1. Quality reviews in Statistics Norway
Kamilla Austnes Statistics Norway
Nordic meeting, Faroe Islands September 2014

2. Agenda Framework/purpose Improvement areas Follow up - status
Self-assessment questionnaire
Focus group
Plan for improvements
Advisory committee
Challenges

3. Framework/purpose
Guidelines for European Statistics, Code of Practice (COP)
European Statistical System – Quality Assurance System (2011)
In 2011 and 2012, several statistics were reviewed in Statistics Norway
ITSS, reviewed in March/April 2011
ITGS, reviewed in May/June 2013

4. Improvement areas - Statistics Norway in general

5. Follow-up, status - Statistics Norway in general
120 of 140 planned improvements completed per March 2014 (total Statistics Norway)
Updated and improved documentation
Improved dissemination
Improved routines for productions
(Proposed shut down or reduced statistics)

6. Self-assessment questionnaire

7. Focus group - receive feedback from the users
Identify and contact possible participants
Implement a focus group meeting mid June 2013
Video-taped meeting, to provide documentation of feedback/response

8. Plan for improvements - suggested improvements, ITGS
Introduce an advisory committee
Better illustrate edited data
Emphasize tendency
More analysis - «in debt» articles
Mirror statistics
Collecting data outside the TVINN system, formal agreement

9. Advisory committee - keep in touch with the users of ITGS/ITSS
Identify and contact possible participants
Appoint members of the committee
Important subscribers to our statistics
Representatives from government offices
Representatives from Norwegian industry and commerce
First meeting mid October 2014
Improve the dialogue with the users

10. Challenges, the road ahead - Have quality evaluation of ITGS and ITSS resulted in improvements?
Focus on quality (accuracy, regularity and timeliness)
Follow up the list of improvements
Continue and follow up feedback from the Advisory committee
Improved dialogue with the users

11. Kamilla Austnes, kau@ssb.no Statistics Norway
Thank you - questions?
Kamilla Austnes,
Statistics Norway