Eurostat

Towards trusted Smart Statistics

Official Statistics in a digital society and economy

BDES, 14-15 May 2018, Sofia

Mariana Kotzeva Director General, EUROSTAT

Where do we come from?

The role of official statistics is to describe

quantitatively the economy, the society and

the environment

NSI

survey & census based statistics

Full control of the National statistical institute

Data collection Data processing Data dissemination

Expansion to administrative sources

NSI

Data collection Data processing Data dissemination

NSI

Data collection

Data processing

Data dissemination

Datafication – to include big data?

The internet of things

Implications for official statistics

Pull-in data model impossible

Data partnerships needed

New solutions for privacy & security

How to create trust?

AI needed, accompanied by new skills

Conclusion

Traditional business model cannot provide solutions

to new challenges

What next?

TRUSTED SMART

STATISTICS

The new model

Push computation out

Use data without sharing data

Privacy by design

Embed statistics in smart systems

Trust by design

The new model

More input data

More analytics and AI

More statistics produced

Data use without sharing

Data processing

Secure multiparty computation – setup example

Data protection

authority

NSI (DH)

Data holder

Data holder

Secure multi-party computation system

Software authentication

Trust in smart statistics

Trust in Input Data

Trust in Processing

Trust in Output

• Data is veracious

• Data provision is continuous, stable

Data are processed only • for agreed purpose • by agreed method • by authenticated

software • privacy &

confidentiality guaranteed

• Quality information provided

• Information on methodology

• Statistics corresponds to perceived situation

Smart systems

Smart statistics

Smart statistics - conclusion

Digitalisation changes society and economy

More data are produced by private sector

Smart systems are developing

Statistics to be embedded in smart systems

Statistical frameworks to be adjusted

Trust is becoming key element in the process

Partnerships to be establshed in and outside ESS