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CCSA   Conferences on Data Quality for International Organizations

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Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities
Conference on Data Quality for International Organizations
  • Newport, Wales, United Kingdom
  • 27 and 28 April 2006

The Conference on Data Quality for International Organizations will be held on 27 and 28 April 2006 in Newport, United Kingdom, immediately following the Q2006 - European Conference on Quality in Survey Statistics (Cardiff, United Kingdom 24-26 April 2006). It will be held under the auspices of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA).

The primary purpose of the conference is to provide statistical experts from international or supra-national organisations with a forum to discuss specific data quality issues related to their work and exchange experiences regarding the various quality mechanisms developed for improving the collection and dissemination of international data. More specifically, at this meeting the focus will be on the use and convergence of international quality assurance frameworks taking into account the endorsed Principles Governing International Statistical Activities by the CCSA on 14 September 2005 and parallel initiatives such as the European Statistics Code of Practice which was adopted in a Recommendation by the European Commission on 25 May 2005 on the independence, integrity and accountability of the national and Community statistical authorities.

A programme committee has been set up consisting of Mr. Enrico Giovannini (OECD), Mr. Sylvester Young (ILO), Mr. Heinrich Brüngger (UN-ECE), Mr. Haluk Kasnakoglu (FAO), Ms. Caroline Willeke (ECB), Mr. Stefan Schweinfest (UNSD), Mr. Robert W. Edwards (IMF), Mr. Frank Nolan (Office for National Statistics, UK) and Mr. Håkan Linden (Eurostat) and a first draft of the programme with the different sessions has been elaborated.

For further information related to this event, you may contact Mr. Håkan Linden of Eurostat (hakan.linden@cec.eu.int).


Information booklet

Thursday, 27 April 2006

 9:00 – 9:30
Welcome and introduction
  • Eurostat
  • ONS
  • UNSD
 9:30 – 10:00
Overview of last conference: content, directions taken and progress made
  • E. Giovannini (OECD), "Q2006 for international organizations: progress from 2004 meeting and the way forward, Presentation
 10:00 – 11:30
Session 1: Quality assurance frameworks for assessing and improving statistical activities carried out in international organizations

Organizer: Eurostat

  • H. Linden (Eurostat), "First results from the in-depth surveys on quality assurance frameworks and quality reporting", Presentation
  • L. Laliberté (IMF), "The IMF experience with quality assurance framework", Presentation
  • Michael Colledge, "Quality frameworks: implementation and impact", Paper, Presentation

 11:30 – 13:00
Session 2: Coherence of data published by various international organizations

Organizer: OECD

  • K. von Kleist (BIS) "The new JEDH-harmonising and sharing data with SDMX"
  • Catherine Ahsbahs, Violetta Damia, Gérard Salou and Caroline Willeke, "Joint dissemination of Eurosystem statistics: a way to enhance accessibility & ensure consistency of statistics", Presentation
  • Mary Jane Holupka (UNSD), "Joint United Nations/OECD system for the collection and processing of international merchandise trade statistics", Paper, Presentation
  • B.A. Lindblad, L. Maqua, M. Pellegrino and G. Sindoni (Eurostat), "Using SDMX standards for dissemination of short-term indicators on the European economy", Paper, Presentation
  • Lars Thygesen (OECD), "SDMX data sharing between IMF and OECD", Presentation
  • Cathy Wright (IMF), "Coherence of data published by various international organizations", Paper

 13:00 – 14:30
Lunch break
 14:30 – 16:00
Session 3: Collection, management and dissemination of current best methods, minimum standards, and best practices

Organizer: UNSD

  • Stefan Schweinfest (UNSD), "The role of best practices in building a global statistical system", Presentation
  • Brian Buffet (UNESCO), "Application of a Data Quality Assessment Framework for education statistics", Presentation
  • Sylvester Young (ILO), "Principles governing international statistical activities-some next steps", Paper, Presentation

 16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
 16:30 – 18:00
Session 4: Peer review methodologies

Organizer: UNECE

  • Claudia Dziobek (IMF), "Peer review for International Macroeconomic Statistics: the IMF's Standards and Codes Initiative and its Data Module", Paper, Presentation
  • Yoel Finkel (Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel), "Assessing quality of statistical data: the ROSC procedure in Israel", Paper, Presentation
  • Martina Hahn (Eurostat), "Code of Practice peer reviews: first steps in defining a European Statistical System-wide approach", Paper, Presentation
  • Hilkka Vihavainen (Statistics Finland), "Peer reviews-a driving force towards excellence in official statistics?", Paper, Presentation

Friday, 28 April 2006

 9:00 – 10:30
Session 5: Tools and practices for collecting quality metadata from data providers and informing users on the quality of statistics

Organizer: FAO, IMF

  • R. Mayo (FAO), "Data Quality Measures and Related Stress Factors: A conceptual framework to account for differences in statistical environments at country and international levels", Paper, Presentation
  • M. Pellegrino (Eurostat), "The use of SDMX standards for retrieving metadata from different providers and achieving rapid dissemination: issues for discussion", Paper, Presentation
  • R. Edwards (IMF), "The Data Quality Assessment Framework and IMF's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board-Tools and Practices for Collecting and Disseminating Metadata", Presentation
  • Bob Pember (ILO), "ILO experience with gathering and disseminating meta-data"
  • M. T. Dupré (ILO), "Assessment of statistical data quality: the example of the Occupational Wages part of the ILO October Inquiry", Paper, Presentation

 10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
 11:00 – 12:30
Session 6: Panel discussion: Labelling of statistical information

Organizer: ECB, Eurostat
Panellists: UNECE, Statistics New Zealand, Statistics Sweden and ONS-UK, Presentation

  • Martina Hahn (Eurostat) and Caroline Willeke (ECB), "Labelling of statistical information: some introductory considerations" , Paper

 12:30 – 14:00
Summary of the conference and conclusions

Organizer: Eurostat, ILO

Report of the meeting

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