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High-Level Meeting of Directors-General and Presidents of NSIs in the European Statistical System on the use of privately held data under the revised Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European Statistics

Warsaw, Poland 10-11 April 2025

10 April 2025 (9:00-16:15)
Timing Content Minutes
8:30 – 09:00 Registration and welcome refreshments (MONIUSZKO room, 1st floor) 30’
09:00 – 10:00 Opening session (CHOPIN 1 room, 1st floor) 60’
09:00 – 09:20 Mr. Marek Cierpiał-Wolan – welcoming remarks
Ms. Mariana Kotzeva - setting the scene, introductory remarks
20’
09:20 – 09:50 Interventions by the representatives of the Polish Government 30’
09:20 – 09:35 Ms. Henryka Mościcka-Dendys, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs 15’
09:35 – 09:50 Mr. Piotr Borys, Deputy Minister for Sports and Tourism 15’
09:50 – 10:00 Technical Break, Family photo 10’
10:00 – 12:00

Privately held data for statistical purposes in practice

Use cases/business cases/good practices session – countries’ presentations

Chair of the session: Ms. Apolonija Oblak Flander, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia

120’
10:00 – 10:15 1. Statistics Finland, Mr. Markus Sovala „Negotiating voluntary access to privately held data – success stories and challenges” 15’
10:15 – 10:30 2. INSEE France, Mr. Jean-Luc Tavernier „The Long Road to Accessing Scanner Data” 15’
10:30 – 10:45 3. Statistics Portugal, Mr. Antonio Rua „Unlocking Private Data for Official Statistics in Portugal” 15’
10:45 – 11:00 4. INE Spain, Ms. Elena Manzanera Diaz „The win-win approach of the PHD access for official statistics in Spain" 15’
11:00 – 11:15 5. Statistics Belgium, Ms. Marie Vandresse „Accessing privately held data in Belgium: Insights & challenges” 15’
11:15 – 11:25 Key takeaways from the session – summary by the chair 10’
11:25 – 12:00 Discussion 35’
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch (CHOPIN 2 room, 1st floor) 60’
13:00 – 13:10 Introduction by Mr. Marek Cierpiał-Wolan 10’
13:10 – 13:30 Keynote speech - Mr. Karol Jaroszewski, Head of Data Solutions, Europe, VISA „Democratisation of data - how to build a trust in innovations for business” 20’
13:30 – 13:50 Presentation “The use of Mobile Network Operators data” - Mr. Jakub Szmytkowski – Senior Solution Manager, Big Data, Orange Polska, Mr. Tomasz Czerski – Big Data Solutions Director, Orange Polska 20’
13:50 – 14:15 Questions and answers moderated by the chair 25’
14:15-14:35 Coffee break 20’
14:35-16:00 Breakout sessions – 4 groups discussion domain-based use/business cases privately held data access and use

Domain 1: Smart meters for energy statistics, platform data for tourism statistics (CHOPIN 2 room)

Chair: Mr. Marek Cierpiał-Wolan, Statistics Poland

Domain 2: Bank cards data for business and economic indicators (MICKIEWICZ room)

Chair: Ms. Baiba Zukula, Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia

Domain 3: Mobile network operators’ data (CHOPIN 1 room)

Chair: Mr. Urmet Lee, Statistics Estonia

Domain 4: Web data/ web scrapping data (REYMONT room)

Chair: Mr. Johannes Huurman, Statistics Netherlands

85’
16:00-16:15 Plenary session – introducing day 2 + housekeeping remarks (dinner, trip, concert guidance) 15’

Social programme: 17:00-22:30

11 April (10:00 – 14:00)
Timing Content Minutes
10:00 – 11:00

Debriefing from the group’s discussion. Exchange on the group’s summaries and findings. (CHOPIN 1 room)

Chair: Ms. Hrafnhildur Arnkelsdottir, Statistics Iceland

60’
11:00– 11:30 Coffee break 30’
11:30 – 13:00

Closing panel discussion – Implementation of the revised Regulation 223 – the way forward

Chair: Mr. Marek Rojíček, Czech Statistical Office

Panellists:

  • Ms. Mariana Kotzeva, EUROSTAT
  • Ms. Lidija Brković, Croatian Bureau of Statistics
  • Ms. Jennifer Banim, CSO Ireland
  • Mr. Marek Cierpiał-Wolan, Statistics Poland
  • Mr. Georges-Simon Ulrich, Swiss Federal Statistical Office
  • Mr. Etienne Caruana, NSO Malta
90’
13:00-14:00 Lunch 60’