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Explore insights from OECD Network Meeting on ECEC Financing, focusing on challenges in data collection and comparability of public spending between countries like Norway. Learn the gaps in Norwegian data and the need for integrated systems for accurate reporting.
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Comparative Data on public Spending on ECEC Services? 7th Meeting of the OECD Network on ECEC Financing ECEC services Senior adviser Marit R. Solheim
Data collection on public spending • Norway - an integrated system • The most critical gap: Norwegian official data is not collected and broken down in the same way as the OECD statistics • National data on public spending is not comparable with other countries
An example - data on operating expenses • Operating expenses not separated by • children's age • care and education in Norwegian national data collection • Statistics Norway has to estimate these numbers when reporting to the OECD Education Database
What do the numbers on public spending not tell us? 3-5 years 0-3 years
What kind of data do Norway (and other countries with integrated systems) need? • Data on public spending that makes it possible to put together “blocks” • We can ”build” an ”take apart” • Is this possible?