Microdata Access Newsletter

In 2021, a new general framework regulation covering all official European sample surveys of persons and households entered into force. This affects seven official microdata sets for scientific purposes released by Eurostat, starting with 2021 labour force survey (LFS) and statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) datasets.

Since January 2022, Eurostat offers researchers (affiliated with accredited research entities in Europe) a solution to access remotely the secure use files of Community Innovation Survey (CIS) and Structure of Earnings Survey (SES). So far, this was only possible on site in the Eurostat safe centre. In order to be granted remote access, research entities have to follow the accreditation procedure.

In July 2022, Eurostat opened the Community Innovation Survey (CIS) “Living Library”. The Library provides an overview of all variables used in any of the CIS rounds since 1992. It allows easy browsing by themes, such as innovation topics or questions, as well as by questionnaires (survey rounds).

The Commission launched a public consultation on ways to make European official statistics fit for the future. The results of the consultation will inform the revision of the rules governing the development, production and dissemination of European official statistics (Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics). The consultation seeks responses from both users and producers of official statistics and is open until 25 October 2022.

New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS) is an international biennial scientific conference series, organised by Eurostat. The purpose of the conference is to allow the presentation of results from currently ongoing research and innovation projects in official statistics, and to stimulate and facilitate the preparation of new innovative projects. The conference brings together academics, statisticians and users of data. The call for abstracts is open until 16 October 2022. For more information, have a look at the NTTS conference website.

The German Microdata Lab, GESIS, in cooperation with Eurostat, organises the European User Conference. The conference brings together researchers of all disciplines (e.g. economics, sociology, demography, geography, political science and public health) who use European microdata. The call for abstracts is open until 21 October 2022. For more information, have a look at the European User Conference website.