1. Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, 22-23 November 2007
Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
Authors:
Prof. Vergil VOINEAGU
Ilie DUMITRESCU
Daniela STEFANESCU
Tatiana BARSANESCU
Strategic Management seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

2. Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, 22-23 November 2007
Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
Official statistics – a tool for knowledge and decision
Objectives - production of quality information and timely dissemination
Future in statistics built on the past !
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

3. Structural & organizational changes in official statistics : 1990-1997
Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
Structural & organizational changes in official statistics :
Organizational “readjustments” were absolutely necessary:
The logistic system was adopted to meet the requirements imposed by the shift from exhaustive surveys to modern surveys
The reference papers of the time outlined the forecasted changes
The sectors of statistics were defined
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

4. Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, 22-23 November 2007
Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
New departments were set up (statistical logistics, computer logistics, etc.)
Some departments have been developed (analysis, dissemination, etc)
new organizational framework has been set up to include IT in the statistical activity
A new circuit of data collection
Changes in the activity at the territorial level
New approach of personnel training
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

5. Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
Main objectives of the period:
production and timely provision of short-term information
implementation of methodologies and surveys compatible with the European and international practices
identification of keys for the conversion of historical series of data to the new methodologies
introduction of IT in the statistical production process
adequate dissemination of statistical production
development of international co-operation
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

6. Changes imposed by the need of refinement
Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
Changes imposed by the need of refinement
1997 – 2000
A balance between accomplishments and solutions (not many) that proved in time to be non valid
Redesign of social statistical system: delayed decision (1997)
The same with the agricultural statistical system (2000)
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

7. Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, 22-23 November 2007
Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
1997 – 2000
A genuine national statistical system existed on paper, as a tentative future objective
New law on statistics adopted
Promotion of statistical culture (NCTS)
“Economic studies” added to the name of INS
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

8. Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
1997 – 2000
Main objectives of the period:
establishing priorities in accordance with the importance of the topics and resources
revitalizing the national statistical system by involving the sectoral partners
easing the respondents’ burden, resorting to administrative data sources
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

9. Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, 22-23 November 2007
Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
1997 – 2000
assuring an optimal correlation between central and territorial-level statistics
improving the relations with mass media
adapting the dissemination of statistics to the urgent needs
intensifying the cooperation with the international bodies
increasing the involvement of academic environment
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

10. Refined tools of the present replace organizational restructuring
Re-organizing the production of national statistics A challenge for pre-accession countries ROMANIA
Refined tools of the present replace organizational restructuring
Quality – the key word
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007

11. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION !
Strategic Management Seminar, Split, Croatia, November 2007