Paolo Roberti (Istat)

Development of EISIS and associated methodological issues

About two years ago, The Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) has developed and successfully won a EU FP5 Project, DIECOFIS (Development of a System of Indicators on Competitiveness and Fiscal Impact on Enterprise Performance) with the ambitious aim of

• Creating a Comprehensive, Integrated and Systematized Statistical Information System of micro enterprise data that can effectively serve to support policy impact analyses activities of various types;
• Pilot microsimulation models to simulate the impact of public policy on enterprise performance in two countries (Italy and the United Kingdom), with a view to (i) widen its scope to eventually cover all EU Member Countries and the Community as a whole; and (ii) support with “numbers” the policy making process;
• Develop “maps” that can be enlarged” and systems indicators that are micro-founded, have clear properties, are well-behaved and appropriate to capture “systemic features” and related strengths and weaknesses.

For a short description see Annex 1. More information is available at www.istat.it/diecofis.

After two years, DIECOFIS is on course, as planned. It is well advanced and results have exceeded original expectations.

Our proposed themed session would serve to present DIECOFIS results, discuss them, get useful and needed feedback, and share experience in view of a continuation of the project’s activities. In particular, we wish to discuss the potential associated with the development of EISIS (Enterprise Integrated and Systematized Statistical Information Systems)

Session: 4a   Auditorium   Category: DEVELOPMENT OF INTEGRATED AND SYSTEMATIZED MICRO ENTERPRISE STATISTICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (EISIS) FOR POLICY IMPACT ANALYSIS

www.istat.it/diecofis