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Code of Practice Peer Reviews:. First steps in defining a European Statistical System – wide approach Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities Conference on Data Quality for International Organizations, Newport 27-28 April 2006 Martina Hahn, Eurostat Unit DDG-02.
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Code of Practice Peer Reviews: First steps in defining a European Statistical System – wide approach Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities Conference on Data Quality for International Organizations, Newport 27-28 April 2006 Martina Hahn, Eurostat Unit DDG-02
Code of Practice Peer reviews 1. Context 2. Objectives 3. Scope 4. Methodology 5. Challenges
Code of Practice Peer reviews Context 2007-08 2006 2005 • Peer reviews continued • Monitoring of improvement actions • High level advisory body • Project „Label European Official Statistics“ • Report to EP & Council • Adoption of the Code • SPC Task Force • Self-assessments NSIs and Eurostat • First report to EFC • Peer reviews • Plans to extend Code to data providers other than NSIs ongoing: quality improvements of processes and outputs, collection of CBMs
Code of Practice Peer reviews 1. Context 2. Objectives 3. Scope 4. Methodology 5. Challenges
Code of Practice Peer reviews Objectives • substantiated self-assessment • sharing good practice, knowledge transfer • benchmarking • country report on compliance with (parts of the) Code • list of priority improvement actions as basis for monitoring • identification of common ESS issues • transparency of the implementation of the Code • (refined PR methodology pilot exercises)
Code of Practice Peer reviews 1. Context 2. Objectives 3. Scope 4. Methodology 5. Challenges
European Statistics Code of Practice Peer reviews Scope • all EU-Member States + CC + EEA-EFTA • Principles 1-6, (…), 15 • Co-ordination role of the NSI • Improvement actions towards full compliance with Code
European Statistics Code of Practice Peer reviews 1. Context 2. Objectives 3. Scope 4. Methodology 5. Challenges
Code of Practice Peer reviews Methodology (1) Input • Information package: Self-assessment and position of NSI, • similar reports (ROSC, global assessment), information on • compliance with EU legislation, etc. • user satisfaction survey • 3 peers (incl. one participant from Eurostat), 3 days on-site • Interviews: NSI + other important data producer, user and • respondents` representatives
Code of Practice Peer reviews Methodology (2) Assessment basis: • Code of Practice: principles and indicators • Detailed questionnaire • Interview checklist by interview partner Workshop by Eurostat for all peers
Code of Practice Peer reviews Methodology (3) Output • report on the basis of common format to be published • compliance status at indicator level: fully/partly/not • agreed improvement actions by country • following-up and monitoring of improvements
European Statistics Code of Practice Peer reviews 1. Context 2. Objectives 3. Scope 4. Methodology 5. Challenges
Code of Practice Peer reviews Challenges • unprecedented exercise in terms of scope and timing • ESS co-operation, standard setting, benchmarking • quality assurance of processes and results • ensuring favourable cost-benefit ratio • risk of overlaps or inconsistencies • potential for synergies and division of tasks at international • level