Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the final evaluation of the implementation of the Community Statistical Programme 2008-2012

Decision No 1578/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community Statistical Programme 2008 to 2012 (CSP) was adopted on 11 December 2007. Article 6 of the Decision states that ‘At the end of the period covered by the programme, the Commission, after consulting the Statistical Programme Committee, shall present an evaluation report on the implementation of the programme, taking into account the views of independent experts. That report shall be completed by the end of 2013 and subsequently submitted to the European Parliament and the Council.’.

Article 6 adds that ‘Reporting on the outcome of reprioritisation, including estimations of costs and burdens for statistical projects and fields covered by this statistical programme, as well as an assessment of emerging statistical needs, in particular for new Community policies, shall form part of the intermediate progress report and the final evaluation report.’.

This document constitutes the required final evaluation report and is based on a report by an external evaluation company and on the mid-term evaluation report. Chapter 2 summarises the CSP’s main achievements, chapter 3 presents the outcome of the reprioritisation and chapter 4 the implementation of Eurostat’s Vision communication, a major new initiative that, although issued after the CSP was adopted, reshaped the activities in 2010-12 and is also relevant for going forward. Chapter 5 presents considerations on the recommendations made by the external consultant.

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