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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
  • Helsinki, Finland
  • 6 and 7 May 2010

The fourth CCSA Conference on Quality in International Organisations was held on 6 and 7 May 2010 in Helsinki, Finland, immediately after the Q2010 European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics (which will also take place in Helsinki, but from 4 to 6 May 2010). It will be held under the auspices of the Committee for the Coordination of Statistical Activities (CCSA)

The purpose of the conference which is dedicated to data quality 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 to exchange experiences regarding the various quality mechanisms developed for improving the collection and dissemination of data. The main focus of the 2010 conference will be on how international support for the development of National Quality Assurance Frameworks can be provided. The discussions at this year's meeting, therefore, will reflect upon the proposals made by Statistics Canada in its programme review on National Quality Assurance Frameworks for the UN Statistical Commission (see document E/CN.3/2010/2 from the forty-first session of the Statistical Commission,https://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/41st-session/ ; see also https://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/QualityNQAF/nqaf.aspx

A programme committee has been set up consisting of Mr. Charles Lufumpa, African Development Bank (AfDB), Mr. Gora Mboup, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Mr. Stefan Schweinfest, United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and Mr. Pieter Everaers, Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat).

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


Invitation letter

Information booklet

Thursday, 6 May 2010

 15:00 – 15:15
Welcome and introduction
  • Statistics Finland: Heli Jeskanen-Sundström
  • Eurostat: Pieter Everaers
  • UNCTAD: Henri Laurencin
 15:15 – 17:00
Session 1: Introduction: Background and current state of the art of quality assurance frameworks in international organizations and at the national level (principles, codes of practices, ongoing initiatives, existing handbooks, guidelines and other tools)

Organizer: UNSD

 17:00 – 17:15
Coffee break
 17:15 – 18:00
Session 2: Quality assurance for statistics based on administrative sources/microdata

Organizer: IMF

Friday, 7 May 2010

 9:00 – 10:30
Session 3: Selected country experiences with quality assurance work, with a special focus on formulating their needs and expectations vis-à-vis support from international organisations

Organizer: FAO

 10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break
 11:00 – 13:00
Session 4: The role of international organisations in supporting national statistical institutes' quality initiatives (all participants will be divided up into one of the following 3 groups to discuss and then report back to the plenary on:)

Organizers: AfDB, UNSD and Eurostat

  • How can international organisations better divide the work related to improving data quality at the national level, including the provision of support for the institutional setups for national statistical institutes?
  • How are or could international organisations help national initiatives on quality? (Role of peer reviews, quality coaching, quality tool kits, etc.
  • How can national quality reports be aligned with the various international initiatives?

 13:00 – 14:15
Lunch break
 14:15 – 16:00
Session 5: How are international organisations measuring/ensuring public satisfaction?

Organizer: UN-Habitat

 16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break
 16:30 – 17:30
Summary of the conference, conclusions and the next CCSA quality event

Organizers: Eurostat, UNCTAD and UNSD

Report of the meeting

List of participants

 

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