1. CARICOM TRADE IN SERVICES STATISTICS (CTIS)PROJECT June-December 2016
Regional Training Workshop
November 21 to 25, 2016 by
Lucilla Lewis, Lead Consultant

2. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY: HIGHLIGHTS AND RESULTS
Planned Approach to Pilot
Pre-mission
Suggested approach for review and guidance
Drawing up sample based on ISIC Rev.4
Sending out questionnaire to establishments in sample

3. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY
During Mission
Review responses and schedule meetings as determined from findings of the review
Hold face to face meetings with senior officials in relevant ministries of Gov’t
Hold focus group meetings with sector/business associations

4. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY
Changed of Approach
Delay in dispatch of questionnaires to targeted establishments and hence in scheduling of meetings
Aim for a high “outreach rate” during mission and follow up on responses post country mission
Project assistants with support of Focal Points to follow up on response rates post country mission

5. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY
DOMINICA
Sample was updated during first 2 days of mission
Because of small size of sectors it was decided to send the questionnaire to all establishments in the sample
Of 86 establishments 39 responded
Responses came from all the targeted sectors however the cultural industries were not well represented

6. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY
GRENADA
Of the 56 companies targeted 30 were visited and responses received from??

7. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY
ANTIGUA
Of the 37 establishments targeted, 22 responded.

8. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY
ST.LUCIA
Act of God intervened!!! No outreach with establishments
Report from Project Assistant indicates very poor response rate

9. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY
SURINAME

10. CONDUCT OF PILOT SURVEY
JAMAICA

11. COMMENTS ON TIS QUESTIONNAIRE
Notes should be in bigger fonts
The notes on insurance services need to be clearer
Would prefer an online survey
Translated version of the questionnaire must accompany the English version for Suriname
Can MS specify subsectors of specific interest e.g. sports, real estate, quantity surveying??.

12. COMMENTS ON TIS QUESTIONNAIRE Cont’d
Numbering of line items should correspond with numbering of relevant notes
Under purpose of survey replace foreign service provider with non-resident service provider
In the case of the insurance sector some rearrangement of records will be necessary

13. COMMENTS ON TIS QUESTIONNAIRE Cont’d
Courier services missing on the credit side
Data by trading partner can be provided. In some cases lead time for adjusting records to generate this info is necessary
Further education on how to complete the questionnaire is needed

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