GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF STATISTICAL SYSTEM OF KAZAKHSTANZHASLAN OMAROV

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, STATISTICS AGENCY OF REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

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• 2002-2003 - Eurostat and UN ECE

• 2007-2008 – Joint mandate of UN ECE and UN ESCAP

Assessment of Statistics of Kazakhstan

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• Analysis of the system and statistics development plans

• The relevant direction and assessment of the modern trends and the best practices in the area of statistics

Why Global Assessment of the statistical system of Kazakhstan?

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Legislation: Law on Statistics, professional independence, coordination within the statistical system, the Council of Statistics, confidentiality

National statistical system: principles, structure, dissemination policy, interaction with the government and other users, access to administrative sources

National Statistical Office: internal organisation and mission, planning, HR, IT

Statistical Infrastructure: registers, demographic statistics, household budget surveys, business statistics, agricultural statistics, prices, national accounts and other areas.

The main areas of assessment

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State Council of Statistics headed by Prime Minister of Republic of Kazakhstan (the first meeting was held on 12 July 2008)

Development of the Agency’s Strategic Plan for 2009-2011 (approved with government resolution N 1188 as of 20 December 2008)

Development of the draft Law of Republic of Kazakhstan On the State Statistics

Establishment of the Agency’s Centre for Training and Research (The Information and Computing Centre for Training and Research of the Statistics Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan was established with order №153-П on 27 November 2008)

System of Quality Management (the agency has been certified as meeting requirements of state ISO 9001-2001 standard)

Recommendations of the Assessment and implementation

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Also… interaction with users

• The target– The level of satisfaction with the statistics

quality by 70% in 2009– The satisfaction with the statistics quality at

the level of leading EU countries - 85 % by 2011

• The current situation– 35.5% of users consider official statistical

data fully reliable (1076 respondents) – 66.2 % of users are satisfied with the

Agency’s work (962 respondents)

– In 2007 about 50% of respondents of the sample survey (2000+ persons) were fully satisfied with the Agency’s work

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Statistics quality satisfaction, %

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…statistical infrastructure

Statistical indicators Increase in the number, level of detailsImprovement of timelinessAccess and user-friendly dissemination of the existing information

Access to dataBetter use of mass media as a channel for statistics disseminationLess non-efficient paper publicationsExpansion of electronic dissemination (mailing, access to databases, online information)Training to users in correct interpretation of data and understanding of the applied methodologies

Additional activitiesInteraction with users and respondentsInvolvement of international experts in the improvement of quality of work

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Process of production of statistical indicators

Identified requirements to

information

Defined and documented need

Planning and budgeting

Obtaining financial resources

Action plan

Survey methodology

Questionnaires and guidelines

Quality requirements

Development of collection system

Development of technological

solutions

Testing technological solutions

Implementation of solutions

Identification of respondents for data

collection

Contacts with respondents

Delivery of questionnaires and

guidelines

Obtaining data

Electronic data processing

Corrections of entered data

Data processing (estimation)

«Clean» data

Data analysis

Preparation of publications

Interpretation

Preparation to dissemination

Confirmation of data quality

Data dissemination management

Preparation and publication

Processing of users requests

Development of software

Registration of the developments in the

NPAEnd of collection

Statistics quality control

Updated requirements (transfer to *)

Scanned data processing

NEED* DEVELOPMENT IMPLEMENTATION COLLECTION PROCESSING ANALYSIS Dissemination

1-6 months depending on the survey

In 2008 processes of needs identification, as well as development and production of statistics were certified as those meeting requirements of ISO 9000:2001The plan is to ensure the international quality level for all Agency’s works by 2011

and updating the planning system

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Statistical data release calendarIndicator, its breakdown (which information, which details) and the date for release (when)

Dissemination of the calendar of primary statistical information submission by respondents

Respondents participating in statistical surveys (who should submit the information)deadlines (when), the way of submitting returns, responsible agencies (Statistics Agency or other authorities)

Plan of statistical activitiesActivities of the Statistics Agency to meet users’ needs for data (Dissemination calendar)Work with data sources at the regional level (data submission)Operational and budget plans

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Thank you for your attention!