Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities

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
  • FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy
  • 7 and 8 July 2008

The Conference on Data Quality for International Organizations will be held on 7 and 8 July 2008 at FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy, immediately prior to the Q2008 - European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics (Rome, 9-11 July 2008). It will be held under the auspices of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)

The 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. It is proposed that the discussions at this year's meeting will build on the extensive work in the field of data quality assessment that has recently been undertaken by CCSA under the leadership of Eurostat, and which has led to the preparation of guidelines for the Implementation of Quality Assurance Frameworks for International Organizations Compiling Statistics (refer also to SA/2007/14/Add.4). This year's conference offers therefore a unique opportunity to discuss how these guidelines, or specific elements thereof, can be applied in international agencies.

A programme committee has been set up consisting of Mr. Enrico Giovannini (OECD), Mr. Sylvester Young (ILO), Mr. Heinrich Bruengger (ECE), Mr. David Marshall (FAO), Ms. Caroline Willeke (ECB), Mr. Stefan Schweinfest (UNSD) and Mr. Pieter Everaers (Eurostat). The first draft of the programme with the different sessions has been prepared.

For further information related to this event, you may contact Ms. Mary Jane Holupka of UNSD (holupka@un.org).


Invitation letter

Information booklet

Monday, 7 July 2008

 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

 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

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

 9:00 – 10:30
Session 3: Dissemination platforms to make data more accessible and interpretable

Organizer: UNECE

 10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
 11:00 – 12:30
Session 4: Best practices in imputation and estimation

Organizer: ILO

 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), Presentation
  • Pieter Everaers (Eurostat)
  • Stefan Schweinfest (UNSD)
  • Lucie Laliberte (IMF)
  • Enrico Giovannini (OECD) and
  • Peter Hackl (Austria)

 16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
 16:30 – 17:00
Summary of the conference, conclusions

Organizers: UNSD

Report of the meeting

List of participants

 

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