The Workshop will train participants of national statistical offices on quality assurance and its implementation throughout the national statistical system. It will provide an overview of the contents of the Manual and the UN National Quality Assurance Framework. Additionally, the workshop will introduce the new Module for Quality Assurance when using Administrative and Other Data Sources and the Maturity Model on Quality Culture. This workshop will offer an opportunity for countries to share their practices and challenges in implementing their national quality assurance frameworks.

The workshop is organized jointly by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), the Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC)), the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC-Stat) and the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS), in cooperation with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT). SESRIC will host the training workshop at its Headquarters.


Resources for Participants:

Presentations

Tuesday, 1 July 2025
    Session 1: UN National Quality Assurance Framework and Implementation Guidance
  • The UN National Quality Assurance Framework (UNSD) - English
  • Quality Assurance: Self-Assessment Checklist (UNSD) - English
    Session 2: Quality Assurance in Practice
  • Existing tools and guidance (UNSD) - English
  • Quality Assurance in the Algerian Statistical System - English
  • Quality control department & Quality Assurance Framework (CAPMAS -EGYPT) - English
  • Lebanon - English
  • A Case Study on Implementing Quality Assurance in Somalia, with a Focus on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) - English
  • Wednesday, 2 July 2025
    Session 3: Quality Assurance of New and Administrative Data Sources
  • Module for Quality Assurance when using Administrative and Other Data Sources to produce Official Statistics (UNSD) - English
  • Module for Quality Assurance when using Administrative and Other Data Sources to produce Official Statistics – Group exercise (UNSD) - English
  • Qatar’s Experience in Implementing the Register-Based General Census of Population, Housing, and Establishments -
    Arabic , English
  • Evaluation of the Quality of Administrative Records at TurkStat & an Experiment with Statistical Business Registers - English
  • Session 4: Joint implementation of Quality Assurance and GSBPM
  • Joint implementation of quality assurance and the Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) (UNSD) - English
  • Iraq - Arabic
  • Quality Developments in Jordanian Department of Statistics - English
  • Joint Implementation of Quality Assurance and GSBPM at the HCP, Morocco - English
  • Quality matters INS-Tunisia experience - English
  • GSBPM and Quality Assessment in TurkStat - English
  • UAE Automated Statistical Model (E-GSBPM) - English
  • Thursday, 3 July 2025
    Session 5: Additional Selected Topics: Quality Culture in Official Statistics
  • Quality Culture in Official Statistics (UNSD) - English