European Innovation Scoreboard: New Theoretical Advances and Visualization Tools

Recently, the JRC has been working on theoretical advances for composite indicators building. These advances concern the weighting procedure, probably one of the most delicate and controversial phases of the process. In the ambit of the FP6 project ¿Knowledge Economy Indicators¿, with the Katholieke University of Leuven, the endogenous weighting procedure has been implemented and tested. Another methodological advance in indicators¿ aggregation is the multi-criteria procedure, which tries to resolve the conflict arising in country comparisons as some indicators are in favour of one country while other indicators are in favour of another. This conflict can be treated in the light of a non-compensatory logic and taking into account the absence of preference independence within a discrete multi-criteria approach. A proper visualization of the results is indispensable to communicate the information appropriately and transparently and affects both relevance and interpretability of the results. We provide presentational material that can help improving the way the SII results are presented.JRC.G.9-Econometrics and statistical support to antifrau

The 2005 European e-Business Readiness Index

Assessment of the eEurope 2005 Action Plan Benchmarking Index “E-Business Readiness Composite Indicator” using data collected by National Statistical Institutes and harmonised by Eurostat, using surveys “ICT usage of enterprises”, with reference years 2003 and 2004. This report contains data from 26 countries as collected in 2004 and as reported by Eurostat in June 2005. Performed analyses include obustness analysis, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for two categories of ICT (Adoption and Use), univariate analysis of basic indicators; principal component analysis and finally assessment of resulted country rankings and methodological notes.ICT, e-business, adoption, composite, indicator, eEurope, e-Europe, EU, multiple imputation imputation

European Innovation Scoreboard 2006: Strengths and Weaknesses Report

This report aims at analyzing behaviour in innovation performance at country level, in order to highlight strengths and weaknesses of the countries considered in the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) 2006. The 25 indicators of the EIS are considered for a total of 34 countries; the EU27, other candidate countries and some of the EFTA countries are described and put side by side with countries such as US and Japan.JRC.G.9-Econometrics and statistical support to antifrau

The 2005 European e-Business Readiness Index

Assessment of the eEurope 2005 Action Plan Benchmarking Index “E-Business Readiness Composite Indicator” using data collected by National Statistical Institutes and harmonised by Eurostat, using surveys “ICT usage of enterprises”, with reference years 2003 and 2004. This report contains data from 26 countries as collected in 2004 and as reported by Eurostat in June 2005. Performed analyses include robustness analysis, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for two categories of ICT (Adoption and Use), univariate analysis of basic indicators; principal component analysis and finally assessment of resulted country rankings and methodological notes. Report includes 21 Tables and 20 Figures. 47 pp.JRC.G.9-Econometrics and statistical support to antifrau

The 2008 European e-Business Readiness Index

This report shows the scores of the 2008 e-business readiness index for European enterprises. The 2008 e-business readiness index, evaluated using data from the 2007 ICT enterprise survey carried out by Eurostat, is a useful mechanism for comparing e-business adoption and use by firms in the various European countries. The e-business readiness index measures the ICT adoption by enterprises using 6 indicators and measures ICT use by enterprises using another 6 indicators. The report describes the 12 benchmark indicators and the data coverage. The index obtained with the 2007 data is compared with the index calculated from previous years. The trends of the benchmark indicators are analysed and the robustness of the index scores among countries is tested to assess the significance of country rankings.JRC.G.9-Econometrics and applied statistic

Composite Indicators of Research Excellence

This report on Research Excellence is the deliverable of the third work package (WP3) of the feasibility study ‘ERA MONITORING’, financed by DG RTD. The objective of the work package was to explore the possibility to develop a composite indicator of research excellence in Europe, in coherence with the orientations of the EU 2020 strategy and the Innovation Union initiative. The study built on the theoretical framework proposed by the 2011 report of the Expert Group on the Measurement of Innovation ‘Indicators of Research Excellence’, co- authored by Rémi Barré (CNAM, France), Hugo Hollanders (UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands) and Ammon Salter (Imperial College, UK). We proposed three alternative conceptual frameworks of research excellence with different underlying indicator structures, and tested their statistical coherence. In the first theoretical framework, we aimed to follow as closely as possible the Expert Group recommendation of 6 dimensions. In the second framework, we tried to consider only two dimensions (basic and applied science), also based on the Expert Group report. The third framework was derived from the data and three dimensions were identified directly from a principal component analysis.JRC.G.3-Econometrics and applied statistic

Composite Indicators measuring structural change, to monitor the progress towards a more knowledge-intensive economy in Europe

This report is the deliverable of the second work package (WP2) of the feasibility study entitled ERA MONITORING and financed by DG RTD. The objective of this work package is to explore the possibility to develop a composite indicator of structural change towards a more knowledge-intensive economy in Europe, coherently with the orientations of the EU 2020 strategy and the Innovation Union initiativeJRC.G.3-Econometrics and applied statistic

Composite Indicators measuring the progress in the construction and integration of a European Research Area

This report is the deliverable of the first work package (WP1) of the feasibility study entitled: ‘ERA monitoring: Composite Indicators measuring the progress in the construction and integration of a European Research Area’, financed by DG RTD. For this deliverable we developed a composite indicator to measure progress in the construction and integration of a European Research Area (ERA). The indicators required for this study and the theoretical framework have been drawn and adapted using the headline indicators proposed by the expert group report on ‘ERA indicators and monitoring’ 2009 EUR 24171 EN. The report combines economic and statistical expertise and presents a comprehensive and flexible framework for an evidence-based monitoring of progress towards the European Research Area.JRC.G.3-Econometrics and applied statistic

The 2006 European e-Business Readiness Index

Abstract: This report is a methodological analysis on the composite index of the information and communication technology (ICT) adoption and use by enterprises in the Europe. Efficient adoption and use of ICT is a key factor to help European enterprises to raise their productivity and competi-tiveness. The 2006 European E-Business Readiness Index, evaluated using data from the 2005 Euro-pean enterprise survey of ICT use and e-commerce by Eurostat, is a useful mechanism for compar-ing e-business adoption and use by firms in the various European countries by sector, size and coun-try. European E-business Readiness Index measures by 6 components the ICT adoption and by 6 components the ICT use. Report describes basic indicators and data coverage. General composite indicator results of 2005 data are compared with results from earlier years. Analyses include prob-ability density estimates for scores, robustness analysis, and correlation and principal component analysis. Data quality and normalisation methodology are discussed and proposals for future devel-opment of the index are presented. Total of 64 pages, with 17 Tables and 41 Figures. Further information: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/ict/policy/ebi/index_en.htm) Keywords: ICT, e-business, adoption, composite indicators, eEurope2005, i2010JRC.G.9-Econometrics and statistical support to antifrau

Sharing EUOAG Members’ Experiences and Practices in Implementing their Competent Authorities' Arrangements

Directive 2013/30/EU on safety of offshore oil and gas operations (also known as Offshore Safety Directive - OSD) was published in 2013 with the aim of establishing minimum requirements for major accident prevention in offshore oil and gas operations and for limiting the consequences should such events occur. In accordance with the provisions of Article 41, Member States (MS) were obliged to complete the process of transposition of the Directive at national level by July 2015, and their appointed Competent Authorities (CA) for offshore safety were required to start applying in practice the provisions in their daily operations. Particularly in relation to existing installations – all laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Offshore Safety Directive had to be implemented by July 19th, 2018 at the latest, as specified in the transitional provisions of Article 42. On 26th -28th November 2018, the technical workshop entitled "Sharing EUOAG members’ experiences and practices in implementing their Competent Authorities' arrangements" was organised by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) – with the support of the Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER) - in Ispra, Italy. The main purpose of the event was to provide opportunities to Member States for sharing and reviewing their experiences and practices in the development of their Competent Authority's arrangements for complying with the requirements of Directive 2013/30/EU. The present report summarises the main conclusions from that event, and identifies potential issues for further consideration by individual EU MS Competent Authorities, the European Union Offshore Oil and Gas Authorities Group (EUOAG) and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER).JRC.C.3-Energy Security, Distribution and Market