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Set-up

The Partnership Group is composed of several Directors-General of national statistical institutes of the ESS and Eurostat’s Director-General. Its role is to advance the development of the ESS at strategic level.

It typically meets 3 times a year in-between ESSC meetings.

Responsibilities

Its main tasks are to:

  • identify and prepare strategic and emerging issues for discussion by the ESSC
  • assist in coordinating national statistical systems and Eurostat’s cooperation on issues of mutual interest in an inclusive way
  • comment on future ESSC agendas and discuss future ESSC agenda items
  • recommend to the ESSC the creation of working groups or task forces dedicated to specific strategic work or discussions, as well as propose the applicable mandates and working methods
  • identify potential topics, develop programmes, and prepare drafts of memoranda or conclusions for future DGINS conferences based on Eurostat’s proposals
  • contribute to the coordinated response to crises affecting statistics production and coordination within the ESS, when acting as a crisis response team chaired by the Director-General of Eurostat