Joint Eurostat/UNECE Work Session on Demographic Projections
Joint UNECE/Eurostat work session on statistical data confidentiality 28 - 30 October 2013
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Joint UNECE/Eurostat work session
on statistical data confidentiality28 - 30 October 2013
Ottawa, Canada
Improvement of access to European microdataOutcome of the Project
„Decentralised and Remote Access to Confidential Data in the ESS“
ESSnet DARA
Maurice BrandtDESTATIS
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Outline
1. Introduction
2. Goals and Content of ESSnet DARA
3. Results
4. ESSnet DARA Remote Access Pilot
5. Outlook
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1. Introduction
Increasing demand for statistical microdata
Access to national datasets in Member States (MS)
Access to 8 EU statistics via Eurostat, (EU) No 557/2013
Request for detailed confidential microdata
For European statistics: access via Safe Centre in Luxembourg
Very high barrier due to local constraints
Feasibility study: “ESSnet on Decentralised Access to EU microdata sets” (2009-2010)
Idea: set up a secure network of national Safe Centres
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2. Content of ESSnet DARA
ESSnet on “Decentralised And Remote Access to confidential data in the ESS” (ESSnet DARA)
Project has started in October 2011, Duration: 25 months
Partners Groupe des Écoles Nationales d'Économie et de Statistique, France Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Hungary Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom Instituto Nacional de Estatistica, Portugal State Statistical Institute Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, Germany (co-ordinator)
Funded by the European Commission (70%)
Task: Implementation of a pilot of a Remote Access connection from National Statistical Institute (NSI) Safe Centres to the EU statistics at Eurostat
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3. Results
WP1: Handbook for National Statistical Authority (NSA) staff and researchers with description of workflow and accreditation criteria for Access Facilities
WP2: List of user and safety requirements for remote access
WP3: Cost / Benefit analysis
WP4: Proof of concept with a pilot remote access infrastructure with 5 access points in Europe to a central node in France (GENES) to a public use file of LFS
- Infrastructure is implemented and tested- Test of alternative connections from MS to Eurostat (sTesta)- Investigation on other types of connection
WP5: Many presentations at meetings and conferences
4. Alternative Remote Access pilot
Central node at Eurostat was not ready to use; therefore we implemented a short term alternative pilot for testing purposes only
A network between partner MS with one MS (France) as central node with testdata
This pilot has been implemented for a practical test of the workflow and to gain experience to establish IT-infrastructure between MS
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4. DARA Remote Access WorkflowRoles and their main tasks
Roles Main tasks
ResearcherAnalysis microdata with different statistical software via remote access in the Safe Centre.
Support Officer (SO)
Providing personal guidance and support for the researcher during the whole process.
Information Technology Unit (ITU)
Setting up the remote connection. Communication only with the SO.
Data Manager (DM)
Organizing and preparing datasets for research projects. Communication only with the SO.
Output Checker (OC)
Checking and verifying the outputs. The researcher typically gets in touch with the OC when output is created. 7
DARA pilot model
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4. IT infrastructure for Remote AccessDescription of the ESSnet DARA pilotuntil the Eurostat final implementation
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Clear recommendation for European remote access:
The DARA pilot with Eurostat as central node !
or a system that fulfills all defined user and security requirements, whereas
the DARA pilot is an example that has been tested according to the specifications
There are still investments necessary for the final system at Eurostat Test of Eurostat implementation Connection of MS
Member States need to agree on a specific remote access system – this can be only the final implementation!
Accreditation of Access Facilities, starting with NSIs
Build up a circle of trust and competences for microdata access for scientific purposes in Europe
Strategy, roadmap and timeline for the next steps after DARA is needed soon
5. Outlook
Thank you for your attention
Decentralised and Remote access to Confidential Data in the ESS:http://www.safe-centre.eu
Eurostat ESSnet Projects: http://www.cros-portal.eu
Maurice Brandt
Federal Statistical Office GermanyResearch Data Centre
Tel. [email protected]
http://www.destatis.de http://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de