1. Kåre Vassenden, Statistics Norway Tbilisi, 6 April 2016
Cooperation between the statistical office and producers of administrative data
Kåre Vassenden, Statistics Norway
Tbilisi, 6 April 2016
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2. Outline of the presentation
Discussion of the topic
History
User forum for the Population register
Statistics Norway – UDI – Directorate of Taxes
The Modernisation programme 2011-

3. Interplay and coherence
Different levels and aspects
Unit levels
Internationally (between countries)
Nationally
In the society
Between the administrative agencies
Between data producers and users
Between the single subject areas
Births, deaths, migration …
Aspects
Technical, semantical, organisational, legal, political
Communication forms
Meetings (etc.) vs. practical communication of data/ common systems

4. The history of cooperation with and between administrative registers (1)
Statistics Norway was in charge of the Population registration system
Cooperation between Register and Statistics handled internally
Sporadic bilateral meetings with the Tax Administration 1990’s 4

5. The history of cooperation with and between administrative registers (2)
First meeting between Statistics Norway and two other direct recipients of population data 2002
Proposed multilateral meetings with population register authorities
First meeting in the User forum for population register data 2004
3 half-day meetings a year, with main users only
Two annual full-day meetings in User forum 2010-
Evidently a relatively low threshold for participation 5 5

6. User forum for the Population register
14 April
2015

7. Cooperation Statistics Norway – UDI – Directorate of Taxes
PIN was included in UDI’s registers 1991
With assistance from Statistics Norway
Statistics Norway encouraged sustainable contact between UDI and the Tax Administration 1990’s
Statistics Norway participated in the planning of new database (UDB) 1998
Now: The cooperation between UDI and the Directorate of Taxes is self-propelled. Single fiery spirits not necessary any longer 7 7

8. The newest history and the present
The planning of a new population registration system started in 2011 with work groups, several meetings and a lot of participants
The Modernisation project is in progress
A hearing on the information model and variables in the new register 2016
Closing date on the questionnaire is 15 April 2016
Bilateral meetings with selected users will be arranged
Will be the main topic at User forum 27 April 8 8

9. A broad range of participating agencies in the workshops in 2011
20-30 organisations, people

10. Bilateral meeting with the Modernisation project
3 June
2015

11. First meeting in “External council for the the Modernisation project”
11 March
2016

12. The field of population statistics must compete harder for attention and influence
Other users
Population statistics
1964
2016
From privileged user to one of many?

13. Appendix: Statistics Norway as a «data processor»

14. Appendix: Statistics Norway in the role as a «data processor»
SN is allowed to do data processing jobs for other agencies
SN already have the data that the Directorate of Taxes is allowed to use for their quality control work
Scrutinizing population register data reveals errors or at least suspicious cases
Statistics Norway regularly provides lists of people in non-institutional households > 7 members
Tax Administration uses these lists as input to the control work
May in the end result in decisions of emigration

15. Thank you! Kåre Vassenden Statistics Norway
Division for population statistics