1. The role of business register in the Republic of Kazakhstan
International Roundtable on Business Survey Frame
16-21 October 2005

2. European background Business registers are used in 5 main ways:
For the detection and construction of statistical units;
As a tool for the preparation and coordination of surveys, and for grossing up survey results;
As a source of information for statistical analysis of the business population and its demography;
As a tool for the mobilisation of administrative data;
As a dissemination tool.

3. EU recommendations in the BR of Kazakhstan
Construction of statistical units
Coordination of surveys
Statistical analysis of demography of Ents
Mobilisation of administrative data
Dissemination data
Lg U, Ent, LU, KAU, LKAU
All surveys of Ents on the base of BR
Demography indicators is used for analysis
BR has links with administrative registers
Governments inquires a month, other services are about 1,2 mln.T a year, monitoring of SME.

4. Our experience: BR is also a tool for implementation
new system for collection of statistical data
new information technologies
new information systems outside of statistics

5. Collection of statistical data
Before implementation of the BR: we used principles of a planned economy:
all respondents return the questionnaires;
the data from questionnaires could not be edited
Big region level
Collection and aggregation micro data
Small region level
Collection micro data
Republican level
Aggregation macro data

6. Collection of statistical data
After implementation of the BR: composition of aggregated data had been transmitted from the regional to a republican level. All bases of micro data are on the republican level.
Big region level
Collection, addition and input micro data
Small region level
Collection, addition and input micro data
Republican level
Forming and procession base of micro data

7. BR is a key element in the architecture of the system
Two main direction for improving system:
Revision statistical survey: before 2000 only legal units were used; since 2000 – Ent and LU, in 2004 KAU and LKAU were made in BR. But activities on profiling are on the initial stage, and KAU are still not used in the surveys.
Improving data collection processes. Unification and account all elements (steps) of the process. In this process we are going to use ISO principles of quality systems.

8. BR and new technologies
The software for the first version of the BR was designed in FoxPro, the second version – in Access, the third one – in Oracle. The new technologies were distributed from the Register to other systems.
Today regional offices have on-line access only to BR. In future on-line technology will be used in other statistics.

9. Architecture of BR

10. Forming cuts in BR

11. BR on line

12. BR in the administrative system outside statistics
BR was created before any other register. Thus it significantly influences on the creation of administrative registers.
BR is included in the system of registration of legal entities according to a principle of “one window”. Statistical office adds an identification code and kind of activity code into the electronic documents.

13. “one window” МJ АS TC МJ Register Register Register АS TC АS MJ TC
Leg. Ent.

14. Results of using BR in the administrative system
Two significant results:
the data coverage is improved. None of legal entities can register outside BR.
the system of statistical classifications is incorporated into other administrative registers.
This creates a potential for effective use of the administrative sources in the future.