1. Progress on implementing recommendations from AGA/LPR
Marius Andersen, Eurostat

2. Outline
Two years of experience on the follow-up of the AGA/LPR recommendations
Result of 2013 monitoring
Future monitoring and discussion questions

3. Two years of experience of following-up the recommendations
The monitoring of the LPR resembles monitoring of the peer reviews of the MS
In 2013 more standardized questionnaires were sent
Reviewed AGA reports, and included more recommendation from the reports
Suspect high response burden and some non-reporting on specific recommendations

4. Two years of monitoring
Based on two rounds of experience with monitoring the implementation of AGA/LPR recommendations, the overall experience with the monitoring is that it proves useful, but that there is still room for improvement.
Monitoring the LPR recommendations seems adequate

5. Code of Practice Principle Number of Peer Review Recommendations
2012
2013
Total
Completed
Completed percentage
Remaining
1. Professional Independence 12 5
42% 6
50%
2. Mandate for Data Collection 16
38% 8
3. Adequacy of Resources 11 2
18% 9
4. Quality commitment 24
25% 7
29% 17
5. Statistical Confidentiality
58%
6. Impartiality and objectivity
100% -
7. Sound Methodology 4
67%
8. Appropriate Statistical Procedures 13 3
23%
9. Non-Excessive burden on respondents 0%
10. Cost Effectiveness
44%
11. Relevance 1
17%
12. Accuracy and Reliability
13. Timeliness and Punctuality
14. Coherence and Comparability
15. Accessibility and clarity 36 10
28%
36% 23
168 56
33% 69
41% 99

6. Number of AGA recommendations 2013
Number of recommendations
Number of actions proposed
Number of completed actions
Percentage
Number of remaining actions
Code of Practice 81 77 14
18% 63
Other institutional and organisational aspects 25 23 4
17% 19
Statistcal domains 62
100 15
15% 85
Total
168
200 33
167

7. Results 2013 - Implementation status LPR recommendations as per May 2013

8. Results 2013 - Implementation status AGA recommendations as per May 2013

9. Future monitoring and discussion questions
Eurostat’s suggests working further on reviewing the questionnaires
Instructions to the questionnaire could be improved.
In the longer term it could be an option to include the monitoring of both the AGA and the LPR recommendations in SMIS+.

10. Future monitoring and discussion questions
How do you assess the current form of reporting?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of a qualitative or quantitative analysis and presentation of the results?
How do the NSIs assess the response burden?
What could be the ways the reporting and the questionnaire could be simplified?