ESSNet on Measuring Global Value Chains
Work Package 1 - Economic Globalisation Indicators
Taskforce Meeting 2
Venue: National Institute of Statistics
16 Libertatii Boulevard,
Bucharest 5, ROMANIA
Tel +40213181828 (Work Virginia)
Date Thursday 14 (09:30 - 17.00) and Friday 15 June 2012 (09:30 - 15:00).
Draft agenda
1) Adoption of the agenda (Doc.GVC/WP1/TF2/1) and minutes of WP1 TF1 (Doc.GVC/WP1/TF2/2)
This item is for decision.
2) General information
a) Household issues (INSRO by Virginia).
b) Announcements WP1 (Martin)
c) Announcements Eurostat (Pekka)
3) Feedback from the Oslo Steering Group Meeting (Doc. GVC/WP1/TF2/3):
a) Micro/macro indicators: we would not make an a priori distinction between the business statistics and macro statistics because of the fact that it merely reflects organizational differences. This issue will be discussed under item 5 of the agenda.
b) Concept of international orientation: we agree that the work regarding this additional breakdown is more at place in the domain of experimental indicators, as it draws heavily on MDL. This issue will be discussed under item 5 of the agenda.
c) Concept of Business Dynamics: we believe the ToC model has improved because the breaking up of enterprises in different business functions is better understood as an impact of globalisation than a driver of globalisation. This issue will be discussed under item 5 of the agenda.
d) Planning and scope of activities: a project initiation documents (PID) will be presented at the Bucharest meeting. This issue will be discussed later on in the agenda under item 5 of the agenda.
e) Different within-country responsibilities: as we are funded by our mandate within the ESSNet GVC, this formally only holds for the institution participating in the MBGA. This could create a problem in the course of the project. We propose a 'tour de table' to assess the risks and possibilities.
f) Relation with VIP of Eurostat: In this project there is at least one action on establishing more functionality for producing and dissemination policy indicators. We request Eurostat to inform the working group on VIP.
g) Preferences for taking lead: the framework has changed where it refers to the theme Business Dynamics. Consequences will be discussed under item 8 of the agenda.
4) Revision of the ToC (Doc. GVC/WP1/TF2/4). Presentation by Statistics Netherlands (Martin).
This item is for information and decision
5) Project Initiation Document (PID) WP1 (Doc.GVC/WP1/TF2/5). Presentation by Statistics Netherlands (Martin & René).
· General Introduction
· Scope (particularly chapter 4 of the PID)
· Planning of tasks and work (particularly chapter 6 of the PID)
This item is for discussion and decision.
6) Spreadsheet D1.1 report reference indicators (Doc.GVC/WP1/TF2/6). Presentation by Statistics Netherlands (René) on the structure and metadata of the (working) database for the project. This database is the core of the reports D1.1 - D1.5.
This item is for discussion and decision.
7) Input from earlier initiatives. Partners are requested to comment on the following reports in terms of identification of relevant indicators for the set of Reference Indicators. Also other initiatives known by our partners are welcome. These documents are placed in the ESSNet Portal Repository.
a) IDEA Consult (2010) “Supply of Statistical Services for the Improvement and Development of Globalisation, Structural and Sustainable Development Indicators – LOT 1”, p. 112-224
b) UN-ECE (2011) “The impact of globalization on national accounts”
c) CRI / Michaela Grell (20xx) “External study on the identification of statistical indicators that need to be adopted due to the globalisation project”
d) OECD (2005) “Measuring Globalisation: Handbook of Globalisation Indicators”
8) Road ahead and organization of the work. Summary of conclusion presented by Statistics Netherlands (Martin)
9) Any other business