Point 8: Expert Group on Privately Held Data and Data Act - Plenary meeting of the Directors of Methodology & IT (DIME & ITDG) 2 July 2021 ...
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Point 8: Expert Group on Privately Held Data and Data Act Plenary meeting of the Directors of Methodology & IT (DIME & ITDG) 2 July 2021 Eurostat – European Commission
Communication ‘A European strategy for data’ adopted by the European Commission on 19 February 2020 • Creating a single market where data can flow within the EU and across sectors • Making more data available while keeping those who generate the data in control • Setting fair, practical and clear rules for access and use of data and make them fully respected (in particular data protection, competition law, IPR) • Investing in next generation standards, tools and infrastructures to store and process data
The European Data Strategy is based on 4 pillars 1) Data governance setting up a cross-sectoral governance framework for data access and use 2) Enablers investing in data and strengthening Europe’s capabilities and infrastructures for hosting, processing and using data 3) People empowering individuals, investing in skills and in SMEs 4) Data ecosystems launching common European data spaces in strategic sectors and domains of public interest
The European Data Strategy is delivered through 3 main instruments (1/3) 1) Data Governance Act Proposal for a Regulation (25 November 2020) 2) Implementing Regulation on High-Value Datasets (HVD) (in progress) 3) Data Act proposal (in progress)
The European Data Strategy is delivered through 3 main instruments (2/3) • Implementing Regulation on High-Value Datasets (HVD) • Data with a high commercial potential and that can speed up the emergence of value-added EU- wide information products (Open Data Directive of 2019) • High-value datasets must be available free-of-charge, machine readable, provided via APIs and provided as a bulk download • Implementing regulation will include a list of high value datasets in the field of statistics as prepared by Eurostat in cooperation with the national statistical institutes. • State of play with respect to the process of the legislative act • Impact assessment – Successfully passed through the Regulatory Scrutiny Board – Dec -2020 • Currently in Commission inter-service consultation (ISC) • Next step: Online public consultation will follow the ISC • Proposal of the list of HVD to be submitted to the Open Data Committee in Q2/Q3 2021 • The Open Data Directive (EU) 2019/1024 to be transposed by 17 July 2021 independently of the Implementing Regulation on HVD.
The European Data Strategy is delivered through 3 main instruments (3/3) • Data Act proposal • Main objective to set the right conditions for better control and conditions for data sharing for citizens and businesses • Will address B2B, B2G data-sharing, co-generated (IoT) data, review of database directive • Ongoing work on impact assessment/inception impact assessment to be published soon • Building on the B2G data-sharing Expert Group Report • PG Task Force on access to privately held data • State of play with respect to the process of the legislative act • Inception impact assessment published on 28 May 2021 – The Roadmap was open for feedback until 25 June 2021 • Impact assessment - in progress • Online public consultation – (Q2/Q3 2021) Next steps: Regulatory Scrutiny Board, Inter-service consultation (Draft act), Commission adoption planned for Q4 2021
Commission expert group on facilitating the use of privately held data for official statistics • Group registered on the Register of Commission expert group • ToR & RoP publicly available • Members are appointed for 1 year, at their personal capacity acting independently and in the public interest • Information is publicly available on the CROS https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/expert-group- facilitating-use-new-data-sources-official-statistics_en
Objectives of the expert group A report with recommendations, in view of preparing a legislative and non- legislative framework of conditions that would ensure effective and sustainable access to data collected and held in the private sector for producing official statistics.
Roadmap – first semester 2021 8 July 2021 Consultation on 27 May 2021 draft intermediate report 15 April 2021 Consolidate and • Set the scene recommend • Recommendations • European data for stakeholders strategy • Consolidate feedback on (policy makers, issues businesses, • New data sources • Identify possible solutions statistical for official statistics • Produce statements authorities and • Stakeholders other) • Issues • First ideas for the intermediate report Endorse Intermediate Issues report Consultation on issues Information is publicly available on the CROS https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cros/content/expert-group-facilitating-use-new-data-sources- official-statistics_en
High level structure of the report (work in progress) 1. Context and motivations • B2G4S expert group; relation to European Data Strategy and the B2G EG 2. The current status • Assets (what is already there): How the statistical system is organized today, statistics legislation, ESS Governance structure, Code of Practice. • Gaps and open issues (what is missing) – specific for B2G4S! 3. The vision for the future • Describe where we want to get to, what is desirable from the perspective of the whole society (composition of different stakeholders’ interests.) 4. Specific recommendations for different stakeholders • How to get there. What different stakeholders should do, including legislators
Roadmap – until 1st quarter 2022 (tbd) Consolidate and • Identify specific recommend • Additional stakeholders wrt recommendations for specific statistics and • Identify possible stakeholders (policy data classes solutions makers, businesses, • Examine specific statistical authorities, • Examine controversial …) issues issues • Form interest sub- • Structure of specific group(s) recommendations Final report Specific issues
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