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Explore the significance of quality profiles in assessing long-term development indicators, including structural, sustainable, and globalisation indicators. Learn about Eurostat's quality grades and procedures for quality profiling. Next steps include drafting new profiles and updating existing ones for Europe 2020 goals. Access the Eurostat SI data base and online resources for the latest publications and reports on sustainable development in the EU.
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Quality profiles for long-term development indicators European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics Contributed session no. 8: Assessment and certification Quality assessment 4-6 May 2010 Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland Wolfgang Hauschild, Eurostat – Unit D5: Key indicators for European policies
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Sets for long-term development: • Structural indicators • Sustainable development indicators • Globalisation indicators Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Quality features • Relevance • Data availability • Accuracy • Comparability across countries and time • Development perspective Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Description of Eurostat’s quality grades: • Grade “A”Reliable source, high method. Standards • Grade “B”as A, comparability (country/time) problems • Grade “C”Care in interpreting • Indicator to be developed Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Template: Part 1 Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Template Part 2: Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Procedure of quality profiling • Drafting of quality profiles • Contractor • Domain Managers • Consultation procedure • Network group on SI • SDI Working Group • WG “Assessment of quality in statistics” • High visibility through publication on the Structural and sustainable development Indicators website Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Quality profiles for indicators which are currently in the SI set. These cover: Themes done done in done to be done before 2008 in 2009 in 2010 Gen. economicdevelop.: 5 3 1 0 Innovation and research: 12 0 4 0 Economic reform: 8 4 3 0 Employment: 4 4 1 2 Social cohesion: 5 1 0 4 Environment: 8 3 4 3 TOTAL: Currently, 70 structural indicators have quality profiles on the Eurostat SI website. The remaining 9 quality profiles will be published in May/June 2010. Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Quality profiles for indicators which are currently in the SDI set. These cover: Sustainable indicators feature only partly quality profiles Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Next steps: • Drafting new quality profiles • Sustainable development indicators • Globalisation indicators • Europe 2020 • Updating existing quality profiles Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Eurostat SI data base Structural indicators Web Pages (at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/structuralindicators) Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
Eurostat SI data base Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
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Latest Publication Sustainable development in the European Union 2009 monitoring report of the EU sustainable development strategy Downloadlink: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-78-09-865/EN/KS-78-09-865-EN.PDF Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
SI/SDI details: Web address: Structural indicators: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/structural_indicators/introduction Sustainable development indicators: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/sdi/introduction E-mail address: Wolfgang.Hauschild@ec.europa.eu Quality profiles for long-term development indicators
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