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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 1 High Level Seminar for Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Countries (EECCA) on 'Quality in Statistics: Metadata' 27-29 June 2012, Tbilisi, Georgia Lucia Spoiala, National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova Experience of the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova in development of metadata
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 22 Law of RM “On Official Statistics” No. 412-XV from 09.12.2004 “Development of statistical methodologies in accordance with international standards” Strategy of Statistical Information Dissemination, 2005 ” Implementation of metadata system” Action Plan for Improvement of the Official Website Content www.statistica.md, 2008www.statistica.md “Metadata system development” Regulation on Internal Management of Statistical Information Dissemination, 2009 “Divisions/sections shall provide the Dissemination Division with metadata description according to Metadata Structure” Institutional Aspects
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 33 It was conducted in 2008 within the overall project on the national statistical system consolidation Objective of the survey: Assessment of relevance of statistical data and methodological information developed and published by NBS with respect to information requirements of different user categories Conclusions of the survey concerning methodology: Most users considered methodology important Some users didn’t trust statistical data because detailed methodological explanations were not available Users’ satisfaction survey with statistical data
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 44 Reference metadata Concepts and definitions Metadata according to Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) Methodology for MDG indicators Methodological for certain surveys or indicators Classifications and nomenclatures Availability of information on methodology
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 55 1.Study of international standards metadata structure 2.Development of own structure based on the national features 3.Harmonization with the European standards (Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)) 4.Description of 28 metadata according to the developed metadata structure 5.Posting the metadata on the official website 6.Translating the metadata in English Reference metadata: steps in development
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 6 Reference metadata: structure 1.Contact information 2.Update of the metadata 3.Statistical presentation 1.Data description 2.Concepts, unit of measure, formula of calculation 3.Classifications 4.Data scope (statistical population, geographical and time coverage) 5.Level of disaggregation 6.Periodicity 7.Timeliness 8.Revision 9.Period of reference
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 7 Reference metadata: structure – continued 4.Data collection and processing 1.Data source 2.Characteristics of statistical surveys 3.Data processing and compilation 4.Data accuracy 5.Comparability and coherence 1.International comparability 2.Comparability over the time 3.Coherence with other statistics
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 8 Reference metadata: structure – continued 6.Institutional Mandate (normative-legal basis) 7.Confidentiality 1.Principles 2.Practical assurance of the confidentiality rules 8.Access to information and dissemination format 1.Access to information (release calendar) 2.Dissemination format (analytical notes, publications, databases, questionnaires, data requests) 9.Useful references 1.Access to methodology 2.Access to assessment reports 3.Access to user surveys 4.Other useful links
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 9
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10 Existent reference metadata Statistical subjects (19) Population and demography, Gender statistics, Wage statistics, Education, Science, Health protection, Culture, Tourism, Justice, National Accounts, Industry, Agricultural production, Animal production, Plant production, Entrepreneurial activity, Investments, Dwelling Stock, Transport, Transport means, Information Technologies Statistical surveys (6) Labour Force Survey, Household Budget Survey, Energy Balance, Survey on Small Agricultural Producers’ Activity, Structural Survey of Enterprises Indicators (3) CPI, PPI, Sale prices on agricultural production
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 11 Republic of Moldova subscribed to SDDS on May 2, 2006 Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board of IMF – DSBB, presents SDDS components against metadata Description of metadata of 9 NBS data categories related to: Coverage, periodicity, presentation period, data source Methodological explanations Data dissemination formats Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS)
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 12 1.Definition 2.National MDG name 3.Unit of measurement 4.Calculation formula 5.Level of disaggregation 6.Dissemination periodicity 7.Timeliness 8.Revision 9.Data source 10.Comparability at the international level 11.Comparability over the time 12.Coherence with other statistics 13.Contact information 14.Last update of metadata 15.Accessibility to metadata Metadata for MDG indicators In 2011, 29 metadata for national MDG indicators were developed. The structure of metadata is user-friendly and include the following points:
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 13 Example of MDG metadata
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 15 Publications Statistical Yearbook of RM Thematic publications Official webpage Statistical databank Dissemination of metadata
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 16 Heading Methodology / Reference metadata Heading Statistical data – reference to metadata on each statistical theme page Statistical databank (in PC-Axis software) - for each table there is a direct access to metadata. Accessibility on the official webpage www.statistica.mdwww.statistica.md
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 17 Heading Methodology / Metadata on the webpage
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 18 Heading Statistical data
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 19 Statistical databank
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 20 Heading Classifications
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 21 More confidence in statistical data quality Accurate interpretation of data Metadata for different types of users Comparability on the international level Advantages :
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National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova 22 Thank You for Attention!
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