1. Dissemination and Communication Introductory course
Disseminating Strategy
Focusing on user needs
Madrid October 2016
THE CONTRACTOR IS ACTING UNDER A FRAMEWORK CONTRACT CONCLUDED WITH THE COMMISSION
THE CONTRACTOR IS ACTING UNDER A FRAMEWORK CONTRACT CONCLUDED WITH THE COMMISSION

2. Dissemination/Communication
Policy
Our example!

3. FOR DISCUSSION
3 points of the dissemination/communication policy to be discussed:
Dealing with errors
pre-release access
reactions to misuse of statistics by the media
National experiences on dissemination policy

4. Dissemination Policy Pre-release access (discussion issue)
Mission statement
All users must be treated equally, and any privileged pre-release access to official statistics should be duly publicised.
Data dissemination schedule previosouly ine.pt
Some cases are prior access to data. It is subject to embargo and the info about is public. Decisions of release data under embargo are responsibility of the Board.
Prior access, under embargo, to official statistical data is granted (at around 9 am of the release day) to the Directors of Madeira and Azores Regional Statistics Offices, when data allow for NUTS 2 breakdown.
The mission of Statistics Portugal is to produce and disseminate, in an effective, efficient and independent manner, high-quality official statistics relevant for the whole society.

5. Dissemination Policy Revisions Policy
Dealing with errors (discussion issue)
Dissemination Policy
Mission statement
Errors when detected are recognised and documentd, and the respective corrections/revsions are dully, rapidly and clearly disseminated to users.
The mission of Statistics Portugal is to produce and disseminate, in an effective, efficient and independent manner, high-quality official statistics relevant for the whole society.
Important:
Revisions errors
Revisions Policy
Revisions result from a reassessment of the past values of statistical variables. In general terms, revisions are mainly due to new data on the past could not be incorpored in time of their previous release.

6. Revisions Policy Dealing with errors (discussion issue)
Revisions result from a reassessment of the past values of statistical variables. In general terms, revisions are mainly due to new data on the past could not be incorpored in time of their previous release.
+ other reasons:
Conceptual changes
Improvement of algorithms
Change in statistical data sources (eg: survey data replaced by administrative data)
Inclusion od additional observations (eg: seasonally and/or calendar adjusted variables)
Errors in the computation of the given statistics

7. Dissemination Policy Revisions Policy
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