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The workshop will train participants from national statistical offices on quality assurance and its implementation throughout the national statistical system. It will also support the development of additional guidelines on quality assurance. Specifically, the workshop will provide an overview of the contents of the Manual, the United Nations National Quality Assurance Framework, the Code of Good Practice in Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean, and ECLAC’s Guide for the implementation of a quality assurance framework for statistical processes and outputs. It will review and discuss the implementation of quality assurance in participating countries. A special focus will be on quality assurance when administrative and other data sources (such as big data or citizen generated data) are used for producing official statistics. Other topics will include quality culture and data stewardship. The sharing of experiences will be a central element of this workshop and support the development of additional guidance on some of the above-mentioned topics.

The workshop is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division and the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) in cooperation with the National Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia (DANE).

For details regarding the workshop, please contact NQAF Expert Group Secretariat (UNSD).



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Presentations

Wednesday, 22 November 2023
    Session 1: Recommendations on quality assurance and international and regional guidance on quality assurance for official statistics
  • Session 1.1: Introduction to the UN NQAF Manual and its recommendations, Results of the global survey on implementation (presentation by UNSD) - English, Spanish
  • Session 1.2: The United Nations National Quality Assurance Framework and the Code of Good Practice in Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean (presentations by UNSD (English, Spanish) and ECLAC (CRBPE 2023 - English/Spanish)
  • Session 1.3: ECLAC Guide for the implementation of a quality assurance framework for statistical processes and outputs (presentation by Colombia and discussion) - GUIA - English/Spanish,
  • Session 1.4: The Checklist, the Roadmap for NQAF implementation and other tools and guidance (presentation by UNSD) - English, Spanish
    Session 2: National Quality Assurance in practice
  • Session 2.1: Self-assessment based on the UN NQAF checklist, group and review panel discussion (by UNSD) - English, Spanish
  • Session 2.2: Peer review mechanism in Latin America and the Caribbean (status and progress), group discussion (by ECLAC) - English/Spanish
Thursday, 23 November 2023
    Session 3: Quality assurance of administrative and other (new) data sources
  • Session 3.1: Introduction of topic and the work of the EG-NQAF Subgroup on administrative and other data sources (by UNSD) - English, Spanish
  • Session 3.2: Country case studies (5) – quality assurance of administrative and other data sources
  • Session 3.3: Review of applicable principles, requirements, and elements to be assured, and their mapping to UN NQAF (by UNSD) - English, Spanish
  • Session 3.4: Discussion of implementation cases and review of available implementation guidance and options (by UNSD (English, Spanish), and example on ongoing efforts in the context of the ECLAC project for the development of data provider management systems, provided by Colombia)
    Session 4: Quality Culture
  • Session 4.1: Introduction of topic and the work of the EG-NQAF Subgroup on quality culture (by Colombia) - English/Spanish
  • Session 4.2: Country case studies (2) – quality culture (by Mexico) - English, Spanish
  • Session 4.3: Review of the draft guidance developed by the EG-NQAF Subgroup (by UNSD) - English, Spanish
Friday, 24 November 2023
    Session 5: Discussion of additional topics
  • Session 5.1: Data stewardship and quality assurance for statistics and data, and data access – ongoing processes and discussions, and national experiences*
  • Session 5.2: Quality assurance and ethics – introduction and roundtable discussion (by UNSD (English, Spanish) and DANE (Colombia))
  • Session 5.3: Other topics
    • Quality assurance for household surveys (XII SCA decision) and when combining other sources and statistical sources (by ECLAC) English/Spanish
    • GSBPM implementation alongside NQAF implementation, Note on certification and Roadmap English, Spanish
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