The methodological framework contracts are meant to be a tool that allows mobilising leading experts to provide highly specialised methodological support and methodological analyses to Eurostat and other Commission services. The main objective of the lot ‘Methodological support’ is to provide methodological support in all statistical areas from process design to data dissemination. The main objective of the lot ‘Methodological help-desk’ is to provide ad-hoc methodological support and methodological studies as requested. The main objective of the lot ‘Technical support in methodology and for the production of statistics’ is to provide technical support in statistical methodology to the European Commission for statistical projects aiming at developing new statistics and services for which a significant methodological input is required.