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