© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Quality reporting under pressure Session 9: Quality reporting Andrea Kron, Mirko Herzner Federal Statistical Office, Germany

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Who needs quality reports? General public Ministries Researchers Students Pupils Own NSI Eurostat IMF etc.

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Users and producers General publicMinistries ResearchersStudentsPupilsOwn NSI Eurostat/IMF etc. Statistical Knowledge

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Different reports – different requirements Extent Quantification Short Version ESMS Quality Report ESQR General public Pupils Students Ministries Researchers Eurostat/IMF etc. Own NSI SDDS Aspiration level

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Quality assurance and reporting User-oriented QR ESQR ESMS SDDS Quality ASSURANCE Quality ASSURANCE

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Destatis’ quality reporting Quality reports for all national statistics since 2005 Evaluation of quality reports Deficiencies concerning content Deficiencies concerning depth of information Increasing reporting burden for subject matter statisticians International and national reporting requirements Revision of national quality reporting

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Alignment and consolidation of national and international quality reports Joining ESMS and national user-oriented quality reports Structure & Content Preserving features of national reports Database ESMS Destatis A B C D E F

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Step by step Quality ASSURANCE Quality ASSURANCE ESQR User-oriented QR ESMS SDDS

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Last but not least Tasks and challenges ESQR ≠ ESMS Standardisation of international organisations’ quality reporting requirements Vision or illusion? Customised quality reports

© Federal Statistical Office Germany, Department I Many thanks for your attention! Andrea Kron & Mirko Herzner Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden