1. TurkStat's experience with the preparation for the peer review in 2015
Dr. Gürdal GEDİK
International Relations Department
TurkStat

2. 2. First Round Experiences 3. Early Preparations 4. Documentation
1. Background
2. First Round Experiences
3. Early Preparations
4. Documentation
5. Questionnaires
6. Peer Review Visit
7. Conclusions

3. ESS COUNTRIES & EUROSTAT ENLARGEMENT COUNTRIES
1. BACKGROUND
ESS COUNTRIES & EUROSTAT
1. Round:
2. Round:
ENLARGEMENT COUNTRIES
1. Round:
2. Round:

4. 1. BACKGROUND (Cont’d) 1. ROUND PEER REVIEWS 2. ROUND PEER REVIEWS
1. ROUND PEER REVIEWS
2. ROUND PEER REVIEWS
Questionnaires
SAQ (for the NSI)
Coordination Questionnaire (for the NSS)
Light SAQ (for the stakeholders)
2. Questionnaires (Principles)
15 principles of the CoP
3. Methodology
“Declaration-Based” Approach
“Audit-Like” Approach
4. Visit (Principles)
Principles 1-6 and 15 of the CoP
5. Improvement Actions
Defined by the PR team.
Defined by the NSI itself based on the recommendations of the PR team.

5. 2. FIRST ROUND EXPERIENCES
4 April 2011: Documents and self-assessment questionnaire were sent to the PR Team.
24-27 May 2011: Visit of PR Team
29 July 2011: Final report and improvement actions.
June 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015: Monitoring of improvement actions by Eurostat.

6. 2. FIRST ROUND EXPERIENCES (Cont’d) Number of IAs Completed
Years
Number of IAs Proposed
Number of IAs Completed
Percentage (%)
2011 4
100,0%
2012 10 7
70,0%
2013
2014 8 5
62,5%
2015 2
2016 3
75,0%
TOTAL 35 28
80,0%

7. 3. EARLY PREPARATIONS
An internal team comprising of experts from International Relations Department.
Official letters and information notes.
Gantt chart.
Informing all levels of TurkStat staff.
Determination of ONAS: Central Bank and Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs.

8. 4. DOCUMENTATION
List of core documents annexed to “Guide for NSIs and Other National Authorities”.
Other documents to be considered as prominent for the NSS.
Translation of relevant documents to English.
Preparation of executive summaries.
Use of translation service through a contractor translation company.

9. 5. QUESTIONNAIRES Self-Assessment Questionnaire (TurkStat).
Light Self-Assessment Questionnaire (CBRT & MoFWA).
Questionnaire on the Coordination Role of the NSIs (TurkStat).

10. 6. PEER REVIEW VISIT
Visit of the peer reviewers for Turkey on November 3-6, 2015 in Ankara.
PR team for Turkey: two experts and one representative from Eurostat.
A draft list of main producers and users, non-governmental organisations, representative offices of international organisations, professional associations, etc. as well as medium-level and junior staff.

11. 7. CONCLUSIONS
Opportunity to see strong aspects of the system and good practices, and areas to be developed,
More burden on the NSIs, ONAs and the staff.
Number of questionnaires,
Audit-like approach,
Principles evaluated during the visit,
Formulating the improvement actions by the NSI itself.
Experiencing the same methods like the ESS countries: A positive novelty for enlargement countries.

12. 7. CONCLUSIONS (Cont’d)
Support of top management: indispensible for PRs.
Informing not only the top management but also all levels of staff: a significant activity for the global awareness.
Improvement actions with deadlines: worthwhile references to make progress in specific areas.
Defining improvement actions by the NSIs themselves and SMART (Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic, Time-related) approach: recent and very useful methods on defining more “to the point” actions and ensuring the NSIs to be more committed to the improvement actions.

13. 7. CONCLUSIONS (Cont’d)
Time constraint is a critical aspect during the PR activities.
Flow diagram
Gantt chart
Examination of reports and improvement actions of ESS countries to see different country practices and how to define improvement actions based on the recommendations.
A small core group consisting of head of departments would be better for the questionnaire phase.
Objectivity, willingness and volunteerism as the main components of an NSI before and during a PR exercise.

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