4 About this note

4.1 What’s new in this version?

This version contains the methodology used to compile the 2025 update of the Clearinghouse platform and describes the updated data sources as of 1st of November 2025.

4.2 Acknowledgement

This version was updated Johannes Abele, Mercedes Fogarassy, Lorenz Noe and Carla Schanz, building on the previous version of the methodological note by Julia Schmidt, Junya Ino, Yu Tian, Guglielmo Zappalà and Lorenz Noe.

Prior to this methodological note, the Clearinghouse Data Sourcing Strategy was published in early 2021 to inform the Bern Network core group members of the latest developments in relation to the technical development of the Clearinghouse, in particular the proposed way forward for the data sourcing for the platform.