2 July 2008

Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities

Conference on Data Quality for International Organizations
Rome, Italy, 7-8 July 2008

Programme and papers

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Monday, 7 July 2008
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14.00 - 14.45 Welcome, introduction and keynote address

• Eurostat: Pieter Everaers, Co-chair, Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)
• FAO: Hafez Ghanem, Assistant Director-General of the Economic and Social Department

14.45 - 16.15 Session 1: Quality assessment - use of checklist; user surveys; collection of quality metadata; disseminating quality information; training in quality management

Organizer: Eurostat

• Antonio Baigorri, Martina Hahn and Håkan Linden (Eurostat) "Implementation of quality assurance activities in Eurostat"
• Le Anh Hua (ILO) "Assessment of statistical data quality: The example of the Wages part in the ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics (chapter V)"
• Som Hiek (FAO) "Development of metadata framework for national agricultural statistics: Preliminary findings from a recent experience in Asia and Middle East, and plans for expansion to other regions"
• August Gotzfried (Eurostat) "The Euro-SDMX metadata structure and quality indicators: a new template for reference metadata"

16.15 - 16.30 Coffee break

16.30 - 18.00 Session 2: International cooperation on quality management - principles; harmonization of frameworks; peer reviews; support of countries

Organizer: ECB

• Martina Hahn (Eurostat) "The European statistical system peer reviews: results, experiences and lessons learnt"
• Catherine Ahsbahs and Violetta Damia (ECB) "The ECB statistical quality framework and quality assurance procedures:an assessment in the light of the attempt to harmonise frameworks of international organizations"
• Lucie Laliberte (IMF) "Application of the DQAF by the IMF"

Tuesday, 8 July 2008
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9.00 - 10.30 Session 3: Dissemination platforms to make data more accessible and interpretable

Organizer: UNECE

• Stefan Schweinfest and Mary Jane Holupka (UNSD) "UNdata - an innovative way to provide easy access to UN System data"
• Enrico Giovannini (OECD) "The role of communication in transforming statistics into knowledge"
• Steven Vale (UNECE) "Accessibility and clarity - the most neglected dimensions of quality?"

10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 - 12.30 Session 4: Best practices in imputation and estimation

Organizer: ILO

• Sylvester Young (ILO) "Some quality issues in imputation"
• Carla Abou-Zahr (WHO) "WHO practices in imputation and estimation"
• Steven Vale and Heinrich Brüngger (UNECE) "Imputation in UNECE statistical databases - Principles and practices"
• Thomas Buettner (UNPopDiv) "Experiences in and challenges of preparing population estimates for all countries of the world"

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break

14:30 - 16:00 Session 5: Roundtable: "Making data internationally comparable or respect national, but not comparable sources - implications for data quality?"

Organizer: OECD

Chair: Heinrich Brungger (UNECE)

Panelists: Sylvester Young (ILO), Pieter Everaers (Eurostat), Stefan Schweinfest (UNSD), Lucie Laliberte (IMF),
Enrico Giovannini (OECD) and [One national chief statistician]

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 17:00 Summary of the conference and conclusions

Organizer: UNSD