Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Statistical Office FSO The use of quality procedures through the example of a statistic based on registers C. Macchi, B. Loison Thursday 5 June 2014

2 The use of quality procedures through the example of a statistic based on registers C. Macchi, Dr. B. Loison Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Statistical Office FSO Contents 1.The Need for Efficiency 2.The challenges of quality management 3.Improvement of data 4.The challenges of the Press Release

3 The use of quality procedures through the example of a statistic based on registers C. Macchi, Dr. B. Loison Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Statistical Office FSO The Need for Efficiency The mission: Do more with less By reducing the administrative burden By reducing the production costs By reducing the “time to market” By using the potential of IT The response: Use of administrative data By developing and implementing a register strategy By quitting the traditional paper ‐ based business census By developing a brand new register ‐ based business census

4 The use of quality procedures through the example of a statistic based on registers C. Macchi, Dr. B. Loison Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Statistical Office FSO The challenges of quality management The challenge of integration New unknowned data sources New unique identifiers for data matching The challenge of harmonisation New corporate framework for business statistics New information systems to enable harmonisation The challenge of retropolation New estimation models for calculating FTE New estimation models for allocation of jobs at local level

5 The use of quality procedures through the example of a statistic based on registers C. Macchi, Dr. B. Loison Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Statistical Office FSO Feedback to the data sources?

6 The use of quality procedures through the example of a statistic based on registers C. Macchi, Dr. B. Loison Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Statistical Office FSO Feedback to the data sources? Admin DataProfilingSurveysRegisters STATENT

7 The use of quality procedures through the example of a statistic based on registers C. Macchi, Dr. B. Loison Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Statistical Office FSO Regular improvement of data Regional Statistical Offices Data vendors NOGA quality enquiry STATENT BR Profiling

8 The use of quality procedures through the example of a statistic based on registers C. Macchi, Dr. B. Loison Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHA Federal Statistical Office FSO The Press Release The challenge of complexity The old one paper-based census was correct The new one (register-based) is also correct but different The challenge of communication