1. Essnet STAND-PREP Rome, 6-7 June 2011 Rome, 6-7 June 2011 ESSnet “Preparation of standardisation” WP1 report: outline of the report, content, responsibility for drafting, time table ISTAT

2. Essnet STAND-PREP Rome, 6-7 June 2011 Content of WP1 report WP1 : Review of current international methodological handbooks and guidelines Sub-Tasks: ST1: definition of a statistical standard and of guidance ST2: review of 6 existing manuals ST3: review of support measures ST4: quality of statistical standards and criteria for the assessment The report will be organised accordingly to the sub-tasks that have been defined for this workpackage

3. Essnet STAND-PREP Rome, 6-7 June 2011 1. Definition of a statistical standard 1.Review of the literature for the definition of statistical standards: ISO/IEC Guide 2 – Standardisation and related activities – General vocabulary The ABC of standards activities - US National Institute of Standards and Technology (INSEE) The six dimensions of standards: Contribution towards a theory of standardisation in telecommunications CEN’s Horizontal European Services Standardization Strategy (KSH) Office of management and budget -Standards and guidelines for statistical surveys (INSEE) The Advisory Panel On Telephone Public Opinion Survey Quality (ISTAT) International Standardisation as a strategic tool (INSEE) Independent, Transparent, Externally Audited: the ISO approach to Survey Process Quality Other 2.Definition of statistical standards and of guidance Responsible: INSEE Contributors: all authors of analyses and reviews Deadline: end of June

4. Essnet STAND-PREP Rome, 6-7 June 2011 2. Review of existing manuals 1.Framework for the analysis of the methodological handbooks: Conceptual scheme of the repository for the standards (ISTAT) Procedure followed for the definition, refinement and selection of standards in the repository (ISTAT) 2.Analysis of handbooks: Recommended practices for questionnaire design and testing (ONS) Eurostat sampling references guidelines (Destatis) UNECE guidelines for statistical data and metadata (CBS) Quality Reports (KSH) EDIMBUS (Destatis) 3.Analysis of unified repository of standards standards on sampling standards on data collection standards on data editing and imputation Responsible: ISTAT Contributors: all authors of analyses and reviews Deadline: preliminary: end of June; final: end of July

5. Essnet STAND-PREP Rome, 6-7 June 2011 3. Review of supporting measures 1.Review of the literature for supporting measures 2.Supporting measures (KSH) Responsible: KSH Contributors: all authors of analyses and reviews Deadline: end of June

6. Essnet STAND-PREP Rome, 6-7 June 2011 4. Quality of statistical standards and conformity assessment 1.Review of literature on conformity assessment A Guide to EU standards and Conformity assessment (GUS, Insee) ISO and conformity assessment (Destatis) Control (ONS) CEN certification rules for manufactured products in International Regulations – CEN Workshop Agreement (Destatis) European Code of Practice (CBS) ESS Quality assessment framework (proposal by Sponsorship on Quality) (Destatis) 2.Quality of standards Responsible: Destatis and GUS Contributors: all authors of analyses and reviews Deadline: end of June 3.Conformity assessment Responsible: INSEE and GUS Contributors: all authors of analyses and reviews Deadline: end of June