildingindustryandreportsonthestructure.
Short-termreportingcomprisesmonthlyandquarterlysurveys,whichsupplydataforthecalculationofimpor-tantshort-termindicators(forinstancetheproductionindex)andotherindices.
Forreportsonthestructure,primarysurveysarecon-ductedannuallywhichprovideinformationonmajorstructuraldatasuchasinvestmentsandthecoststruc-turesofthebuildingindustry.
Furtherinformationontheconstructionactivityissup-pliedbythestatisticsofbuildingactivitycompiledonthebasisofadministrativedata(see“BuildingsandHousing”).
Main uses— short-termindicator
— reportingwithinthescopeoftheEUstructural businessstatisticsregulation
— marketmonitoring
— nationalaccounting
Main users— federalministries,mainlyBMWiandcorresponding
ministriesatLandlevel
— EuorpeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— FederalCartelOffice
— EuropeanCommission,Eurostat
— UN,IWF,OECD
— economicassociations,tradeunions,chambersandguilds
— labourmarketandeconomicresearchinstitutes,universities
Primary costs2014: EUR 936,000
2015: EUR1,079,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,347,000
2015: EUR1,534,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
44111 Monthlyreportinthebuildingindustryproper(incl.indicesofordersreceived)
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 7,700
44131 Quarterlysurveyinthefinishingtradeandwithpropertydevelopers
primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 8,200
44141 Statisticsofordersonhandinthe buildingindustryproper(incl.indices)
primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 7,700
44211 Annualsurveyincl.surveyofinvest-mentsinthebuildingindustryproper
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 7,200
44221 Annualsurveyincludingsurveyofinvestmentscoveringenterprisesofthefinishingtradeandpropertydevelopers
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 6,500
44231 Supplementarysurveyinthebuildingindustryproper
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 74,000
44241 Annualsurveyinthefinishingtradeandwithpropertydevelopers
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 20,000
44252 Structuralsurveyofsmallenterprisesinthebuildingindustry
primarysurvey centralised yearly 6,000
44253 Coststructuresurveyinthebuildingindustryproper
primarysurvey centralised yearly 3,000
44254 Coststructuresurveyinthefinishingtrade
primarysurvey centralised yearly 3,000
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries4,series5 yearly
Selectedfiguresonthebuildingindustry monthly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
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Wholesale and retail trade (incl. maintenance and repair of motor vehicles), accommodation and food service activities, tourism
Brief descriptionThemainfunctionhereistheproductionandpublica-tionofshort-termandstructuraldataonallenterprisesinthesectorsoftradeandthehotelandrestaurantindustrywhosevalueaddedresultsmainlyorexclu-sivelyfromactivityinthoseareas.
Theresultsofthemonthlystatisticsprovideinforma-tionontheshort-termtrendofturnoverandnumberofemployees.
Theresultsoftheyearlystructuralsurveysintradeandthehotelandrestaurantindustryprovideinformationonthemedium-termeconomictrendoftheenterprisesregardingprofitabilityandproductivityandshowstruc-turalchanges.
Themonthlyrecordingofboththecapacityofaccom-modationestablishmentsandthedegreeofutilisationhasbeendesignedtoassessthecurrenttrendsininter-naltourisminGermany.Theyearlystatisticsontour-ismdemandprovidesanoverviewofthetravellinghab-itsofthepopulationinGermany.ItiscompiledforthesolepurposeoffulfillingdataprovisionrequirementsoftheEU.
Main uses— short-termindicator
— nationalaccounting
Main users— BMWi,DeutscheBundesbank,MonopoliesCommis-
sion
— Directorate-GeneralforInternalMarket,Industry,EntrepreneurshipandSMEs(DGGROW)oftheEuro-peanCommission,Eurostat,EuropeanCentralBank,internationalorganisations
— economicandtourismassociations,banks
— labourmarketandeconomicresearchinstitutes
— politicalactorsatregionallevel
Primary costs2014: EUR1,777,000
2015: EUR2,077,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,502,000
2015: EUR2,886,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
45211 Monthlystatisticsofwholesaletradeandcommissiontrade
primarysurvey1) centralised monthly 6,000
45212 Monthlystatisticsofretailtrade primarysurvey decentralised monthly 22,000
45213 Monthlystatisticsofthehotelandrestaurantindustry
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 7,500
45214 Monthlystatisticsofmotorvehiclesalesincludingmotorvehiclemainte-nanceandrepair
primarysurvey1) decentralised monthly 2,600
45241 Annualstatisticsofthewholesaleandretailtradeincl.motorvehiclemainte-nanceandrepair
primarysurvey decentralised2) yearly 47,000
45342 Annualstatisticsofthehotelandres-taurantindustry
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 10,000
45412 Monthlysurveyoftourism primarysurvey decentralised monthly 54,000
45911 Statisticsoftourismdemand(travellingbehaviour)
primarysurvey centralised yearly 10,000
1)Incl.useofadministrativedata.–2)Wholesaletradestatisticsarecollectedcentrally.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries6,series6and7 monthly,half-yearly,yearly
Statisticsofwholesaleandretailtrade,accommodationandfoodserviceactivities yearly
Tourisminfigures yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)ontrendsinwholesaleandretailtrade,inthehotelandrestaurantindustryandininternaltourism
yearly
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Modernisingtheprocessingofshort-termstatisticsinwholesaleandretailtradeandaccommodationandfoodserviceactivities(MHG2.0program)
Q2; E2
design,collect,process
9/2011 7/2017 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Transport
Brief descriptionOfficialtransportstatisticsfocusonthemarketmoni-toringoffreighttransportofthemodesoftransportincludingregionalinter-relations,thedetailedpresen-tationofpublicpassengertransportandtheobserva-tionandanalysisofroadtrafficaccidents.Addition-ally,thestatisticaldataontransportinfrastructureandthemajorkeydataontransportenterprisesarecontinu-ouslyshown.
Main uses— basisfortransportpolicydecisionsand
businessdecisions
— trafficsafetyanalyses
Main users— federalandLandtransportministries
— Eurostat
— Directorate-GeneralforMobilityandTransport (DGMOVE)oftheEuropeanCommission
— enterprisesandeconomicassociationsinthe transportsector
— transportresearchinstitutions
Primary costs2014: EUR1,553,000
2015: EUR1,745,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,254,000
2015: EUR2,474,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
46131 Statisticsoffreighttransportbyrail,monthly
primarysurvey centralised monthly 50
46132 Statisticsoffreighttransportbyrail,yearly
primarysurvey centralised yearly 100
46133 Statisticsoffreighttransportbyrail, 5-yearly
primarysurvey centralised 5-yearly 100
46141 Statisticsoflong-distancepassengertransportbyrail1)
primarysurvey centralised quarterly,yearly,5-yearly
5
46151 Statisticsoftransportflowsintherailwaynetwork
primarysurvey centralised 5-yearly 35
46161 Statisticsofrailinfrastructure primarysurvey centralised yearly 300
46171 Statisticsofrailwayaccidents primarysurvey centralised yearly 400
46181 Quarterlystatisticsofcommerciallocalpassengertransportandoflong-distancebustransport
primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 900
46182 Yearly/5-yearlystatisticsofcommerciallocalpassengertransportandoflong-distancebustransport
primarysurvey decentralised yearly, 5-yearly
2,400 5,500
46241 Statisticsofroadtrafficaccidents secondarysurvey decentralised monthly 1,000
46311 Statisticsofenterprisesininlandwater-waystransport
primarysurvey centralised yearly 1,000
46321 Statisticsofgoodstransportoninlandwaterways
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 4,000
46331 Statisticsofmaritimetransport primarysurvey decentralised monthly 6,000
46411 Statisticsofenterprisesinairtransport primarysurvey centralised yearly 360
46421 Statisticsoftransportperformanceinairtransport
primarysurvey centralised monthly 252)
46911 Pipelinestatistics secondarysurvey centralised monthly 1
1)Theannualandfive-yearlysurveysareconductedwithanextendedsurveyprogramme.–2)Thefigurereferstocommercialairports.Additionally,1,000commercialand1,400non-commercialenterprisesaresurveyedannually.
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Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries8,series1to7 monthly,quarterly,yearly
Transportataglance(2013edition)1) irregular
Workingdocumentsonroadtrafficaccidents,focussingonalcohol,children,buses,lorries,youngdrivers,olderpeople,bicycles,andtimeseriesonroadtrafficaccidents
yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)ongoodstrans-port,passengertransportandroadtrafficaccidents
yearly
1)Aneweditionisscheduledfor2017.
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Reprogrammingofmaritimetransportstatistics Q2;E2 design,process
9/2011 12/2017 yes
Presentingsmall-area(geo-referenced)dataofthestatisticsofroadtrafficaccidentsonmaps
Q1–2,4 design, build, process, disseminate
2/2014 12/2016 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Services/ICT in enterprises
Brief descriptionInthe“tertiarysector”oftheGermaneconomy,thefocushasshiftedfromconsumerservicessuchastrade,hotelsandrestaurantstobusinessservices.
Theshort-termsurveysconductedinthatareaprovideinformationontheshort-termeconomictrendintheservicesector,whilethestructuralsurveysinformabouttheeconomicperformance,employmentandinvest-mentsaswellasmedium-termtrends.
Thecoststructurestatisticsoftheliberalprofessionsandotherservicesgiveapictureoftheexpenditureincurredbytheenterpriseswhenprovidingtheirser- vicesandofitsdetailedstructure.Thecoststructurestatisticsthuscomplementthestatisticswhoseprimarygoalistomeasuretheresultofeconomicactivity.
Theeffectiveuseofmoderninformationandcommuni-cationtechnologies(ICT)hasbecomeanimportantstra-tegicfactorforenterprises.ByusingICT,enterprisescanincreasetheirproductivityandthusimprovetheircom-petitiveness.
ThesurveyontheuseofICTinenterprisesdoesnotonlyprovideinformationontheequipmentofenter-priseswithmoderninformationandcommunicationtechnologiessuchascomputersandfixedormobileinternet.Italsogivesanoverviewofthevariousaspectsofusingmoderninformationtechnologiessuchase-commerce,invoicingorcloudcomputing.
Main uses— basisforlabourmarketandregionalpolicies
— short-termindicator
— reportingwithinthescopeofthestructuralbusinessstatisticsregulation
— nationalaccounting
— structuraldataonturnover,employment,intermediate consumption
— benchmarkingindicatorsfortheDigitalAgenda
Main users— BMWi,Landministriesofeconomics,BMVI
— EuropeanCommission
— Eurostat
— centralbanks
— economicassociations
Primary costs2014: EUR1,821,000
2015: EUR1,987,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,574,000
2015: EUR2,809,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
47311 Statisticsofinsurancecompaniesandpensionfunds
secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1
47414 Short-termstatisticalsurveysintheservicesector
primarysurvey1) decentralised quarterly 7,400
47415 Structuralsurveyintheservicesector primarysurvey decentralised yearly 190,000
52551 Coststructurestatisticsinotherservicebranches
primarysurvey centralised 4-yearly 9,300
52571 Coststructurestatisticsinthemedicalsphere
primarysurvey centralised 4-yearly 8,100
52911 Utilisationofinformationandcommuni-cationtechnologiesinenterprises
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 20,000
1)Incl.useofadministrativedata.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries9,series4.6 yearly
Subject-mattersseries2,series1.6 4-yearly
Theservicesector–Germany’seconomicmotor–selectedresultsfor2003to2008 irregular
Branchreports yearly
Germanyasaninformationsociety irregular
Volumewithtablesonthe“Useofinformationandcommunicationtechnologies(ICT)inenter-prises“
yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)onservicesstatisticsandICT
irregular
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Brief descriptionSincetheEuropeanSingleMarketwassetup(1993),foreigntradestatisticshasbeensubdividedintointra-Communityandextra-Communitytradestatistics.Intra-Communitytradestatisticscoversthecross-bordertradingofgoodsbetweenGermanyandtheotherEUMemberStates.Extra-Communitytradestatisticscov-erscross-bordertradingofgoodsbetweenGermanyandthirdcountries(countriesoutsidetheEU).
Inordertominimisethereportingobligationsofenter-prises,a“qualified”singleflowsystemisbeingtestedinintra-Communitytrade.Thatproceduredoesnotrecord(all)thearrivinggoodsbutdrawsuponthecorre-spondingdispatchesoftheEUpartnercountries.
Main uses— informationonthetradingofgoodsofthe
FederalRepublicofGermany
— short-termeconomicindicator
— sourceofinformationforbalanceofpayments statisticsandnationalaccounting
— marketmonitoring
— basicdataforotherspecialisedstatistics
Main users— federalministries
– EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— EuropeanCommission,OECD
— economicassociations
— businessesoperatingataninternationallevel
Contact: Dr. Klaus Geyer-Schäfer
Foreign trade
Primary costs2014: EUR13,989,000
2015: EUR14,897,000
Total costs2014: EUR19,767,000
2015: EUR20,972,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
51141 Intra-Communitytrade primarysurvey centralised monthly 60,000
51231 Extra-Communitytrade secondarysurvey centralised monthly varying
Other activities
KLR no. Product
45730502 AdjustmentofthenationalITnetworkstructures,developmentofamoduleandcorrespondingSAS routinesfortheforeigntradestatisticsprocessingsystem(ASA)forparticipationinthemicrodata exchangetest(EUproject)
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries7,series1 monthly,yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Publicationofsectoralforeigntradedata Q1 analyse,disseminate
7/2011 12/2016 no
Draftofanewforeigntradestatisticslaw P3 design,process
1/2013 12/2018 no
Furtherdevelopmentandpublicationofglobali-sationindicators
Q1; E2;S2
design, analyse, disseminate
1/2015 12/2019 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Business register
Brief descriptionThebusinessregisterforstatisticalpurposescontainsdataonidentifyingcharacteristics,classifyingcharac-teristicsandsizeforalleconomicallyactiveenterprisesinGermanyandtheirlocalunits.Itisthusaflexibletooltosupportsurveysofeconomicstatisticsandtodis-burdenenterprisesfromrespondingduties,anditisanindispensabledeviceusedtolinkstatisticaldatawithfilesfromadministrativeandexternalsources,with-outwhichefficientandlow-burdenstatisticscouldnolongerbeproduced.Analysesandevaluationsofthebusinessregisteraredesignedtoreplacecensusesandtostudyspecificissuessuchastheburdensplacedonenterprisesandbusinessdemography.Thestatisticalbusinessregisterservesasabasisforthefurtherdevel-opmentofeconomicstatisticstowardsaregister-basedsystem.
FortheEuropeanenterprisedefinitiontobeusedprop-erly,thebusinessregisterwillalsohavetoshowenter-prisegroupsandcomplexstatisticalenterprisescon-sistingofmorethanoneseparatelegalunit.Thespecialised“enterpriseprofiling”procedurerequiredforthatpurposeistobeestablishedaspartofbusinessregisterforstatisticalpurposesmaintenance.
Main uses— infrastructureforplanning,preparingand
performingsurveysamongenterprisesandlocalunits
— samplingframeandframeforexpansion
— basisforalternativesolutionstocensusesand specificsurveys
— supplyingstructuraldata
— nationalaccounting
Main users— FederalStatisticalOfficeandstatisticalofficesofthe
Länder
— Eurostat
Primary costs2014: EUR1,620,000
2015: EUR1,601,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,193,000
2015: EUR2,224,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
52111 Businessregistersystem(URS) register decentralised yearly –
52941 Administrativedatastorageunits–turnoverandpersonsemployed
secondarysurvey decentralised monthly 17
Other activities
KLR no. Product
44100480 AnalysesofconcentrationstatisticsfortheMonopoliesCommission
45510601 Linkingofdatafrombusinessstatistics(EUproject)
45510602 Presentationandsimulationofstatisticalunits(EUgrant)
45510603 Furtherdevelopmentofdatalinkinginbusinessstatistics(EUproject)
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Papersonthefurthermethodologicaldevelopmentandonstructuraldatafromthebusinessregisterintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)
irregular
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
ExpandingthedatabaseofenterprisegroupstomakeitacentralapplicationwhichcontainsalldataonenterprisegroupsrequiredbytheEUbusinessregisterregulationandcanbemaintaineddecentrally(bythestatisticalofficesoftheLänder)
Q1–3;I1;E2;P2–3;S1–3
design, collect,process,analyse
3/2014 2/2018 yes
Extendingthedatabaseofthenewstatisticalbusinessregister(URS-Neu)toincludecomplexenterprisesinthenationalbusinessregistersasprovidedforbytheEUbusinessregisterregulation
Q1–3;I1;E1–2;P2–3;S1–3
design, collect, process,analyse
5/2015 6/2018 yes
DevelopingaconceptforbusinessregisterusebytheDeutscheBundesbank
P3 specifyneeds, design
7/2016 12/2017 no
PreparingtheimplementationofFRIBS(Frame-workRegulationIntegratingBusinessStatistics)
Q3,6;E3;P2–3
specifyneeds, design, support,manage
1/2016 31/2018 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Business notifications, insolvencies, cross-sectoral business statistics
Brief descriptionThefunctionofthestatisticsofbusinessnotificationsistoshowbusinessnotificationsintheirentiretyandtoprovideinformationonbusinessstart-upsandshut-downsoflocalunits.
Insolvencystatisticsprovideinformationoninsolvencyproceedingsappliedforbybusinesses,consumersandotherdebtors.Inaddition,dataisobtainedontheout-comeofinsolvencyproceedingsandonthedischargeofresidualdebt.
Aspartofcross-sectoralbusinessstatistics,aggregateeconomicdataforsmallandmedium-sizedenterprises(SMEs)andforeign-controlledenterprises(I-FATS)aregeneratedfortheindividualeconomicactivitiesonthebasisofresultsalreadyavailablefromstructural statistics.
Main uses— presentationofbusinessnotifications
— presentationoftheinsolvencyscene,amongoth-ers,foreconomicpolicydecisions
— presentationofthe“Mittelstand“(medium-sizedenterprises)andtheglobalinterdependenceofbusiness
Main users— federalministries:BMWi,BMJV
— internationalorganisations(Eurostat,European CentralBank,OECD)
− financesector(DeutscheBundesbank,credit institutions,insurances)
− economicassociations
− universitiesandsocialandeconomicresearch institutes
Primary costs2014: EUR601,000
2015: EUR610,000
Total costs2014: EUR893,000
2015: EUR891,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
48112 Businessstatisticsencompassinganumberoffields
calculation centralised yearly –
48121 Statisticsofsmallandmedium-sizedenterprises
calculation centralised yearly –
48131 Statisticsofforeign-controlledenter-prises
calculation centralised yearly –
48211 Statisticsofenterprises’accesstofunds
primarysurvey decentralised non-recurring(2010)
1,800
52311 Statisticsofbusinessnotifications primarysurvey decentralised monthly 130,000
52411 Statisticsonfiledinsolvencyproceed-ings
primarysurvey decentralised monthly 200
52431 Statisticsofinsolvencyproceedingscompletedanddischargeofresidualdebt
primarysurvey decentralised yearly –
52931 Internationalsourcing primarysurvey decentralised irregular 20,000
Other activities
KLR no. Product
35291101 Statisticsofthestructureandactivitiesofforeignaffiliates(FATS)
35293200 FexiblemoduleoftheEUstructuralbusinessstatisticsregulation(SBS)onthesubjectof“accesstofinance”
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries2,series4and5 monthly
Resultsofthestatisticsofinsolvencyproceedingscompletedanddischargeofresidualdebt irregular
Workingdocument“Enterprisesandlocalunits:businessnotificationsintheLänder” yearly
Papersin“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)oninsolvenciesandbusinessnotifications
irregular
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Crafts
Brief descriptionCraftsaredefinedbytheCraftsCode.Craftsenterprisesoperateinnearlyalleconomicsectors,i.e.inadditiontoconstructionandmanufacturing,alsointradeandtheservicesector.Accordingtothelawoncraftssta-tistics,dataoncraftsarecollectedinthecontextofshort-termstatistics(quarterlyreportsoncrafts)andastructuralsurvey(craftscensus).Inthepast,thecraftsenterprisesweresurveyeddirectlytocollecttherele-vantinformation.
Startingwiththereferenceyear2008,thequarterlyreportsoncraftshavebeenproducedbyevaluatinginfra-annualadministrativedatainsteadofconductingasamplesurvey.Thishasallowedtoabolishstatisti-calreportingdutiesforabout41,000craftsbusinesses,mostofwhicharesmallormedium-sizedenterprises.Thecensusofcrafts,whichsurveyedapproximately563,000craftenterprisesin1995,hasalsotakentheformofabusinessregisterforstatisticalpurposesevalu- ationsince2008.Thismeansthatcraftsstatisticsarenowcompletelybasedonadministrativedata.
Main uses— basisforeconomicpolicymeasures
— short-termindicator
— basicstatisticsfornationalaccounting
Main users— BMWi,Landministriesofeconomics
— NationalFederationofGermanSkilledCraftsandTrades,chambersofcrafts
— researchandscience
Primary costs2014: EUR214,000
2015: EUR217,000
Total costs2014: EUR318,000
2015: EUR317,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
53111 Craftscensus secondarysurvey1) decentralised yearly –
53211 Quarterlycraftsreport secondarysurvey1) decentralised quarterly –
1)Analysesandevaluationsofthebusinessregisterandotheradministrativedataavailable.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries4,series7.1and7.2 quarterly,yearly
Papersoncraftsstatisticsintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik“(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
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Prices
Brief descriptionThemaintaskofpricestatisticsistocomparepricesovertimeforthemajormarketsoftheGermanecono-my.Also,regionalpricecomparisonsprovidekeydataonthepurchasingpoweroftheeuroabroad.
ThereisapracticallycompletesystemofpriceindicesinGermanyallowingstatisticalmonitoringandpresenta-tionofthepricetrendsonthevariousmarkets.Thecon-sumerpriceindexisprobablythebestknownelementoftheprice-statisticalsystem.Itmeasurestheaveragepricechangeforallgoodsandservicesboughtorcon-sumedbyhouseholdsforconsumptionpurposesandisgenerallyusedtoassessthedevelopmentofmone-taryvalue.
Main uses— generalinformationofthepubliconthedynamicsof
monetarydevaluation
— basisforeconomicandmonetarypolicy decisions
— basisforstable-valueclausesincommercialandprivatecontracts
— presentationofotherstatisticalaggregatesatcon-stantprices(deflation)
Main users— federalministries
– EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— EUCommission,OECD,ILO
— economicassociations,financialmarkets
Primary costs2014: EUR6,516,000
2015: EUR6,994,000
Total costs2014: EUR9,219,000
2015: EUR9,877,000
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
61111 ConsumerpriceindexforGermany primarysurvey decentralised monthly 40,000
61121 Harmonisedindexofconsumerprices calculation centralised monthly –
61131 Retailpricesindex calculation centralised monthly –
61141 Priceindexforthehotelandrestaurantindustry
calculation centralised monthly –
61211 Indexofproducerpricesforagriculturalproducts
primarysurvey centralised monthly 250
61221 Indexofpurchasepricesforagriculturalmachineryandmaterials
primarysurvey centralised quarterly 20
61231 Producerpriceindexofproductsfromwoodfelling
secondarysurvey centralised monthly 13
61241 Indexofproducerpricesforindustrialproducts
primarysurvey centralised monthly 5,200
61261 Priceindicesfortheconstructionindustry
primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 5,000
61262 Residentialpropertypriceindices secondarysurvey centralised quarterly 460
61281 Indexofsellingpricesinwholesaletrade
primarysurvey centralised monthly 1,160
61311 Producerpriceindicesfortransportandlogisticsservices
primarysurvey centralised quarterly 480
61351 Consumerpriceindicesfortransport,postalandtelecommunicationservices
primarysurvey centralised monthly 15
61361 Producerpriceindicesforbusinessservices
primarysurvey centralised quarterly 1,610
61411 Indexofimportprices primarysurvey centralised monthly 4,000
61421 Indexofexportprices primarysurvey centralised monthly 4,000
61511 Statisticsofpurchasingvaluesof buildingland
secondarysurvey decentralised quarterly 500
61521 Purchasingvaluesofagriculturalrealestate
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 500
61621 Pricesurveysforplace-to-placepricecomparisonsintheEU (purchasingpowerparities)
primarysurvey centralised half-yearly 500
Other activities
KLR no. Product
36199940 Priceindexoftypicalpoliticalpartyexpenditure
44100290 CompilationofpriceindicesfortheEuropeanSpaceAgency(ESA)
44100520 Calculationofplace-to-placeindexfiguresforcost-of-livingallowancesofGermanofficialsabroad
44100530 Calculationofplace-to-placeindexfiguresfortheGermanDevelopmentService
44100540 CalculationofdailyandovernightallowancesaccordingtotheOrdinanceonOfficialTravelAbroad
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Other activities
KLR no. Product
44101480 Calculationofthenon-staffcostsindexforthereferencevalueforhospitals
45430101 Housesalesindicators(EUproject)
45430305 Flashestimate
45430307 WebscrapingasadatasourceoftheHICP,2016to2017
45430308 Feasibilitystudyonadministeredprices
45430309 Studiesonoutlet-typeweighting
45430405 Purchasingpowerparities
45430406 Pricesurveyforplace-to-placeindexfiguresforCommunityofficialsinaccordancewithArticle64oftheEUStaffRegulations(2016to2019)
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries17,series1to10 monthlytoyearly
Subject-matterseries3,series2.4 yearly
Pricesataglance(2011edition) irregular
Dataonthedevelopmentofenergyprices–Long-termseries monthly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
CalculatingpriceindicesrelevantforstandardratestoadjustbenefitspaidpursuanttotheGermanSocialCode,PartsIIandXII
Q2;I2 design,process,analyse
8/2010 8/2016 no
Developmentofaqualitymanagementsystemforconsumerpricestatistics
Q2–3;P3;S3
design 7/2010 12/2016 yes
Automatedpricesurveyontheinternet: analysingthepreconditionsforimplementation
E2 collect 1/2014 9/2016 no
Developmentofanewnon-staffcostsindexforthereferencevalueforhospitals
Q2,5;E1
design,process,analyse
6/2016 6/2018 no
Salespricesandrentsofagriculturalplots(project)
Q1,3;E2
design, process
4/2016 3/2018 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Earnings and labour costs
Brief descriptionOfficialstatisticsofearningsandlabourcostscom-prise,first,continuousstatisticsofearnings,workinghours,labourcosts,agreedwagesandsalariesaswellasremunerationofofficials.Second,structuralstatis-ticsarecompiledonthestructureofearningsaswellaslabourcosts.Theinformationobtainedoncollectiveagreementsinthecourseofpreparingthestatisticsofagreedearningsisavailabletothepublicinanonlinedatabase.
Main uses— labourmarketmonitoring
— understandinginflationarytrends
— monitoringcurrentlabourcostsandearnings (e.g.forcollectivebargainingorcomparingbusinesslocations)
— socio-economicanalysesofwagedifferences (e.g.low-wagesector,gendermainstreaming)
— dataforstable-valueclauses
Main users— BMWi,BMAS,BMFSFJ,BMEL
— EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— economicassociations,tradeunions
— FederalEmploymentAgency
— socialandeconomicresearchinstitutes
Primary costs2014: EUR1,305,000
2015: EUR1,338,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,923,000
2015: EUR1,927,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
62111 Structureofearningssurvey primarysurvey decentralised 4-yearly 60,000
62112 Surveyofearnings2015(Article7oftheFederalStatisticalLaw)
primarysurvey decentralised non-recurrent 12,000
62121 Annualestimationoftheearnings structure
calculation centralised yearly –
62211 Statisticsofagreedearnings secondarysurvey centralised monthly –
62221 Quarterlyindexofagreedearningsandworkinghours
calculation centralised quarterly –
62231 Monthlyindexofagreedearningsandworkinghours
calculation centralised monthly –
62241 RemunerationofFederalGovernment officials(incl.Article65ofEUstatute)
calculation centralised yearly –
62321 Quarterlysurveyofearnings primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 40,500
62411 Labourcostsurvey primarysurvey decentralised 4-yearly 34,000
62421 LabourCostIndex calculation centralised quarterly –
62431 Annualestimationoflabourcosts calculation centralised yearly –
Other activities
KLR no. Product
36291100 Statisticsofemployeepensionschemes
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries16,series1to4 quarterlytoirregular
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)onearningsandlabourcostindex
yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)onthestructureofearningsandlabourcosts
irregular
Onlinedatabaseofagreedearningsatwww.destatis.de/Tarifdatenbank continuous
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Earningsstructuresurvey2014inindustryandtheservicesectorbysamplesurveyandsecondaryuseofexistingstatistics
Q2–3,5;E2;P2;S2–3
collect,process,analyse,disseminate
7/2012 12/2016 yes
Labourcostsurvey2016inindustryandtheservicesectorbysamplesurveyandsecondaryuseofexistingstatistics
Q2–3,5;E2;P2;S2–3
collect,process,analyse,disseminate
7/2014 12/2018 yes
2015earningssurveycommissionedbytheBMAS,forassessingtheimpactofminimumwagescheduledforJune2016
Q1;P1
design,build,collect, process,analyse, disseminate
6/2015 12/2016 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Anette Stuckemeier
Voluntary surveys on income, expenditure and living conditions of households
Brief descriptionThestatisticsbasedonhouseholdbudgetsurveysarethecentraldatabaseusedtoassesstheeconomicandsocialsituationofhouseholds.Thecontinuoushouse-holdbudgetsurveyscoverindetailtheincomeandexpenditureofhouseholdsandtheirequipmentwithselectedconsumerdurables.
Theresultsofthesamplesurveyofincomeandexpendi-tureconductedeveryfiveyearsprovideinformationontheconnectionbetweenincome,expenditure,capitalformationanddebtaswellasequipmentandhousingsituationofhouseholdsinGermany.
Thetimeusesurveyssupplyinformationonhowper-sonsandhouseholdsspendtheirtimeandhowtheyarrangetheireverydaylife.
TheICTsurveyinformsaboutthespreadanduseofinformationandcommunicationtechnologiesinhouse-holds.
TheEU-widesurveyofincomeandlivingconditions(EU-SILC)providesdetailedinformationonincomepovertyandincomedistributionandonnon-monetaryaspectsofsocialexclusionanddeprivation.
Thesamplingframeusedforcurrentandpossiblefur-thervoluntaryhouseholdsurveysintheareaofincomeandlivingconditionsconductedonthebasisofArti-cle7oftheFederalStatisticsLaworofEuropeanlegalactsisthepermanentsampleofhouseholdsreadytorespond.
Main uses— basisforeconomicandpoliticalplanning
— reportsonpovertyandwealth,nationalsocialreporting
— reassessingstandardneedsforthepurposes ofpublicassistanceandunemploymentbenefitII
— determiningthelivingexpensesforchildren
— basicinformationforotherspecialised statisticsandstatisticalsatellitesystems
Main users— federalministries,especiallyBMAS,BMG,BMFSFJ,
BMEL
— EuropeanCommission,Eurostat
— politicalparties,specialinterestgroupsandprofes-sionalassociations
— economicassociations
− themedia
Primary costs2014: EUR6,272,000
2015: EUR4,285,000
Total costs2014: EUR8,708,000
2015: EUR5,867,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Number of respondents
63111 Continuoushouseholdbudgetsurveys:generalinformation
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 8,000
63121 Continuoushouseholdbudgetsurveys:householdbook
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 8,000
63211 Samplesurveysofincomeand expenditure:Generalinformation
primarysurvey decentralised 5-yearly 60,000
63221 Samplesurveysofincomeand expenditure:householdbook
primarysurvey decentralised 5-yearly 60,000
63231 Samplesurveysofincomeandexpen-diture:detailedlogbookregardingfood,beveragesandtobaccoproducts
primarysurvey decentralised 5-yearly 15,000
63311 Permanentsampleofhouseholdsreadytorespond
register decentralised yearly –
63411 EU-SILC: Personalquestionnaire
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 23,000
63421 EU-SILC: Householdquestionnaire
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 14,000
63511 Statisticsofoverindebtedness1) secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1,400
63911 Timeusesurveyofhouseholds (Article7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)
primarysurvey decentralised irregular 5,100
63931 Surveyonprivateuseofinformationandcommunicationtechnologies
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 12,000
63951 EuropeanProgrammeofSocialSurveys(EPSS)
primarysurvey decentralised non- recurrent(2008)
200
93111 Testofrespondents’willingnessto participateinofficialhouseholdsur-veys(Article7oftheFederalStatisticsLaw)2)
primarysurvey decentralised non-recurrent (2014)
7,500
1)Contact:MartinBeck.–2)Contact:ThomasRiede.
Other activities
KLR no. Product
36397100 Implementingcorevariables(commoncorevariablesofEuropeansocialstatistics)
36399910 Feasibilitystudyontheanalysisofdatafromcontinuoushouseholdbudgetsurveys(LWR)andsamplesurveysofincomeandexpenditure(EVS)
45830203 ProjecttoadjusttheEU-SILCmethodologytonewEUrequirements
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Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries15,series1(receiptsandexpenditureofselectedhouseholds) yearly
Subject-matterseries15,series2(equipmentofhouseholds) yearly
Subject-matterseries15,series3(incomeandlivingconditionsinGermanyandintheEU) yearly
Subject-matterseries15,series4(householdsintheinformationsociety(ICT)) yearly
Subject-matterseries15,numbers1—4(samplesurveyofincomeandexpenditure) irregular
Subject-matterseries15,numbers5—7andspecialnumber1(householdbudgetsurveys) irregular
AthomeinGermany–Equipmentandhousingsituationofhouseholds(2009edition) irregular
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Furthermethodologicalandconceptualdevel-opmentofthepermanentsampleofhouseholdsreadytorespond
Q1; E2
design,collect,process,analyse
3/2007 12/2016 yes
Furthermethodologicalandtechnologicaldevelopmentofthe2018samplesurveyofincomeandexpenditure(EVS)
Q1–5;E2;P2;S2–3
design,collect,process,analyse
1/2005 1/2021 yes
Conductingthetimeusesurveyofhouseholds(EVAS63911)
Q1;E2;P1
design,collect,process,analyse,disseminate
5/2011 12/2016 yes
Newconceptforhouseholdbudgetsurveys Q1,3;E2; P3
specifyneeds,design, build
7/2013 12/2023 yes
Usingelectronichouseholdbooksinthe samplesurveyofincomeandexpenditure (EVS)2018
Q1–3;E2
design, collect
6/2020 10/2022 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Public finance
Brief descriptionThefinancestatisticsoftheoverallpublicbudgetreg-ularlyprovideacomprehensiveanddetailedpictureoftheentirepublicfinance.Theyshowthesourcesandamountofpublicrevenueandtowhatextentpub-licexpenditurecouldbefundedbypublicrevenue.Thefinancialbalanceasdefinedinpublicfinancestatisticsiscalculatedasthedifferenceofrevenueandexpend-iture.Thefinancialsituationisshownbythepublicdebtstatisticsontheonehandandthepublicfinancialassetsstatisticsontheother.ThefinancestatisticsoftheoverallpublicbudgetshowthefinancesofthecoreandextrabudgetsoftheFederation,theLänder,themunicipalitiesandassociationsofmunicipalitiesandthesocialsecurityfundsaswellasthefinancingsharesoftheEuropeanUnion.
Main uses— overallpictureofpublicfinance
— basisforeconomicandfinancepolicy decisions
— basisforpoliticaldecisionsinspecialareas
— basicdatafornationalaccounting(generalgovern-mentaccount,distributionapproach)
— basicdatafortheEUStabilityPact
Main users— federalandLandministriesoffinance,economics
andoftheinterior,BMVI,BMBF
— centraldatapointoftheLandfinanceministers(ZDL)
— EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— Eurostat,OECD,UN,IMF
— localauthoritycentralassociations
Primary costs2014: EUR2,053,000
2015: EUR2,292,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,964,000
2015: EUR3,349,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
71122 BudgetestimatesofthecorebudgetsoftheFederation(incl.EUshares)andtheLänder
secondarysurvey centralised yearly 17
71311 Quarterlydebtofthecoreandextrabudgetsoftheoverallpublicbudget
primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 2820
71312 QuarterlydebtofthecorebudgetsoftheFederationandtheLänder
secondarysurvey centralised quarterly 17
71321 Annualdebtofthecoreandextrabudg-etsandotherpublicfunds,institutionsandenterprisesofthepublicsector
calculation decentralised yearly –
71322 AnnualdebtofthecorebudgetsoftheFederationandtheLänder
primarysurvey centralised yearly 17
71327 Annualdebtofthecorebudgetsofmunicipalities/associationsofmunici-palities
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 12,100
71328 AnnualdebtoftheextrabudgetsoftheFederation,theLänder,municipalities/associationsofmunicipalitiesandso-cialinsurance,andofthecorebudgetsofsocialinsurance
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 5,420
71411 Financialassetsofthecoreandextrabudgetsoftheoverallpublicbudget
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 17,737
71511 Quarterlycashresultsofthecoreandextrabudgetsoftheoverallpublicbudget
calculation decentralised quarterly –
71512 Quarterlycashresultsofthecorebudgetsandoftheextrabudgetsusingcameralistic/double-entryaccountingoftheFederation(incl.EUshares),theLänderandsocialinsurance
calculation centralised quarterly –
71517 Quarterlycashresultsofthecorebudgetsandoftheextrabudgetsusingcameralistic/double-entryaccountingofthemunicipalities/associationsofmunicipalities
calculation decentralised quarterly –
71711 Accountingresultsofthecoreandextrabudgetsoftheoverallpublicbudget
calculation decentralised yearly –
71712 Accountingresultsofthecorebudgets,oftheextrabudgetsusingcameralistic/double-entryaccountingandofotherpublicfunds,institutionsandenter-prisesusingcameralistic/double-entryaccountingoftheFederation(incl.EUshares),theLänderandsocialinsur-ance
calculation centralised yearly –
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EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
71717 Accountingresultsofthecorebudgets,oftheextrabudgetsusingcameralistic/double-entryaccountingandoftheotherpublicfunds,institutionsandenterprisesusingcameralistic/double-entryaccountingofthemunicipalities/associationsofmunicipalities
calculation decentralised yearly –
75111 Managementofthegroupof respondentsforstatisticsofpublicfinanceandpersonnel
register decentralised irregular –
79961 Administrativestatisticsofpublicandprivatedevelopmentassistancefunding
primarysurvey centralised yearly 1,000
Other activities
KLR no. Product
44101620 Centraldatamanagement/useinfinanceandpersonnelstatistics(ZDHN)
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries14,series2to3and5,5.1 quarterly,yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) half-yearly
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
QualityassuranceforEUnotificationproce-dures:reviewofthefinancesoftheFederationandtheLänderasbasicdataforreportinginthecontextoftheEUStabilityPact
Q3;P3;S2
design,process,analyse
2/2016 2/2018 yes
Harmonisationoffinancestatisticsinviewoftheshiftfromcameralistictodouble-entryaccounting(qualityassuranceindouble-entryaccounting)
Q1–3;I1;E2;P3;S2–3
design,collect,process,analyse,support
1/2004 12/2016 yes
Newconceptforthequarterlydebtstatistics Q2–3;P2–3
design,collect,process,analyse
3/2013 6/2016 yes
Settingupaquarterlystatisticsoffinancialtransactionstoimprovethecoherenceandintegrityoftheresultsoffinancestatistics
Q2–3;P2–3
design, collect, process
3/2013 12/2017 yes
Qualityassuranceinfinanceandpersonnelstatisticsbyintegratingcorebudgetsandhived-offunits
Q3;E2;S2
design,process,analyse
1/2009 8/2016 yes
Feasibilitystudyonaprovisionalstatisticsoftheannualrevenueandexpenditureofpublicbudgets
Q1; I1;E1; P1;S3
design, collect, process, analyse,evaluate
11/2014 3/2017 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Peter Bleses
Public funds, institutions and enterprises
Brief descriptionSincethemid-1980s,theoverallpictureofpublicfinancestatisticshasbeenimpairedbythefactthat,atthefederalandLandlevelsandespeciallyatthemunici-pallevel,moreandmorefunctionshavebeenexcludedfromthepubliccorebudgetsinordertobecontinuedinadifferentformunderprivateorpubliclaw.Toper-mitpublicfinancestatisticstofulfiltheirfundamen-taltaskofrepresentingtheentirepublicfinance,suchunitswhichhaveanaccountingsystemoftheirownarecoveredbythestatisticsofannualaccountsofpublicfunds,institutions,andenterprises.Thelatterincludenotonlythemunicipalundertakings,federalandLandundertakingsbutalsoallinstitutionsandenterprisesunderprivatelawinwhichpublicauthoritieshaveadirectorindirectshareofmorethan50percentofthenominalcapitalorofthevotingrights.Publicfunds,institutionsandenterpriseswhich,inaccordancewiththeEuropeanSystemofAccounts,belongtothegen-eralgovernmentsectorareadditionallycoveredatquar-terlyintervals.
Main uses— basisforeconomicandfinancepolicy
decisions
— overallpictureofpublicfinance
— basicdatafornationalaccounting
Main users— federalandLandministriesoffinanceand
economics
— EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— Eurostat,OECD,UN,IMF
Primary costs2014: EUR286,000
2015: EUR325,000
Total costs2014: EUR410,000
2015: EUR474,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
71329 Annualdebtofotherpublicfunds,institutionsandenterprises
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 13,300
71611 Quarterlydataofextrabudgetsusingcommercialaccounting
primarysurvey decentralised quarterly 2,500
71811 Annualaccountsofextrabudgetsusingcommercialaccountingandofotherpublicfunds,institutionsandenterpris-esusingcommercialaccounting
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 15,300
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries14,series2and5,5.1 quarterly,yearly
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Contact: Peter Bleses
Taxes
Brief descriptionIntaxstatistics,adistinctionismadebetweentheshorttermpresentationsofcashtaxrevenue,theannualsur-veysoftaxassessmentbasesandthecontinuousdataonexciseduties.
ThestatisticsofcashtaxrevenueshowthetaxandcustomspaymentsreceivedbytheFederation,Länder,municipalitiesandassociationsofmunicipalities.
Thesurveysoftaxassessmentbasesrefertotaxesonincome,propertyandturnover.
Thestatisticsofexcisedutiesshow,amongotherthings,thetaxburdenon,andsoldquantitiesofcertainsemi-luxuryfoodandtobaccoandofmineraloilprod-uctsandelectricity.Theairtransportationtaxstatisticsprovidesanoverviewofthenumberofairpassengerstransported.
Main uses— basisfortaxpolicydecisions
− basisforanimpactassessmentsoflegislationandrelatedbudgetplanningaswellastaxrevenuefore-castsbytheFederationandtheLänder
— keydataforfixedproceduresofdeterminingfinan-cialpayments(e.g.wagetaxdistribution,allocationbasisregardingthemunicipalityshareinincomeandturnovertaxrevenue)
— informationongeneraleconomictrendsandtheenterpriselandscape
Main users— federalandLandministriesoffinanceand
economics
— federalandLandministriesofsocialaffairs(reportsonpovertyandwealth)
— federalandLandlegislativebodies
— businessassociations
— socialandeconomicresearchinstitutes
Primary costs2014: EUR2,004,000
2015: EUR2,183,000
Total costs2013: EUR3,186,000
2014: EUR3,205,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
71211 Taxrevenuestatistics secondarysurvey centralised quarterly 17
71231 Comparisonoftaxesonlandand buildings,tradetaxandpayrolltax
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 11,000
73111 Wageandincometaxstatistics secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 20
73121 Statisticsofbusinesspartnershipsandcommunities
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 20
73131 Samplesurveybasedonwageandincometaxstatistics
calculation centralised 3-yearly –
73211 Corporationtaxstatistics secondarysurvey decentralised 3-yearly1) 20
73311 Turnovertaxstatistics(noticeinad-vance)
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 16
73321 Turnovertaxstatistics(assessment) secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 16
73511 Trade tax statistics secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 20
73611 Statisticsofinheritanceandgifttaxes secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 20
73711 Wagetaxdistribution secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 600
73721 Municipalities’shareinwageandincometax:determinationofkey-basedfactors
calculation decentralised 3-yearly –
73722 Municipalities’shareinwageandincometax:modelcomputations
calculation decentralised 3-yearly –
73732 Municipalities’shareinturnovertax:modelcomputations
calculation centralised 3-yearly –
73911 Electronicbalancesheet secondarysurvey decentralised yearly inprepa-ration
79911 Statisticsoftobaccotax secondarysurvey centralised quarterly 1
79921 Beer tax statistics secondarysurvey centralised monthly1) 1
79922 Surveyofthebrewingindustry secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1
79923 Sparklingwinetaxstatistics secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1
79931 Energytaxstatistics secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1
79932 Electricitytaxstatistics secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1
79941 Statisticsofspiritsmonopolyandspiritstax
secondarysurvey centralised yearly 2
79951 Administrativestatisticsofwageandincometax
secondarysurvey centralised yearly 20
79971 Administrativestatisticsofcorporationtax
secondarysurvey centralised yearly 20
79991 Administrativestatisticsofairtrans-portationtax
secondarysurvey centralised yearly 1
1)From2017,thesurveywillbeconductedannually.
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Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries14,series4and7to10 monthlytoyearly
Inheritanceandgifttaxes yearly
Excise duties yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics)onothertax statistics
irregular
Jointpublication“Taxes–regionaldata“(2014edition) non-recurrent
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Newconceptforthetaxstatisticssystem: settingupannualfederalstatisticsoncorpo-rationtax,wageandincometaxsupplementedbynetincomestatements,electronicbalancesheetformodelcomputationsregardingmunici-palities’incometaxshare
Q1–4,6;E2
design, build, process,analyse
12/2014 9/2019 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Public service personnel
Brief descriptionThepersonnelstatisticsofpublicbudgetsshowstaffandpensioners.
Publicservicepersonnelcomprisespublicofficials,judges,soldiersandemployees.
Thestatisticsofpublicservicepensionerscovertheper-sonsentitledtobenefitswithinthepublicold-agesecu-ritysystemforpublicofficialsandprofessional soldiers.Pensionsandrelatedbenefitsarepaidtorecipientsofretirementpensions,widowsand widowersaswellasorphans.
Main uses— basisforpoliticaldecisionsintermsofpublic
servicelawandpublicservicepensionlaw
— collectivebargaininginthepublicservice
— benchmarkingatmunicipalityandLandlevels
— basicdataforlabourmarketstatistics,nationalaccountingandpartsofthelabourcostsurvey
— forecastingoffutureexpenditureonpensions,e.g.forthepensionreportoftheFederal Governmentandforfinancialplanningofthe FederationandtheLänder
Main users— federalministries:BMI,BMF,BMAS
— Landministries
— courtsofauditoftheFederationandtheLänder
— FederalEmploymentAgency
— tradeunions
Primary costs2014: EUR654,000
2015: EUR682,000
Total costs2014: EUR940,000
2015: EUR995,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
74111 Personnelstatisticsofthepublicservice
secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 18,000
74113 Personnelstatisticsofthepubliclycontrolledinstitutionsandenterpriseswithprivatelegalstatus
primarysurvey decentralised yearly 10,000
74211 Statisticsofpublicservicepensioners secondarysurvey decentralised yearly 1,000
79992 AdministrativestatisticsofeducationandtrainingprovidedbytheFederation
primarysurvey centralised half-yearly 33
79993 Genderequalitystatisticsofthe Federation
primarysurvey centralised yearly 106
Other activities
KLR No. Product
44100570 SpecialactivitiesfortheBMIaspartofthepersonnelstatisticsandthestatisticsonpublicservice pensioners
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries14,series6and6.1 yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
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Domestic product, input-output accounts
Brief descriptionThedomesticproductcomputationprovidesdataontheproduction,useanddistributionofthegrossdomesticproduct,i.e.itcoverstheproductionofgoodsandservicesandtheiruseaswellastheincomegener-atedintheproductionprocess.Tocalculatetheresults,allsuitablecontinuoussurveysofeconomicstatisticsare used.
Theinput-outputaccountsaimatadetailedpresenta-tionofthegoods-relatedandproduction-relatedinter-actionsbetweenthesectorsofthenationaleconomyandtherestoftheworld.Input-outputanalysesallowespeciallytostudythemultipliereffectsofeconomictransactions.Importantistheinput-outputaccount-ingforstructuralanalysisanddescriptionofstructuralchangeaswellasthebasisformodelandsimulationcalculations.
Nationalwealthaccountsrefertothestockofnonfinan-cialmaterialandimmaterialassetsproduced.TheFed-eralStatisticalOfficepublishesselecteddataonthetangibleassetsoftheeconomy,especiallyonthestockoffixedassetsandthestockofconsumerdurablesofhouseholds.Thesedataarethebasisfordeterminingtheconsumptionoffixedcapitalintheeconomy,whichmeasuresthedepreciationoffixedassetscausedbyuseandobsolescence.
Satellitesystemsareasupplementtothecoresystemofnationalaccounts;theyaresetupforspecificareas(e.g.tourism,sport,health).
Main uses— descriptionandanalysisoftheeconomicsituation
— basisforeconomicpolicydecisions
— basisforstudyingtheeconomicstructureandinter-actions,multiplieranalyses
— basisforeconomicforecasts
— databasisforthecalculationofEUownresourcesandVATownresources
— assessmentoftheeconomicsituation,basisforeconomicpolicydecisions
— databasisforotheraccountingandsatellitesys-tems(e.g.nationalaccountsoftheLänder,environ-mental-economicaccounting,tourism,sport)
Main users— federalministries
— EuropeanCommission,Eurostat
— EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— UN,IMF,OECD
— CouncilofEconomicExperts,economicresearchinstitutes
— socialandeconomicresearchinstitutes,economicassociations
Primary costs2014: EUR3,714,000
2015: EUR3,972,000
Total costs2014: EUR5,387,000
2015: EUR5,705,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
81111 Productionandusesofdomesticproduct calculation centralised quarterly –
81511 Input-outputaccounts calculation centralised yearly –
81611 Nationalwealthaccounts calculation centralised quarterly –
81711 Satellitesystems calculation centralised irregular –
Other activities
KLR no. Product
38200000 NationalaccountsoftheLänder
45410101 Tabularapproachfortheproductionapproach
45410801 Determiningandassessingwaystointegrateland/realestateintothebalancesheet(EUproject)
45410901 DevelopmentofsupplyandusetablesinpricesofthepreviousyearforGermany(EUproject)
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries18,series1.1to1.5aswellasseriesS(specialcontributions) quarterly,yearly,irregular
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) yearly
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
FurtherdevelopmentofGDPflashestimations Q1;E2;P2;S3
design,process
1/2007 12/2015 no
NationalAccountsQualityReporting Q2;I3;E2;P2;S3
analyse,evaluate
9/2015 7/2018 no
NationalaccountsmethodologicaldescriptionsinaccordancewithESA2010
Q2–4;I3;P1;S3
design,evaluate
1/2015 6/2017 no
Completingofbalancesheets(inventories) Q1,3;P2;S2–3
design, analyse
6/2014 12/2016 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Albert Braakmann
National income, sector accounts
Brief descriptionThedistributionapproachshowsthetransitionfromthegrossdomesticproductgeneratedinthedomesticterri-torytothegrossnationalincome(GNI)availabletoresi-dentsanditscomponents.TheGNIconsistsofthecom-pensationofemployeesontheonehandandpropertyandentrepreneurialincomeontheother–bothtakentogetherarecallednetnationalincomeatfactorcost–,taxesonproductionandimportslesssubsidies,andconsumptionoffixedcapital.Disposableincome,sav-ingandnetlending/netborrowingareotherkeydatawhichhavetobedetermined.
Alldistributivetransactionsarepresentedindetailatthevariousstagesofdistributioninthesystemofnationalaccounts.Transactionsamongindividualdomesticsectorsareshown,andtransactionswiththerestoftheworld.Thedomesticsectorsincludenon-financialandfinancialcorporations,generalgovern-mentandhouseholdsincludingnon-profitinstitutionsservinghouseholds.Thegeneralgovernmentaccountyieldsgovernmentfinalconsumptionexpenditure,andnetlending/netborrowingprovidesthefigureessentialforthegovernmentdeficit.
Thispictureissupplementedbyareaswhichconcernhouseholdsinthefirstplace.Theseincludesocio-eco-nomicanalysesofincomedistribution,determiningtheunpaidworkofhouseholdsandthemeasurementofwell-being.
Main uses— descriptionandanalysisoftheeconomicsituation
— basisofeconomicandtaxrevenueforecasts, economicandfiscalpolicydecisions
— GNIasadatabasisforcalculatingEUbudgetfunds
— grosswagesandsalariesasabasisofpensionadjustment
— establishmentofthegovernmentdeficitforEU fiscalsurveillance
— provisionofdataforananalysisofsocio-economicdevelopmentsandthemeasurementofwell-being
Main users— federalministries
— EuropeanCommission,Eurostat
— EuropeanCentralBank,DeutscheBundesbank
— UN,IWF,OECD
— CouncilofEconomicExperts,socialand economicresearchinstitutes,universities, businessassociations
— themedia,privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR2,640,000
2015: EUR2,938,000
Total costs2014: EUR3,794,000
2015: EUR4,236,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
81211 Distributionandredistributionofnationalincome
calculation centralised quarterly –
81311 Governmentrevenueandexpenditure calculation centralised quarterly –
81411 Externaleconomictransactions calculation centralised quarterly –
87111 Socio-economicreportingsystem calculation centralised irregular –
Other activities
KLR no. Product
44101600 ImplementingtheprovisionsofESA2010tocoverreinsurance(EUproject)
45420201 Separateaccountsforprivatehouseholdsandnon-profitinstitutionsservinghouseholds
45420301 Review,presentationandtreatmentoftransfersmadebyEUinstitutionsinnationalaccounts(EUproject)
45420501 Preparatoryworkfortable29:“Accrued-to-datepensionentitlementsinsocialinsurance”–three-yearly
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries18,series1 quarterly,yearly
Publicationseries“Socio-economicreportingsystemforasustainablesociety” irregular
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Checksofindividualcases,sectordelimitation,difficultcasesinthegeneralgovernmentsector
Q1–3 design,analyse
1/2006 12/2018 no
Extensionofmodelcomputationsonpension liabilitiesoftheFederationtoincludeLänderandmunicipalities
Q1;P2
design,process,analyse
9/2007 8/2017 no
Measuringwelfareinnationalaccounts:actingontheproposalsoftheStiglitzCommission,implementingEUandotherinitiatives
Q1;P1 design 1/2010 12/2016 no
ManagingtheConferenceoftheInternationalAssociationforResearchinIncomeandWealth(IARIW)in2016
P6 design, disseminate,support
8/2014 8/2016 no
SettingupandoperatinganautomaticIT-basedsystemforderivingEUexcessivedeficitproce-dure data
Q2,5;E2;S2
design,build,analyse
7/2015 10/2019 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Stefan Gruber
Environmental-economic accounting
Brief descriptionEnvironmental-economicaccounting(UGR)isdesignedasasatellitesystemtonationalaccounts;itspurposeistoshowconnectionsbetweentheeconomyandtheenvironment.
UGRresultsarestructuredbytheareasofmaterialandenergyflows,useoflandandspace,stateoftheenvi-ronmentandenvironmentalprotectionmeasures.Also,therearemodulesdealingwiththeabovetopicsinacross-cuttingmannerforspecificsectorssuchastrans-portoragriculture.
Main uses— calculatingindicatorsoftheoveralleconomyorof
specificsectors
— datainputforenvironmental-economic modellingapproaches
— statisticalcontributiontothesustainabilitystrategyoftheFederalGovernment
— flowandstockaccountsregardingthe interactionsbetweentheeconomyandthe environment
Main users— BMUB
— FederalEnvironmentAgency(UBA)and FederalNatureConservationAgency(BfN)
— Eurostatandothersupranationaland internationalinstitutions
— scientificcommunity
Primary costs2014: EUR 808,000
2015: EUR 860,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,135,000
2015: EUR1,210,000
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Individual statistics
EVAS Statistical product Type of task Reporting channel
Periodicity Responding units
85111 Emissionstructure(airpollutants, disposal,waste-waterdisposal,etc.)
calculation centralised yearly –
85121 Physicalinput-outputtables calculation centralised irregular –
85131 Individualmaterials calculation centralised yearly –
85211 Landuse1) calculation centralised 4-yearly –
85311 Indicatorsofthestateoftheenvironment calculation centralised irregular –
85411 Expenditureandfixedassetsfor environmentalprotection
calculation centralised yearly –
85421 Environmentaltaxesandcharges calculation centralised yearly –
1)Contact:HermannSeewald.
Other activities
KLR no. Product
38561100 Reportingonsustainabledevelopment
45720701 Overallenvironmentalprotectionexpenditureaccounting
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Subject-matterseries3,series5.11) yearly
Subject-matterseries19,series6 yearly
Environmentaluseandtheeconomy–reportonenvironmental-economicaccounting yearly
Environmentaluseandtheeconomy–tablesonenvironmantal-economicaccounting yearly
Contributionstoenvironmental-economicaccounting irregular
SustainabledevelopmentinGermany–indicatorreport 2-yearly
Environmental-economicaccounting–newsletter half-yearly
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
1)Contact:HermannSeewald.
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Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Nationalandinternationalsustainability reporting,amongothers,compilationofindicatorreportsontheGermansustainabilitystrategy,furtherdevelopmentofindicators(indicatorsystems)
Q1;P1
design,process,analyse
1/2007 12/2018 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Bernd Schmidt
Administrative cost measurement
Brief descriptionBothatthenationalandtheinternationallevel,itisadefinitepoliticalgoaltosimplifylegalprovisionsandtoreduceexcessivebureaucracy.Inthiscontext,knowl-edgeabouttheamountofthecostscausedbyadmin-istrativeburdensisanimportantrequirementforcontrolledandwide-rangingreductionofsuchadminis-trativeburdens.
Asthe“ActtoInstituteaNationalRegulatoryControlCouncil“wasamendedin2011,extendedassessmentsofadministrativecostsimposedbylegislationhavetobemadetopreventlegislationfromcausingunneces-sarybureaucracyinthefirstplace.ThereviewbytheNationalRegulatoryControlCouncilrelatestothedirectconsequencesofaproposedregulation,i.e.itscom-pliancecosts.Theburdenofmeetinglegalrequire-mentsandtheadministrativecostsinvolvedaccordingtotheStandardCostModelhavetobedeterminedandshown.
TheFederalStatisticalOfficeisresponsibleforthecon-sistentapplicationofthemethodologyandforcon-ductingmeasurements.ItsupportstheFederalGov-ernmentinreportingandsuccessmonitoringandgivesadvicetoallpartiesinvolved.OnbehalfoftheFederalGovernment,citizensandenterpriseswillregularlybesurveyedfrom2015abouttheirperceptionofcontactswithpublicauthoritiesinspecificsituationsinlife.
Theproduct“administrativecostmeasurement”mainlyconsistsoftimedatacaptureamongrespondents,ofcostestimates,theprovisionandmaintenanceofcen-traldatabasesoncompliancecosts,andthecollec-tionandprovisionofdataonhowsatisfiedcitizensandenterprisesarewiththeadministration.
Main use— reducingadministrativeburdensonbusiness,
citizensandadministration
Main users— FederalGovernment,GermanBundestag,Bundesrat
(FederalCouncil),NationalRegulatoryControl Council
Primary costs2014: EUR5,371,000
2015: EUR7,033,000
Total costs2014: EUR7,647,000
2015: EUR9,646,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
11301000 Questionsofprincipleandmethodologyofadministrativecostmeasurement
BasicandmethodologicalissuesofapplyingtheStandardCostModeltomeasureadministrativecosts,amongotherthings,settingupandmaintainingthedatabaseforthecoverageofcomplianceandadministrativecosts,dataqualityassurance,co-operationwithfederalministries
11302000 Timeandcostdatacapture,costestimate Measurementsamongtheaddresseesofthelegalrequire-mentsandinformationobligations,especiallyregardingthetimerequiredforcomplyingwithanobligationtoprovideinformation;determinationoftheaccruingcompliancecostsandtheadministrativecosts
11304000 Ex-anteestimations,dataevaluation,controlling
Determinationofthecostsofnewregulatoryproposals;datamanagement;dataevaluation(administrativecosts,compli-ancecosts,satisfactionsurveys,specialprojects);controlling(administrativecostindex,compliancecosts,bureaucracybrake);calculationsforthebarometerofburdensforofficialstatistics;supportingtheministriesincarryingoutlegislationimpactassessment
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Providingnewuser-orientedfeaturesintothedatabaseofbureaucraticinformationandreportingobligations(WebSKM)
Q1;E2
design,analyse,disseminate
7/2012 8/2016 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
Programme for the period 2016 to 2020
Statistics dissemination and communication
3.3
� �Press and public relations 154
� �Capital City Service, customer communications 156
� �International statistics 158
� �Internet 160
� �Publications 162
� �Library 164
� �Research Data Centre 166
� �Co-operation with other countries 168
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Brief descriptionPressworkconcernsthepresentationoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeandofthestatisticalproductsinthemedia.Thisincludesdefiningthepresspolicy,plan-ning,compilinganddisseminatingpressreleasesasthefirstformofpublishingstatisticalresults,organisingpressconferences,conductinginterviews,andorganis-ingthejournalistinformationservice.
Asarisingnumberofprovidersofferstatisticaldataontheinternet,“official”isnolongerautomaticallyper-ceivedastheuniqueattributeofthebrand.Publicrela-tionsworkincludestargetedmarketingmeasuresandmethodstomaketheFederalStatisticalOfficeanditsproductsbetterknownandwinmorecustomers.
Main uses— informingthesocietyaboutstatisticalresults
— conveyingacustomer-friendlyand user-friendlyimage
— enhancingthepublic’sawarenessand acceptanceofofficialstatistics
− strengthenthebrandof“officialstatistics“
Main users— financialmarkets
— themedia,thegeneralpublic
Contact: Doris Stärk
Press and public relations
Primary costs2014: EUR1,085,000
2015: EUR897,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,367,000
2015: EUR1,151,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12301001 PressOffice Evaluationofthemediaresponse,consultationofthespecialiseddepart-ments;compilationofpressreleasesandtheirhandlingincontentandtechnicalterms,disseminationofpressreleases;journalistinformationservice;scheduling(calendarofpressreleases);preparation,conductandfollow-upofpressconferencesandpressseminarsintermsoforganisationandcontent,alsopreparationofaccompanyingmaterial
Organising,preparingandconductinginterviewswiththeheadsofthe FederalStatisticalOfficeandthespecialisedunits
Communicationwithonlinecommunitiesandinsocialnetworks
12302002 Marketing Designandimplementationofactionsimprovingthecommunicationwithusergroupstostrengthenthebrandof„officialstatistics“
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Pressbrochuresonpressconferences about10peryear
Pressreleases about550peryear
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Contact: Claudia Brunner
Capital City Service, customer communications
Brief descriptionThisproductclassbasicallycomprisesallcustomer-relatedactivitiesoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.Itscor-nerstonesareinformationprovision,events,tradefairpresenceand,lastbutnotleast,politicalconsultancyinthecapital,Berlin.
TheCentralInformationServiceistheportalforallcus-tomerenquiries.EveryonemaycontacttheServicebymeansofaspecialform(www.destatis.de/contact)butalsobytelephone.TheCentralInformationServiceman-agesandco-ordinatestherepliesincloseco-operationwiththespecialiseddepartments.Inaccordancewiththe“onlinefirst”strategy,web-basedadviceispro-videdandthecustomerisenabledtosearchonhisownforinformationonthewebsiteoftheFederalStatisticalOffice(www.destatis.de).Thecustomermanagementsystemlinkstheserviceunitsinvolvedandensurestimelycommunicationwithasinglesource.
Informationstandsatfairsandeventsrelevantto statisticsenablethedirectdialoguewithusers.
TheBerlin-basedCapitalCityService“BerlinInforma-tionPoint”providesadvicetopoliticalandrelatedinsti-tutionsandensurestherapidanddirectsupplyofsta-tisticalinformation.ThereisaserviceofficeintheGermanBundestagwhichmeetstheinformationneedsofbodiesandMembersofParliament.Targetgroupsarealsoproactivelyprovidedwithstatisticaldata.Forexample,theBerlinInformationPointForumoffersbackgroundbriefingsonstatisticalresults.STATISTIK-BRIEF,thequarterlynewsletterforthecapital,providesstatisticalinformationonatopicalpoliticalissue.UsersfromthescientificcommunitymayusetheresearchdatacentreattheBerlinInformationPoint.
Main uses— statisticaladviceandsupportofparliamentary
activities
— disseminationofofficialstatistics
— raisingtheawarenessofstatistics
— technicaldiscussionswiththetargetgroups
— accesstomicrodataforthescientific community
Main users— academia,thescientificandresearchcommunity
— thebusinessworld
— socialandeconomicassociations
— privateusers,thegeneralpublic
— our partners in the capital: officesofMembersofParliament,parliamentarygroupsandscientificservicesintheGerman BundestagaswellasGermanmembersofthe EuropeanParliament
− FederalChancellery,federalministries
− foreignembassies,Germanmissionsabroad
− representationsofLänder
− associations
− researchinstitutes
Primary costs2015: EUR1,275,000
Total costs2015: EUR1,820,000
Asthescopeofthisproductclasshaschanged,thecostsarenotcomparablewiththoseofearlieryears.
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12401000 CapitalCityService, customercommunications,BundestagServiceOffice,inquirymanagement,publicaffairs
Capital City Service:− Co-ordinationandansweringofinquiriesfromthepoliticalsphereand
publicauthorities(ministries,embassies,associations)− BundestagServiceOffice:statisticalcounsellingofBundestagmembers
andadministrativestaff,co-operationwiththeReferenceandResearchServicesoftheGermanBundestag,dossiers
− Co-operationwithbodiesoftheGermanBundestag− BerlinInformationPointForum:backgroundbriefingsandotherinhouse
events
Central Information Service:− Freeoralandwrittenadvice− Co-ordinationandcommunicationwithspecialisedunits− Specialsearchesagainstreimbursementofthecosts
Fairs and visitor service:− Planningandmanagingtheattendanceatfairsandevents− Serviceforvisitorgroups
Customer communications:− Operationofthecustomermanagementsystem(usersupportandsys-
temsmaintenance,technicalenhancementofthecustomermanagementsystem)
− Analysisofuserneeds(e.g.bymeansoftextmining)− PreparationofFAQsforthewebsiteoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
Additional actions
Designation Contri-bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Communicatinginitsfunctionasaserviceandknowledgeproviderforthe18thGermanBundestag
Q4–5;P1;S3
analyse,disseminate,support
3/2014 12/2016 no
Handlingofincominginquiriestoagreaterex-tentbytheCentralInformationService(secondimplementationstage)
Q4,6;I3;E1–2;P1;S3
specifyneeds,disseminate
1/2016 12/2016 no
Developingaprocedureforanearlyidentifi-cationofinformationrequirements(demandplanning)
Q4,6 specifyneeds,design, analyse,evaluate
2/2016 12/2016 no
Preparingaconceptforafuturecustomerman-agementsystem
Q6;E2
disseminate,evaluate, support
1/2016 4/2018 no
Professionalisationofcustomermanagementsystemevaluations
Q4,6;E1–2
collect, process, analyse,evaluate, support
1/2016 8/2016 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Claudia Brunner
International statistics
Brief descriptionThespecialisedunitofInternationalStatisticsoffersstatisticaldataonallUNMemberStatesintheworld.WebportalsprovidedirectaccesstoEuropean (www.destatis.de/europa)andinternationalstatistics(www.destatis.de/international).Bothportalsare completelyinGermanandEnglish.Theportalsfacili-tatetheaccesstothenumerousdatabasesandshowhowGermanyfareswhendataarecompared.Inaddi-tion,thespecialisedunitsuppliesinternationaldataforstatisticalpublications,pressreleasesandforinterna-tionaltimeseriesstoredintheGenesisdatabase.ThedataaremainlyfromEurostat,theInternationalMone-taryFund(IMF),theWorldBankandotherUNorganisa-tions.Thespecialisedunitmaybecontactedbyusersforquestionsaboutthedataofferedandmethodologi-calaspects.
Main uses— disseminatingstatisticalproductsonofficial
Europeanandinternationalstatistics
— presentingstatisticalcross-countrycomparisonsintheentireproductportfoliooftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— supportingthegovernment,societyandthebusi-nessworldintheirsearchforstatisticsontheEUandworldwide
Main users— academia,thescientificandresearchcommunity
— businessesandeconomicassociations
— politicsandadministration
— themediaandinformationproviders
— privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2015: EUR 730,000
Total costs2015: EUR1,050,000
Asthescopeofthisproductclasshaschanged,thecostsarenotcomparablewiththoseofearlieryears.
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12402000 Internationalstatistics International statistics: − OnlineservicesandpublicationsconcerningEuropeanandinternational
statistics(e.g.webportal“Europeinfigures”,webportal“Internationalstatistics”;chapter“International“intheStatisticalYearbook,interna-tionalcomparativedatainotherpublicationssuchas“STATmagazin”and“AtaGlance“)
− SupportprovidedtoalldepartmentsusingEuropeanandinternationalstatistics
− Co-operationwithinternationalorganisationsinthefurtherdevelopmentofdissemination
− AnsweringinquiriesfromEuropeanandinternationalbodiesofstatisticsaboutmethodologicalissues
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
CountryprofilesforallUNcountriesatthetouchofabutton:automationofallprocesses
Q1–2,4;E2;P2;S3
process, analyse, disseminate
7/2014 10/2016 no
State-of-the-artdisseminationofinternationaldataformeasuringtheinternationalSustain-ableDevelopmentGoalsoftheUN
Q4,6;I3;P1–2;S3
analyse, disseminate
7/2016 6/2018 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Brief descriptionTheproduct“internet”comprisesthedisseminationofresults,servicesandoffersofofficialstatisticsaswellasusercare.Theinternetisthemediumthroughwhichboththebasicinformationservicesforthepopula-tionandtheregularsupplyofprofessionalcustomerswithspecialisedinformationisensured.Also,thetoolsofferedthefurthermethodologicaldevelopmentofsta-tisticsareintegrated.Thecentralinterneteditorialteamco-ordinatesandmaintainstherelationswithotherdataprovidersoftheFSOandofficialstatisticsingen-eral(forinstancetheFederalReturningOfficer,statisticsportaloftheFSOandLSOs).Standardelectronicprod-uctsarealsoofferedasdownloadsonthewebsite.
Oneofthewebsite’spillarsistheGENESISdatabase.GENESIS-Onlinecontainsthemostcomprehensiverangeofdailyupdatedstatisticaldata.
Main use— providingallusergroupswithcurrentinformation
andresultsofofficialstatisticsoftheday
− provisionofstatisticalresultsinauniformandcoherentinformationsystemovertime,includingfulldocumentationofthemetadata
Main users— politicsandadministrationatnationaland
internationallevel
— academia,thescientificandresearchcommunity
− businesses
− informationproviders
— privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Contact: Doris Stärk
Internet
Primary costs2014: EUR1,653,000
2015: EUR1,836,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,369,000
2015: EUR2,585,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12303001 Onlineeditorialwork Centralinterneteditorialwork
12304001 GSBadministrationandwebservices,intranet
− Administration,trainingandfurtherdevelopmentregardingthecontentmanagementsystem(GSB)
− functionalenhancementofthewebsite− databasesupportedstandardproductsforthe“indicators”section− interactivegraphicwebapplications− centralintraneteditorialwork− user statistics
12305001 Electronicpublications,STATmagazin,jointfederalandLänderpublications
− Finaleditingandenhancementofelectronicpublications(classifications,qualityreports,specialisedreports,STATmagazin,jointfederalandLänderpublications,subject-matterseriesandspecialpublications)
− useradvice
GENESISdatabase:provisionofdataforGENESISandGENESIS-Online,usersupport
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici- pation of LSOs
User-orientedrevisionofthewebpagesofthe“FactsandFigures”sectiontoreducethework-loadoftheinformationservice
Q1,3–5;E1–2
disseminate,evaluate
1/2015 7/2016 no
Analysisofuserbehaviourasregardsthecon-tentofourwebsitebymeansofusabilitytests,trackingsoftwareandanevaluationofthenewinformationserviceconcept
Q1,4,6 specifyneeds,disseminate,evaluate
4/2016 1/2018 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Doris Stärk
Publications
Brief descriptionThepublicationsproductclasscomprisesvariousedi-torialanddesignactivitiesregardingthepublicationsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.Inadditiontonumer-ouspublicationsonspecialisedtopics,cross-sectionpublicationsliketheStatisticalYearbookandtheDataReportareissued.Withawiderangeofleafletsandbrochures,publicrelationsmeasuresaresupported.Thejointpublicationsissuedtogetherwiththestatisti-calofficesoftheLänderalsoareofgreatsignificance.Animportantproductisthepublicationofthescien-tificperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik”(EconomyandStatistics),whichreceivedanewdesignin2015.
Thepublicationsproductclassalsoincludesmanagingthecontractualrelationswithdistributionandco-opera-tionpartners,thepricingandeditionpolicyandsettinguptherelevantmarketingprinciples,aswellasarrang-ingthirdparties’disseminationrightsfordataoftheFederal Statistical Office.
Main use— disseminationofstatisticalresults
Main users— externalusersofallusergroups
— statisticaloffices
Primary costs2014: EUR1,485,000
2015: EUR1,744,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,070,000
2015: EUR2,413,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12302002 Distribution Distributionmanagement,co-operationwiththedistributionpartners,maintainingthefreeandexchangedistributionlists,licencing,promotionalactivitiesforpublications,online-marketing,imagepromotion
12306001 Graphicsanddesign, printediting
Statisticalgraphs,visuallanguage;developmentofnewproductsandad-aptationofthecorporatedesigntocurrentrequirements,Concept,editing,layoutandgraphicalrepresentationsforpublicationsoftheFederalStatisti-calOffice,e.g.StatisticalYearbook,brochures,publicationseries“StatisticsandScience“
12307001 EconomyandStatistics,DataReport
Editingoftheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik“(EconomyandStatistics),editingofthemulti-annualcross-sectionpublication“Datenreport”(DataReport–thesocialreportforGermany)),editingof“StatistikCampus“ontheinternet
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Statisticalyearbook yearly
“WirtschaftundStatistik“(EconomyandStatistics) 2-monthly
Datareport 2-yearly
Brochuresandleaflets asrequired
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Contact: Doris Stärk
Library
Brief descriptionThelibraryoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeattheWies-badenheadquartersisthelargestspecialisedlibraryforstatisticsinGermany.ItsmaintaskistosupplytheFed-eralStatisticalOfficewithliteratureandinformation.Thestockcomprisessome500,000mediaunits(suchasbooks,CD-ROMs,periodicalissues)andabout1,200periodicals.Externalusers,too,canaccessthelibrarycatalogueonlinethroughthewebsitewww.destatis.de (“Press&Services”>“Library”)andusetheworksta-tionsinthereadingroom.
Main uses— provisionofup-to-dateinformation,scientificliter-
atureforresearchpurposes,backgroundmaterialandreferenceworks
Main users— staffoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— scientists,students
— privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR 933,000
2015: EUR 869,000
Total costs2014: EUR1,268,000
2015: EUR1,190,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12302002 Library ProvisionofliteratureandinformationfortheFederalStatisticalOfficeandthegeneralpublic;activeinterlending,co-operationwithlibraryinstitutions;increasinglyIT-supportedorientationofthelibrary,e.g.throughpublicationsserver
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici- pation of LSOs
Digitizingownpublications Q4 disseminate,support
2/2013 7/2019 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Research Data Centre
Brief descriptionSince1August2013ithasbeenlaiddowninArticle3oftheFederalStatisticsLawthatprovidingindividualdata(statisticalmicrodata)forscientificpurposesisatasktobeperformedbytheFederalStatisticalOffice.
TheresearchdatacentreoftheFederalStatisticalOfficegrantsthescientificcommunitycontrolledaccesstoofficialmicrodata,asdoestheresearchdatacentreofthestatisticalofficesoftheLänder.Gearedtowardsuserneeds,theresearchdatacentreswillfurtherextendacademia’saccesstoofficialmicrodatawhileobservingconfidentialityprovisions.
Itispossibletouseofficialmicrodataatworkstationsinsafecentresinthestatisticaloffices,andbyremotedataexecution.Inaddition,therangeofscientificusefilesisgoingtobeextendedconsiderablytocomplywithrequestsfromthescientificcommunity.
Main use— improvingtheinformationalinfrastructure
Main users— academia,thescientificandresearchcommunity
— socialandeconomicresearchinstitutes
Primary costs2014: EUR 718,000
2014: EUR 618,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprin-ciple,statisticsproductionanddissemination)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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Products
KLR no. 1) Product Product description
14032031 ResearchDataCentre National user service for the scientific community in terms of infrastructure and methodology:− questionsofprincipleregardingnationaldataaccess− providingmicrodata(preparing,refiningandmaintainingscientificuse
files,publicusefilesundCAMPUSfiles;organisingandsupportingremotedataexecutionandtheoperationofsafecentresintheFederalStatisticalOffice)
− maintainingcontactswitheconomicinstitutionsandassociations(i.a.GermanDataForum)
− organisingscientificevents,maintainingthemetadatasystemoftheresearchdatacentresatthestatisticalofficesoftheFederationandtheLänder
− methodologyofaccesstocensusmicrodata− “CombinedCompanyDataforGermany“administrativeoffice
Research projects and international issues of data access:− questionsofprincipleregardinginternationaldataaccess− microdataaccesstoEuropeandata
1)Inthisproductclass,theproductnumberingdiffersfromtheKLRsystemoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Papersintheperiodical“WirtschaftundStatistik“(EconomyandStatistics) irregular
Papersintheseries”StatistikundWissenschaft”(StatisticsandScience) irregular
WorkingdocumentsoftheResearchDataCentre irregular
CAMPUSFILE–PublicUseFilesforscientificinstruction irregular
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Co-operation with other countries
Brief descriptionSincethebeginningofthenineties,theFederalStatis-ticalOfficehasbeenactivelyinvolvedinthesettingupanddevelopmentofstatisticalsystemsinothercoun-tries.Thebasisofthismandateareagreementsonpart-nershipandco-operationinEurope,treatieswiththepartnercountries,andbilateralagreementswithsta-tisticaloffices.Suchco-operationistohelpcountrieswishingtoaccedetotheEUwiththeadoptionoftheCommunitypatrimony(acquiscommunautaire).ItalsosupportstheestablishmentandrestructuringofofficialstatisticsintheNewIndependentStates,China,Mon-goliaandotherdevelopingcountries.
EmployeesoftheFederalStatisticalOfficetraintheirexpertcolleaguesonthespotincourses,giveadviceinexpertmissionswheninternationalstandardshavetobetranslatedtothesituationinthecountry,andpro-videsupporttodelegationsofforeignvisitors.Adviceisgivenonarangeofspecialisedstatistical,organisa-tionalandinstitutionalaspects.
Asarule,suchprojectsarecommissionedbyinter-nationalorganisationsliketheEuropeanUnionortheWorldBank.
Co-operationprojectsmayrunforseveralyearsorcon-sistofad-hocmeasures.“Twinningprojects“areofspe-cialimportance:thisisaclosepartnershipbetweensimilarpublicinstitutionsbeyondthemereimplemen-tationphaseofaproject.
Main uses— supportandconsultingforpartnercountriesinsta-
tisticalmatters
— preparationofcandidatecountriesforaccessiontotheEUbytheiradoptingtheacquiscommunautaire
— adviceontheadoptionofEUstandardsinselectedfieldstocountriesoftheEuropeanneighbourhoodpolicy(ENP)
— supporttosuccessionstatesoftheformerSovietUnioninapproachinginternationalstandards
— supporttoAsianstates,inparticularChina
Main users— statisticalinstitutionsinthepartnercountries
— UN,OECD,WorldBank,IMF,ILO
Primary costs2014: EUR2,538,000
2015: EUR2,549,000
Total costs2014: EUR2,830,000
2015: EUR2,829,000
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
12104000and12105000
Bilateralandinternationalco-operation,reportingsystems
− Principlesofdevelopingandco-ordinatingbilateralandmultinationalprojectsofstatisticalco-operation–focus:candidate,neighbouringanddevelopingcountries,Asia,Russia,CommonwealthofIndependentStates(CIS)
− Conceptsforplanningthemeasures(acquisition):expertmissions,studyvisits,seminarsandinformationvisits
− Matterspertainingtocontractsinstatisticalco-operation− Projectcontrollingandreporting− Bilateralco-operationwithpartnerofficesabroad− Project-relatedco-operation,especiallyTwinningprojects− Co-operationwithinternationalbodies− Publicationsandpresentationsofprogrammesandprojectsofthestatis-
ticsco-operationunit− Liaisontotheorganisationsresponsiblefordevelopmentaid:UNDP
(UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme),Paris21,DevelopmentAssis-tanceCommittee(DAC)oftheOECD
− Officialtripsabroad(planning,reporting)− Maintenanceofprojectdatabases,portfoliodatabases
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Statisticsacrossborders half-yearly/yearly
Additional actions
Designation Contri- bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
WorldBank-fundedTwinningprojecttoenhancestatisticsinKazakhstan
P2; S3
disseminate, support,manage
9/2012 12/2017 yes
Gearingthestatisticalco-operationactivitiesoftheFederalStatisticalOfficetotheBMWi’shigh-prioritypolicyareasofforeigntradeandtheBMZ’s/GIZ’sregionalprioritiesofdevelop-mentpolicy
P2 support, manage
9/2011 6/2016 no
SupportingthestatisticalinstituteofAzerbaijaninadoptingtheacquiscommunautaireoftheEUinselectedstatisticaldomainsunderanEUTwinningproject
P2;S3
disseminate,support, manage
9/2015 9/2017 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Internal Services
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� �Administration
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175
177
180
183
185
� �Information technology
187
190
193
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Brief descriptionTheorganisationaldevelopmentattheFederalStatisti-calOfficeincludesthetraditionaltasksofstructuralandoperationalorganisationusingthetoolsoforganisationchart,organisationandfunctionsmanual,rulesofpro-cedure,jobdescriptionandassessment,calculationofmanpowerrequirements,processmanagement,staffsuggestionmanagement(staffsuggestionscheme)andtheco-ordinationofeconomicfeasibilitystudies.
Therealsoisanorganisationaldevelopment-orientedtotalqualitymanagementinplaceattheFederalStatis-ticalOfficewhichisbasedontheEFQMconceptoftheEuropeanFoundationforQualityManagement.Anotherimportanttoolusedfororganisationaldevelopmentisacontrollingsystemthatincludessupervisingandsup-portingtheannualplanningcycle,especiallytheclosedconferencesoftheseniormanagementandannualpro-grammeplanning,andmonitoringactivitiesandmile-stonesagreedupon.
Everyyear,aworkplanandatimeschedulearepre-paredfordecentralisedfederalstatisticsinthecontextoftheFSO/LSOssystem.Itsimplementationismoni-toredonthebasisofdeadlinecontrolling.Thelong-termarchivingofdigitalmicrodataintheFSO/LSOssystemissupported,insubject-matterterms,byannualarchiv-inganddeletionplansbasedonanarchivingmanage-mentdatabase.
Main uses— optimisingtheuseofresources
— organisationaldevelopment
— processimprovement
— co-operationbetweentheFSOandtheLSOs
Main users— HeadoftheFederalStatisticalOffice,
specialisedunitsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— statisticalofficesoftheLänder
— BMI(assupervisoryauthority)
Primary costs2014: EUR1,144,000
2015: EUR1,624,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprin- ciple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcom-munication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
Contact: Hans-Peter Lüüs
Organisation, quality management, controlling
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
11101000 Organisation,qualityman-agement,assessmentofpersonnelrequirements
Structural, operational and process organisation: – organisationaldevelopment– papersandstatementsonthestructuralandoperationalorganisationof
the FSO– organisationchart;organisationandfunctionsmanual– developmentandmaintenanceoftheorganisationalpartofEPOS
Assessment of personnel requirements:– efficiencycalculations– calculationofmanpowerrequirements
Quality management:– administrationoftheTQMorganisationaltool(StatisticalQualityOffen-
sive)– organisationofEFQMself-assessmentsandassessmentsbyexternalpar-
ties– staffsuggestionscheme(internalstaffsuggestionmanagement)– linktothestaffsuggestionmanagementoftheFederalMinistryofthe
Interior(“Idea21”)
11102000 Controlling,processman-agement
Controlling:– supportingtheannualclosedconferenceoftheseniormanagementand
annualprogrammeplanning– controllingofactivities– workplanningandscheduling,controllingofdeadlinesforfederalstatis-
tics– maintainingtheuniformlistoffederalstatisticsandco-ordinatedLänder
statistics(EVAS)
Process management:– furtherdevelopingandimplementingaprocessmanagementsystemin
theentireFSO– operatingthearchivingmanagementsystemfordigitalmicrodataofthe
FSO/LSOssystem– rulesofprocedure
Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
Organisationchart monthly
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Additional actions
Designation Contri bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Introducingasetofstrategicindicators S2–3 design, support, manage
12/2013 10/2016 no
TakingstockofallrisksattheFederalStatisticalOfficeanddevelopingaconceptfordealingwiththem
Q5 design, analyse, support, manage
4/2016 12/2016 no
Implementingthereorganizationofthe informationservice
Q4;E1–2
disseminate,support
11/2014 10/2016 no
Developingacalculationmodeltodeterminethemanpowerrequiredforspecialisedprocess-esofstatisticsproduction
E1–2 design, analyse, support, manage
1/2015 10/2016 no
IntroductionofanewportfoliomanagementsystemattheFederalStatisticalOffice
E1 support 10/2015 4/2018 no
Introductionofcoachingservicesprovidingprojectsupport
S3 design, disseminate,support
5/2016 10/2017 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Hans-Peter Lüüs
Budget, cost and performance accounts
Brief descriptionThisproductclasscomprisesallprocessesrelatingtothebudgetsoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeandtheagenciesincludedunderthecommonadministration(FederalInstituteforPopulationResearch,FederalInsti-tuteofSportsScience),fromplanning,settingup,man-agingandexecutingthebudgettotherenderingofaccounts.
Thegoalofaccountingistoobtainreliabledataontherevenueandexpenditureofaspecificperiod.Costandperformanceaccountingprovidesinformationonwhereandforwhichproductstheresourceswereused.
Main use— financialcontroloftheagency
Main users— HeadoftheFederalStatisticalOffice,specialised
unitsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— BMI(subject-relatedandadministrative supervisoryauthority)
— GermanBundestag
Primary costs2014: EUR1,538,000
2015: EUR1,741,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprin- ciple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcom-munication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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KLR no. Product Product description
11103000 Budget,costandperfor-manceaccounts
Budgetary administration, cash management and accounting:– preparingthebudgetaryandfinancialplanning documents(includingcontributions)– participatingintheprocessofsettingupthebudget– distributingandmanagingbudgetfunds– performingpayments– involvementinissuesofbudgetarylaw– budgetaryreporting,budgetbalance
Third party funded projects: – costingofnationalstatisticsandstatisticsoftheEU,settlementwiththe
statisticalofficesoftheLänder– costing,financialcontrolandexecutionoforderscommissionedbythe
EU,thirdpartiesandfederalauthorities
Financial accounting:recordingthematerialexpenditureandreceiptsaccordingtotheprincipleofdouble-entryaccountinginthesoftwareMachc/s;onlinetransmissiontothebudget/cash/accountingsystemoftheFederation(HKRinterface)
Cost and performance accounting, product-based budget:– supportingthemanagementlevelsthroughKLRinformation– collectingandprocessingKLRdata– KLRreporting– maintainingandfurtherdevelopingthesubject-relatedKLRsystem
Additional actions
Designation Contri bution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Process-basedreorientationofcostand performanceaccounting
E1–2 design, analyse, support, manage
11/2014 12/2016 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Hans-Peter Lüüs
Internal services
Brief descriptionInternalservicesinadministrationdealwithrealestate,personnelandproducts.TogetherwiththeITinfrastruc-turetheyprovidetheindispensablebasisofbusinessoperation.
Overseeingconstructionactivities,cleaning,receptionandsecurityservices–allthisistoensurethesmoothfunctioningofbusinessatallFederalStatisticalOfficelocations.
Incontrast,internalservicesfocusingonthestaffben-efitthepersonneldirectly,forinstancetravelmanage-ment,theworkingtimerecordingsystem,andhealthandsocialservices.
InternalservicesfocusingontheproductsoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeare,forexample,thein-houseprintingshopandthelanguageservice.
Procurementcomprisestheprovisionandmanagementofallphysicalresourcesusedforofficialpurposes,withtheexceptionofinformationtechnology.
Main uses— supportingthecoreareaofstatistics
production
— restorationoftheofficebuildinginWiesbaden
Main user— staffmembersoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
Primary costs2014: EUR11,433,000
2015: EUR11,739,000
Inaddition,costsincurredforthemanagementoftheFSO’srealestate(incl.imputedrents):aboutEUR10,417,000for2014and9,954,000for2015.Thosecostsandtheprimarycostsoftheinternalservicehavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprinciple,statisticsproduc-tionanddisseminationandcommunication)andare containedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
11104000 Internalservice,health andsocialservicesman-agement
Travel management: – provisionoffundsrequired,bookingsandreservations
Time recording and attendance management:– generalworkingtimearrangements– timerecording– handlingtimesofabsence
Car pool:– operationofowncarsandrentingofcars
Provision and management of material (excl. IT):– supplyofmaterial,equipmentandfurnituretothestaff
accordingtodemand
Postal services:– Receiptanddispatchofpostalitems,sortinganddistributionofpostal
items
Administration of records:– filedigitalisation
Production of print products:– digitalprintingandfinalprocessing
Placing of orders for printed and electronic publications to be produced
Health and social matters management:– housingassistance– healthprevention,adviceandcare– socialprevention,adviceandcare– occupationalhealth– ergonomicsatworkandjobsafety– serviceatthehealthcentre– firstaid
12105000 Languageservice,officialtripsabroad 1)
Language Service
Official trips abroad:– planning,reporting
11105000 Procurement,facilitiesmanagement
Procurement unit:centralcontrolandimplementationofprocurementactivities,co-ordinationoftheprocurementnetwork,standardisationoftheprocurementprocess
Facilities management:– planningandcontroloftherestorationofpartsofbuildingsandremedyof
defects– planningandcontrolofconstructionworkattheBonnBranchOfficeand
fortheBISp– catering(operationofcanteenandkitchen)– securityservice:ensuringtheaccessibilityandprotectionoftheFSO– managementandmaintenanceofbuildings
Environmental management
1)Contact:BerndStörtzbach.
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Additional actions
Designation Contribution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Introductionofanelectronicprocurementworkflow
E2 design,support
1/2014 6/2018 no
Renovationofthecanteenlocatedatthe Wiesbadenheadquaters
S1 support 1/2015 6/2017 no
ImprovementandfurtherdevelopmentofthehealthmanagementservicesattheFederalStatisticalOffice
S1–3 support, manage
2/2016 2/2018 no
Introductionof“long-termworkingtimeac-counts”forthestaffmembersoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeonthebasisofaninhouseserviceagreement
S1 support, manage
12/2015 8/2016 no
Introductionofasharedserviceofferingtoprepareandconductofmeetings/conferencesattheFederalStatisticalOffice
E2; S2
design, support, manage
1/2016 11/2017 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Heinz-Christoph Herbertz
Human resources, advanced training
Brief descriptionThefocusoftheproductclass“Humanresources,advancedtraining”isontargetedfurtherdevelopmentofthestaffqualificationssothatcurrentandfuturetasksofofficialstatisticscanbefulfilled.Usingthetoolsofhumanresourcesplanning,managementanddevelopmentaswellasadvancedtraining,thisareasupportsthespecialiseddepartmentsandtheirstaffinprovidinghigh-qualitystatisticalinformation.
Main use— supportingthestaff
Main users— HeadoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— staffmembersoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— BMI
Primary costs2014: EUR4,889,000
2015: EUR5,032,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprinci-ple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcom-munication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
11201000 Humanresourcesdevelop-ment
Systematicallyidentifying,activatingandincreasingtheachievementandlearningpotentialsofthestaffmembers
Staff inflow and outflow:Recruitmentofinternalandexternalstaff(alsobymeansofassessmentcen-tres)andexchangeofpersonnel
Personnelplanning,managementofposts,humanresourcesdevelopmentconcept
OrganisationalandtechnicalsupportfortheElectronicStaff,OrganisationandJobManagementSystem(EPOSinformationsystem)
Fundamentalissuesofpublicservicelaw
Staff assessment:Regularperformanceappraisalsforpublicofficials,Grantingofperformancebonusesandassignmentofperformancebracketstopublicofficialsandpersonsemployedundercollectiveagreements
Conductofstaffopinionsurveysandupwardfeedbacksurveysatinterbalsofseveralyears
Dealingwithgenderequalityissues
11202000 Personnelsupport Serviceswithinthescopeofindividualandfundamentalmattersofthestaffwithregardtootherstaffmembers,theHeadoftheFSOandHeadsofDepartment,staffrepresentations,thesuperiorauthorityandotherexternalinstitutions,includingstaffregistrationFundamentalquestionsofcollectivebargaininglegislation
11203100 EducationandTraining Organisation, conduct and participation in general and IT-specific advanced training measures of the following areas:− statistics− leadershipandco-operation− womenandgenderspecificissues− communication,foreignlanguages− organisationandindividualworkingarrangements− informationtechnology
CorporatetrainingofthestatisticalofficesoftheFederationandtheLänder(GemFo)
Developmentandimplementationofe-learningactivities
DecentralisedadvancedtrainingcoursesoftheFederalAcademyofPublicAdministration(BAköV)
12105000 ESTP 1) Co-ordinationoftheGermancontributiontotheEuropeanStatisticalTrainingProgramme(ESTP)
11203200 Apprentices Training as: − officecommunicationsspecialists− informationtechnologyspecialists− marketandsocialresearchspecialists− officemanagementclerks
1)Contact:BerndStörtzbach.
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Major publications (mostly in German)
Title Periodicity
WeareDestatis(VocationaltrainingattheFederalStatisticalOffice) yearly
Advancedtrainingprogramme(internalpublicationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice) yearly
Genderequalityplan(internalpublicationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice) four-yearly
Advancedtrainingguidelines(internalpublicationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice) irregular
Personnelstatistics(internalpublicationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice) yearly
Appraisalinterview(internalpublicationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice) irregular
Humanresourcesdevelopmentscheme(internalpublicationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice) irregular
Additional actions
Designation Contribution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Conductingacomprehensiveanalysisofcompe-tenceandmanpowerrequirementsattheFSO(analysisofmanpowerrequirements)
S2 support 2/2016 12/2016 no
Introductionof“mobileworking”onthebasisofaninhouseserviceagreementforabetterworkandfamilybalance
S1 support 11/2015 8/2016 no
Supportingthesharingoffamilychoresbymenandwomenaspartnersundertheequaloppor-tunitiesplan2016-2019
S1 design, support, manage
12/2015 12/2016 no
Listofactivitiesforrecruitingpotentialcandi-datesatanearlytimeandforretainingthem
S1 design, support
01/2016 9/2016 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Administrative legal matters
Brief descriptionTheproductclass“Administrativelegalmatters“com-prisesalllegalmattersoftheFederalStatisticalOfficewhichpertaintoadministrationandpersonnel.
Main use— settlinglegalissues
Main users— HeadoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— departmentsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— statisticalofficesoftheLänder
— federalministries
Primary costs2014: EUR689,000
2015: EUR756,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprinci-ple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcom-munication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
11204000 In-housecounsel,proceed-ingsfordisciplinaryandregulatoryoffences,GeneralEqualTreatmentActcomplaintsbureau
Supportinmattersofadministrative,personnelandcivillaw
RepresentationoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeinlegalmatters
Concludingcontracts(incl.contractswiththeEUandotherinternationalandsupranationalinstitutions)fromthetenderingprocedure,contractualarrangements,thesigningofcontracts,thecheckingofbillsuptotheordersforpayment
Handlingofadministrativeappealproceedings,administrativeproceedingsandregulatoryoffenceprocedures
TaskspertainingtotheGeneralEqualTreatmentAct
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Contact: Uwe Halfpaap
Internal audit
Brief descriptionInternalauditingisaninstrumentusedbytheHeadsoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeinmanagingandcontrol-lingtheOffice.Itservesthepurposesofqualityassur-anceandsupportstheHeadsoftheOfficeinexercisingadministrativesupervisionandspecialistsupervisioninrespectofasubject.Theinternalauditsectionchecksandassessesrisksandthushelpstoimprovebusinessprocesses.
Furthermore,mattersaredealtwiththatpertaintotheFreedomofInformationActandtheActontheFurtherUseofInformationHeldbyPublicBodies.
Theinternalauditsectionisalsoresponsibleforhan-dlingapplicationsofstaffmemberswhowishtoacceptgiftsorrewards,forconsideringpossiblesponsoringactivitiesandpreventingcorruptionattheOffice.
TheHeadoftheInternalAuditSectionhasalsobeenappointedDataProtectionCommissioner.Inthiscapac-ityheworkstowardscompliancewiththeFederalDataProtectionActandotherdataprotectionprovisions,inwhichheissupportedbytheinternalauditteam.Employeesandcitizensmaytalktohimdirectlyinthatfunctionalso.
Main uses— reportsoftheauditors
− qualityassurance
− minimisationofrisk
− decisionsonapplicationsinaccordancewiththeFreedomofInformationAct
− consideringissuesofdataprotectionlegislation
− protectionagainstcorruption
− counsellinginsponsoringmatters
Main users— HeadsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
− staffmembersoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
− privateusers,thegeneralpublic
Primary costs2014: EUR265,000
2015: EUR448,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprin- ciple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcom-munication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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Products
KLR no. Product Product description
11100100 Internalaudit Internal audit:– Ensuringthelawful,appropriateandefficientfulfilmentoftheOffice’s
tasks– HandlingofapplicationsinaccordancewiththeFreedomofInformation
ActandtheActontheFurtherUseofInformationHeldbyPublicBodies– Implementationofcorruptionpreventionactivities– Counsellinginsponsoringmatters
Data Protection Commissioner:– HoldingthelistofproceduresinkeepingwithSection4g(2)oftheFederal
DataProtectionAct– Workingtowardscompliancewithdataprotectionprovisions– Counsellingindataprotectionmatters– Providingsupportinexercisingthedataprotectionrightsofemployees,
customers,suppliersandcitizens
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Contact: Frank Genßheimer
IT management and standards
Brief descriptionServicesaresuppliedherewhichareessentialforpro-vidinganITinfrastructureandforplanningandimple-mentingITprojects.Thisincludes,amongothers,draw-inguptheITbudget,preparingtheITprojectportfolio,supportingthespecialisedunitsinITrequisition(man-agingrequestsforIT)andindescribingandimplement-ingprojectsinco-operationwiththestatisticalofficesoftheLänder(ITorganisation),andtheFederalInforma-tionTechnologyCentre(ITZBund).
Byplanningandimplementingrequirementanalyses,processmodellingandsoftwaretesting,importantser-vicesarerenderedattheinterfacebetweenITandthespecialisedunits.Supportisprovidedalsoinco-ordi-natingITstrategyandITarchitectureandissuesaredealtwithwhichconcernITsecurity.
StandardmethodsandITtoolsformetadataandqualitymanagementprovideabasisforcontinuousdocumen-tationofthestatisticalprocess.Theexchangeofdataandmetadata,whichhasbeenstandardisedinterna-tionally,issupportedbymeansofstandardtools.
InformationtechnologysupportisprovidedtotheFederal ReturningOfficeratBundestagandEuropeanelections.
Main use— customer-orientedandsecureITmanagementto
supporttheprocessesofstatisticsproductionundmanagement
Main users— departmentsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
— Eurostat,statisticalofficesoftheLänder
— institutionsunderjointadministrationwiththe FederalStatisticalOfficeandotheragenciesforwhichtheBMIcarriesadministrativeresponsibility
Primary costs2014: EUR4,082,000
2015: EUR3,512,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprinci-ple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcom-munication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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Products
No.1) Product Product description
14000002 Centralservicesfor statisticsproduction
Centralcross-procedureprovisionofinfrastructureandrelevantcentralservicesforstatisticsproductionatthecomputercentreorcentralmonitor-ingbythecomputercentre.Bothstatisticalandmanagementproceduresaresupported.Thestatisticalproceduresarepartlydevelopedandoperatedinco-operationwiththeLSOs.Fortheiroperation,astandardisedandcentrallyavailableinfrastructureisprovidedtosupplymetainformationtotheproce-dures.
14000007 ITsecurity ContinuouslyupdatedITsecurityconceptwithadditionalriskanalysisandITemergencyplan.ThepurposeofbothelementsistoprotecttheapplicationsagainstpossiblethreatsandensurestheavailabilityoftheITsystemsandtheintegrityandconfidentialityofdata.Thetechnologicalbasisconsistsofacomplexsecurityinfrastructureincl.,amongothercomponents,virusscan-ners,internetfilters,andfirewallsystems,andanautomateddatabackupprocedure.TherelevantrequirementsarestipulatedbythebindingImple-mentationPlanfortheFederalAdministrationwithintheframeworkoftheNationalPlanforInformationInfrastructureProtection.
14000019 Provisionofspecialisedinformationsystems
Specialisedinformationsystemsallowvarioususergroupstoefficientlyandflexiblyevaluateadatabase.Thisprovidesmajorsupportforinternaltasksofstatisticsprocessingandanalysisandenquiriesfromthescientificcommuni-ty,businessesandauthoritiescanrapidlybeanswered.TheFederalStatisti-calOfficeusesspecialisedinformationsystemsinthelibrary(SISIS),inthehealthmonitoringsystem(GBE),thestaffinformationsystem(EPOS)andthefinanceandadministrationmanagementsoftwareMACHc/s.
14000021 ITmanagementservices ManagementofrequestsforITandofITsystems,ITuseandprovisionofITaccordingtodemand.ThisincludesdefiningthestrategicITgoalsandincludingthemintoITimplementationplanningfortheuseofmethodsandstandards,theprovisionoftheinfrastructurerequiredtoachievethegoalsandofinnovativeITservicesaspartoftheinvestmentandresour-cesmanagementaswellasensuringITsecurity.Sub-productsandinterimproductsareITframeworkplanningincludingplanningthebudgetfortitlegroup55(ITframeworkconcept),ITprojectportfolio,ITprojectcontrollingoflarge-scaleprojects,ITannualplanningincludingimplementationcontrolling,theallocationandmonetaryvaluationofITservicesrenderedtospecialiseddepartments(ITcostcentre,internalinvoicing)andtheITsecurityconceptwithadditionalriskanalysisandITemergencyplanning.
1)Inthisproductclass,theproductnumberingdiffersfromtheKLRsystemoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
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Additional actions
Designation Contribution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
Combiningtechnicalmeasuresforthetreatmentofmetadatainthestatisticsproductionprocess
Q2–4;E2
design, support
1/2012 12/2016 yes
IntroductionofITarchitecturemanagementforITapplicationsofstatistics
Q2,5;E1–2;S2
design, support
1/2014 12/2016 no
AssistancewithrequirementsanalysesandqualityassuranceofITprojects
Q2,4–5;E2
collect,process,disseminate,support
2/2013 6/2017 no
IT-basedprocedureforrecordlinkagebymeansofaddresses
Q2–3;E2;P4
collect, process
4/2013 6/2017 no
ITproject:implementingametadatamanage-mentsystemfortheITsupportofqualitydatasheetswithintheFSO/LSOssystem
Q2,4–5;E2;P3
design,build,process,analyse,disseminate,evaluate, support
8/2014 6/2017 yes
Implementingthosetasksoftheimplementa-tionplanoftheITPlanningCouncilconcerningITsecuritywhicharerelevantfortheFSO/LSOssystem
Q5 design,build,collect, process,analyse,disseminate,evaluate, support, manage
9/2014 3/2018 yes
Settingupamonitoringsystemfortheco-oper-ationwiththeFederalInformationTechnologyCentre
P7 support, manage
3/2016 1/2018 no
IntroductionofITchangemanagementandtoolsupport
E2;P7
support 3/2015 1/2018 no
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Contact: Lucas Quensel-von Kalben
IT support for the business process
Brief descriptionITsupportisprovidedinallphasesofstatisticspro-ductionattheFederalStatisticalOfficeandwithintheFSO/LSOssystem.Itincludesthedesign,development,maintenanceandprocessintegrationofstandardandindividualsoftwareandtheintegrationofcommercialstandardtoolsfordatacollectionandprocessing,eval-uationandanalysisandforthesupplyandreleaseofinformation.Inaddition,ITcross-sectionandadminis-trativeproceduresaredevelopedandmaintained,andadvisoryservices,supportandtrainingareprovidedfortheusersofsuchproducts.Allproductsandtoolsdevelopedaregearedtowardsauniformconceptwiththeaimofprocessingalldatafromcollectiontopubli-cationwithoutswitchingbetweenmediainthecourseofastandardisedstatisticalprocess.Inthiscontext,majorproductsareIDEV/.CORE,.BASE,SAS,GENESISandGISsystems.TheareaofGeoinformationenclosesmethodical-technicalworkstotheuseofthespacerela-tioninthestatisticsandproductionofnewstatisticsproducts.
Main use— management;statisticsproductionand
dissemination
Main users— departmentsoftheFederalStatisticalOffice
– statisticalofficesoftheLänder
– BMI
Primary costs2014: EUR7,348,000
2015: EUR7,546,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprinci-ple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcom-munication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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Products
No.1) Product Product description
14000001 Documentprocessinganddatacapture
Mostofthepaperdocumentsreceivedduringdatacollectionforcentralisedstatisticsarescannedinanautomatedmanner;charactersnotidentifiedarecorrectedmanually.Thedataofasmallernumberofdocumentsarecapturedmanually.Forfurtherprocessing,thecaptureddataaretransferredtothetargetsystemsthroughalocalareanetwork(LAN).SpecificcomponentstobeadministeredarescannersandOCRsoftware(OCR–opticalcharacterrecognition).
14000009 ProvisionofSASand otherstatisticssoftwarein-cludingsupportregardingissuesofITandmathemat-ics/methodology
– ProvisionoftheSASsysteminaclient/serverenvironment– ExtendingthesystembyintegratingdevelopedFSO-specifictools– Useradministration,settingupandmaintainingtheSASdatapool– ProvisionofintranetinformationonSASuse– TrainingandadviceforusersregardingissuesofITandmathematics/
methodology– DevelopmentofspecialapplicationsbasedonSAS– ProvisionofSPSSandSTATAincludingbasicadvice– SupportingtheresearchdatacentrewithregardtoissuesofITandmeth-
odology,inparticularforteleprocessing
14000010 eStatistics:processstand-ardisation
Anyservicesaimedatstandardisingstatisticalproduction.Thisincludesboththedefinitionofinterfacesandstandardsandtheprovisionandadaptationoftoolsandstandardsoftwareforusewithinproduction.
14000011 eStatistics:datacollectionusingtheinternet(IDEV,eSTATISTIK.Core)
Anyactivitiesaimedatincreasinginternetuseforthetransmissionofsta-tisticaldatafromrespondentstothestatisticaloffices.Thisincludesdatadescriptions(DatML,XBRL),serversforincomingdata(eSTATISTIK.Core),therelevantsoftware(IDEV)andalsocomponentstoderiveinformationfrombusinessaccountingsystems.
14000012 Automatedprocessinginforeigntradestatistics(ASA,ASI,IDES)
Anyservicesaimedatimprovingandsupportingtheprocessinginforeigntradestatistics.Thisincludestheautomatedprocessingofintra-Communityandextra-Communitytradedatabymeansoftherelevantsubsystems.
14000013 Centraldirectoriesandregisters
Development,upkeepandmaintenanceofthesoftwareaswellasoperationofthecentraldirectoriesrequired(i.a.GV-ISys,URS,surveydatabase)
14000014 Applicationsoftware development
Development,upkeepandmaintenanceofindividualsoftwarecomponentswithintheITsystemoftheFSOandtheLSOs
14000015 Applicationmanagement AnyITconsultingandsupportservicesforthespecialiseddepartmentsandthestatisticalofficesthatarerequiredforcontinuousoperation,furtherdeve-lopmentandimprovementoftheITapplicationswithinthescopeofstatisticsprocessing.
14000017 GENESIS(CommonNewStatisticalInfor¬mationSystemoftheFederationandtheLänder)
TheGENESISsystemdevelopedjointlybythestatisticalofficesisacentraldatawarehousetoprovidestatisticalinformationforevaluationandpubli-cationpurposes.Itensuresacomparableformofpresentationandexchan-geabilityofdatawithinthescopeofco-operationwiththeLSOs.Withinitsexistinguserinterfaces(e.g.GENESIS-Online,GENESIS-Client,GENESISWebservices),GENESISsupportstheaccessofalargegroupofinternalandexternaluserstocurrentstatisticaldataandlong-timeseries.
1)InthisproductclasstheproductnumberingdiffersfromtheKLRsystemoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
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14000018 Useofgeo-informationinofficialstatisticsandappli-cationofgeo-informationsystems
– Researchanddevelopmentintheareaofproductionanduseofgeo-refer-encedstatisticaldata
– Participationinnationalandinternationalbodiestosupporttheuseofgeo-referencedstatisticaldata,increasinglylinkedtoactivitiesaimedatsettingupgeodatainfrastructures
– Provisionofthetechnicalinfrastructurefortheweb-basedcartographicpresentationofstatisticaldata
– Accesstotoolsfortheproductionofmapsandthegeo-referencedanalysisofstatisticaldatafortheFSOstaff
– ProvisionofthetechnicalinfrastructuretoincludetheFSOinnationalandinternationalactivitiesaimedatsettingupgeodatainfrastructures
1)InthisproductclasstheproductnumberingdiffersfromtheKLRsystemoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
Other activities
KLR no. Product
45330102 ESSnetSERV
Additional actions
Designation Contribution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
ReprogrammingtheListofMunicipalities (GV-ISys)
Q1–5;E2;S2–3
process 11/2010 12/2015 yes
GENESISinformationsystem:automationandmodernisationoftheinterfacestothestandardbusinessprocess(seep.14),inparticulartothetransferofdataandmetadatafromprocessingandtoqualitymanagement;extensionofmeth-odologyregardingconfidentiality
Q1–5;E2;P1;S2
process,analyse, disseminate
1/2015 12/2017 yes
Continuationof“eSTATISTIK.integration“ (developmentofstandardtoolsfordatapro-cessinginstatistics)inviewofe-governmentandtheStePinitiative
Q1,4–5E2;S2–3
design,build,collect, process, support
10/2014 12/2020 yes
Supportingtheanalysispotentialwithregardtogeo-referenceddata(spatialdata)inspecialisedstatistics
Q1–2,4;I1;E1,3
design,analyse,disseminate,evaluate
4/2015 12/2017 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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Information and knowledge management
Brief descriptionInformationandknowledgemanagementdealswithquestionsofprincipleandtheconceptualfurtherdevel-opmentofastrategyforknowledgeproduction,repro-duction,distribution,exploitationandlogistics.
Structuredknowledgeretentionisbecomingincreas-inglyimportantgiventhedemographicchangeintheemployeestructure.
Itscomponentsare,amongothers,thetechnicalandconceptualmaintenanceofthecentralcontentman-agementsystemGovernmentSiteBuilder(GSB),theprovisionandintegrationofcollaborationtools(Circa,BSCW),themethodsandelementsofeGovernment,andITforcentralinformationservicesofferedbythelibrarytogetherwiththenecessarysubject-matterrelatedadministrationofthevarioussystems.
AnotherimportantcomponentundertheFederalGov-ernment’sdigitisationstrategyistheintroductionofanelectronicdocumentsmanagementsystem(BasiceFileService)andtheplanningworkrelatedwiththatintro-duction,whichisperformedinco-operationwiththeadministrationoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
Main uses— staffinformation
— supportofcommunicationandconference management
— optimisingtheco-operationandprocesses
Main users— staffoftheFederalStatisticalOfficeandthe
statisticalofficesoftheLänder
— Internetusers
Primary costs2014: EUR703,000
2015: EUR667,000
Theprimarycostshavebeenallocatedtothetaskareassupported(research/development/questionsofprin- ciple,statisticsproductionanddisseminationandcom-munication)andarecontainedintherelevanttotalcosts.
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No. 1) Product Product description
14000016 Informationandknowledgemanagement Theinformationandknowledgemanagement(IWM)attemptstooptimiseprocessestothebenefitofstaffmembersonacontinuousbasis,toidentifytechnicalinnovationsinordertoexploitthem,toenablesynergiesbetweenexistingapplications andtomeetorganisationalchallenges.Inaccordancewiththissetoftasks,theIWMco-ordinatesandcontrolsvariousprojectssuchasGovernmentSiteBuilder(GSB)migration,groupwareordocumentmanagement.Furthermore,currenttrendsandstate-of-thearttechnologyarestudiedandnewfieldsofactionidentified.
TheFederalStatisticalOfficeoperatesthestatisticalExtranet(StaNet)ofthestatisticalofficesoftheFederationandtheLän-der,providesthechiefeditorialteamandfurthersthesystem’sadvancementinsubject-matterterms.ThisalsoincludesthedevelopmentandmaintenanceofCIRCA,ameetingmanage-mentsoftware.TheFederalStatisticalOfficechairsandmana-gestheaffairsofmanybodiesandworkinggroupswhichneedadirectexchangeofinformationbetweenallthoseengagedinthebodiesconcerned.
1)InthisproductclasstheproductnumberingdiffersfromtheKLRsystemoftheFederalStatisticalOffice.
Additional actions
Designation Contribution to goal 1)
Process Start End Partici-pation of LSOs
e-cooperation:collaborationplatformandintro-ductionofasystemtoreplacetheconferencemanagementsoftwareCIRCA
Q5;E2;S2
design, support, manage
1/2013 6/2018 yes
1)ForanexplanationofthegoalsseeChapter2.
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AnnexList of abbreviations
Abbreviation Designation
AFBG UpgradingTrainingAssistanceAct
AFiD OfficialCompanyDataforGermany
AG Workinggroup
ALGFS BoardofDirectors
ALK ConferenceofDirectors-General
APC Workstation
ASA Automatedprocessinginforeigntradestatistics
ASE Generalagriculturalstructuresurvey
ASI Automatedprocessinginintra-Communitytradestatistics
ATLAS AutomatedTariffandLocalCustomsClearanceSystem(onlineprocedureforcustomsdeclarations)
AVT Supplyandusetables
BAföG FederalLawonEducationandTrainingPromotion
BDSG FederalDataProtectionAct
BIB FederalInstituteforPopulationResearch
BISp FederalInstituteofSportScience
BIT FederalOfficeforInformationTechnology
BLA-Statistik CommitteeoftheFederationandtheLänderonStatistics
BMAS FederalMinistryofLabourandSocialAffairs
BMBF FederalMinistryofEducationandResearch
BMEL FederalMinistryofFoodandAgriculture
BMF FederalMinistryofFinance
BMFSFJ FederalMinistryforFamilyAffairs,SeniorCitizens,WomenandYouth
BMG FederalMinistryofHealth
BMI FederalMinistryoftheInterior
BMJV FederalMinistryofJusticeandConsumerProtection
BMUB FederalMinistryfortheEnvironment,NatureConservation,BuildingandNuclearSafety
BMVI FederalMinistryofTransportandDigitalInfrastructure
BMWi FederalMinistryforEconomicAffairsandEnergy
BMZ FederalMinistryforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment
BSCW BasicSupportforCooperativeWork
BStatG Federal Statistics Law
BZSt FederalCentralTaxOffice
CIRCA CommunicationandInformationResourceCentreAdministrator
CENEX CentresandNetworksofExcellence
CES ConferenceofEuropeanStatisticians
CMS CustomerManagementSystem
COFOG ClassificationoftheFunctionsofGovernment
CReMA ClassificationofResourcedManagementActivities
CVTS ContinuingVocationalTrainingSurvey
Destatis FederalStatisticalOffice
DIHK AssociationofGermanChambersofIndustryandCommerce
DRG DiagnosisRelatedGroups
DV Dataprocessing
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Abbreviation Designation
EBE Cropproductionreports
ECB EuropeanCentralBank
ECE UnitedNationsEconomicCommissionforEurope
ECOFIN EconomicandFinancialAffairsCouncil
EDA Databaseforworkprocesses/jobdescriptions
EDS EuropeanDataService
EDP ExcessiveDeficitProcedure
EFQM EuropeanFoundationforQualityManagement
EG EuropeanCommunities
EHS EuropeanHouseholdSurvey
EGR EuroGroupsRegister
EPOS ElectronicStaff,OrganisationandJobManagementSystem
EPROS EuropeanPlanofResearchinOfficialStatistics
ESS EuropeanStatisticalSystem
ESSC EuropeanStatisticalSystemCommittee,ESSCommittee
eSTATISTIK.core CommonOnlineRawDataEntry(onlinereportingprocedurebasedonanautomatedgenerationofsta-tisticalrawdatafromdataofbusinessesandauthoritiesandautomaticdatatransmissiontoacentralinternetdataportal)
ESVG EuropeanSystemofAccounts
ETR Employmentaccounts
EU EuropeanUnion
EU-KLEMS EUprojectcomparingtheproductivityofthefactorsofcapital,labour,energy,rawmaterialsandservices
Eurostat StatisticalOfficeoftheEuropeanUnion
EU-SILC EUStatisticsonIncomeandLivingConditions
EVAS IntegratedListofAllStatisticsCompiledbytheFederalStatisticalOfficeandtheStatisticalOfficesoftheLänder
EVS Samplesurveyofincomeandexpenditure
FATS ForeignAffiliatesTradeStatistics
FDZ Researchdatacentre
FEU Publicfunds,institutionsandbusinessenterpriseswithanaccountingsystemoftheirown
FSO FederalStatisticalOffice
GDP GrossDomesticProduct
GENESIS CommonNewStatisticalInformationSystem
GIS GeographicalInformationSystem
GNI GrossNationalIncome
GLU Overallsteeringfile“Environmentalstatistics“
GP ProductClassificationforProductionStatistics
GSB GovernmentSiteBuilder(contentmanagementsystem)
GUS CommonwealthofIndependentStates(CIS)
GV-ISys InformationSystemoftheListofMunicipalities
HICP HarmonisedIndexofConsumerPrices
ICT Informationandcommunicationtechnology
IDEV Internet-baseddatacollectionofthestatisticalofficesoftheFederationandtheLänder(form-basedonlinereportingprocedure)
ILO InternationalLabourOrganization
IMA-Statistik InterministerialCommitteeforCo-ordinationandRationalisationofStatistics
IMF InternationalMonetaryFund
INSPIRE InfrastructureforSpatialInformationinEurope
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Abbreviation Designation
IOT Input-outputtables
IS-GBE Healthmonitoringinformationsystem
IT Informationtechnology
ITZBund FederalInformationTechnologyCentre
IWM Informationandknowledgemanagement
IWMS Informationandknowledgemanagementsystem
KLR Costandperformanceaccounting
KMS Customermanagementsystem
LAN LocalAreaNetwork
LFS LabourForceSurvey
LSOs StatisticalofficesoftheLänder
LUCAS LandUseandLandCoverAreaFrameStatisticalSurvey
LWR Continuoushouseholdbudgetsurveys
MZ Microcensus
NACE StatisticalClassificationofEconomicActivitiesintheEuropeanCommunity
NAP Nationalactionplans
NGT Food,beverages,tobaccoproducts
NSIs NationalStatisticalInstitutes
OECD OrganisationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment
PHARE ProgrammeofCommunityaidtothecountriesofCentralandEasternEurope
PL Plausibility
PRODCOM ListofproductsforEuropeanproductionstatistics
RatSWD GermanDataForum
ReMEA Resourcemanagementexpenditureaccount
R&D ResearchandDevelopment
SAS StatisticalAnalysisSystem(Software)
SBS Structuralbusinessstatistics
SDC Statisticaldisclosurecontrol
SDMX StandardDataandMetadataExchange(dataexchangeformat)
SGB SocialCode(Sozialgesetzbuch)
SKM StandardCostModel
SNA SystemofNationalAccountsoftheUnitedNations
SQL StructuredQueryLanguage
SRW CouncilofEconomicExperts
StaNet ExtranetofthestatisticalofficesinGermany
STATA Statisticalanalysissoftware
STATSPEZ Statisticaltablespecification(toolforthespecification,generationandpresentationofstatisticalanalyses)
SteP Standardisationoftheproductionprocess
TACIS TechnicalAssistancetotheCommonwealthofIndependentStatesandMongolia
TAPAS TechnicalActionPlanforAgricultureStatistics
TEA Telephone,e-mailandpostaladdressdirectory
TVöD Collectiveagreementforthepublicservice
UGR Environmental-economicaccounting
UN UnitedNations
UNDP UnitedNationsDevelopmentProgramme
UNCEEA UNCommitteeofExpertsonEnvironmental-EconomicAccounting
UNECE UnitedNationsEconomicCommissionforEurope
UNESCO UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization
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Abbreviation Designation
URS Businessregisterforstatisticalpurposes
USST UpgradingoftheStatisticalSystemofTurkey
VO Regulation
WHO WorldHealthOrganization
WZ ClassificationofEconomicActivities
ZDL CentraldatapointoftheLandfinanceministers