Maturity Model on Quality Culture in Official Statistics
The Maturity Model on Quality Culture was developed by the Subgroup on Quality Culture of the United Nations Expert Group on National Quality Assurance Frameworks (EG-NQAF) and has been endorsed by the Statistical Commission at its 56th session in March 2025. Addressing quality culture is a new effort, stemming from the realization that shared values and behaviors are important for producing and disseminating official statistics. The Maturity Model allows to identify areas for improvement, hereby strengthening the efforts and capabilities to assure and improve the quality of official statistics. The Maturity Model is available here:
Maturity Model on Quality Culture
The Assessment Checklist
The Maturity Model is accompanied by an Assessment Checklist which is available in Excel format. The Assessment Checklist allows users of the Maturity Model to assess whether their statistical agency is in compliance with a specific measure and to provide a written assessment describing their practices and plans or possibilities for improvement.
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The development of this Maturity Model greatly benefited from a global consultation conducted during April and June 2024Detailed information about this global consultation can be found here: Global consultation 2024
This Maturity Model complements the set of guidelines and tools developed by the EG-NQAF to support countries in the development and implementation of the national quality assurance framework and in assuring the quality of their official statistics.