1. Working towards a central Register : Simple, Complete and Widely Accessible
September 29, 2010
Session no 5 - Register quality as a common task : Cooperation of the register department & survey departments

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Overview
Status
Objectives & Vision
Strategies
Opportunities
Current Developments
Summary
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Status
Newly redesigned BR with over 150 hooked surveys
The Economic Statistics Program - All sub-annual & annual Industry based surveys
The Public Institutions Statistics Program
More than 900 employees currently depend upon the BR to carry out their daily activities
But historically some surveys have not used the register 3
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Objectives & Vision
To further increase efficiency & reduce frame maintenance cost
To reduce / eliminate the remaining independent survey frames & satellite systems
Central Frame for all economic & institutional surveys
Industry & Activity based surveys
Simple, flexible & accessible by all
Open system - allowing frame users to perform updates
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Strategies – 1 of 3
To simplify:
Concepts & Maintenance
Integrated Business Structure : Legal & operating entities
Maximize the use of administrative information
Usage : Generic tools & survey processes
Generic Survey Universe File & Survey Interface File
Generic Survey Frame Assessment Tool 5
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Strategies - 2 of 3
To increase coverage dimensions:
Allowing additional information to be stored & maintain within the BR
Survey Specific Fields (SSF)
New dimensions : Activity codes & associated size measures 6
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Strategies - 3 of 3
To increase accessibility:
Allowing users to perform updates & maintain new dimensions
Integration to the collection system 7
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8. New : Performing updates directly
Subject Matter
Staff
New flow : Direct updates
Register
Frame
Specialist
Collection Staff
New flow : Direct updates

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Opportunities
To better manage response burden & improve client relations
To perform coherence analysis & improve coherence between various survey results
To perform characteristics analysis & creates analytical potential for business demographics
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Current Developments
Integration of Farm Register - Includes “generic functions” to accommodate all Activity based surveys
Hook-up of more than 100 additional surveys - including all Activity based surveys
Integration of collection system
Improvement of geographical coverage by using additional Administrative information
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11. Summary - Future of the BR
Central Frame for all economic & institutional surveys
Industry & Activity based surveys
Simple, flexible & accessible by all
Open system - allowing frame users to perform updates 11
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