1. Norbert Rainer
UNECE Meeting of the Group of Experts on Business Registers
Geneva
2-4 September 2013
Session 4: Draft Chapters of Guidelines for Statistical Business Registers
Introduction

2. Introduction (1) Background Need for international guidance
Growing demand for detailed and consistent business statistics
Increased role of SBR as the backbone in the production of business statistics
New roles of the SBR
Need for international guidance
Wiesbaden Group meetings and its steering group
Group of Experts on Business Registers: 2011 meeting
Mandate (ECE/CES/BUR/2011/NOV/23 Rev.)
Task Force reports to the Conference of European Statisticians and its Bureau

3. Introduction (2) Objectives (1)
Be targeted at both developed and less developed statistical system
Take into account existing materials
Address issues raised by the High-Level Group for Strategic Development in Business Architecture in Statistics
Include country experiences and examples of good practices
Clarify typology, concepts and definitions, including on statistical units

4. Introduction (3) Objectives (2)
Provide practical guidance on core SBR issues, such as development and maintenance
Provide guidance on the use of administrative sources
Provide guidance on how to combine survey and administrative data sources
Provide guidance and practical examples on how to use the SBR in its own right and in combination with other registers for the production of statistics
Provide guidance and practical examples on the integration of business registers in the statistical production process

5. Introduction (4) Work done so far: Creation of a Task Force
Drafting of an outline of the structure and content
Face-to-Face Task Force Meeting in September 2012
Presentation of the draft outline at the 23nd Meeting of the Wiesbaden Group an Business Registers, September 2012
Drafting of the 1st and 2nd version of the single chapters
Presentation of the 2nd draft of the single chapters at this meeting by the lead authors

6. Introduction (5) Distribution of Tasks: Lead Author
Contributing authors
Chp 1: Introduction
Austria
OECD
Chp 2: Roles of the SBR
Netherlands
Italy, Mexico
Chp 3: Coverage of SBR
Australia
Italy
Chp 4 : Units in the SBR
France
Chile, UNSD
Chp 5: Characteristics of the units
Canada, Colombia, UNSD
Chp 6: Data sources for the SBR UK
Brazil, Chile, Denmark, UNSD
Chp 7: Maintenance of the SBR
Switzerland
Colombia, Egypt, Ukraine
Chp 8: Quality of SBR
Switzerland, Denmark
Chp 9: Establishment of SBR
Canada
Mexico
Glossary
Eurostat

7. Thank you for your attention!
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Norbert Rainer
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