CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Reducing respondents burden by Czech Statistical Office - technological way European conference on administrative simplification in official statistics, SIMPLY 2010 December 2, 2010 Ghent by Ivo Makalouš

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic What is expected from Statistical Information System (SIS)? High quality standards Sufficient detail Efficiency Driven by Meta-data User friendly approach (externally, internally)

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Why to reduce administrative burden?  EU and national policy (strategic documents)  NSI (resp. burden by CzSO is 0,7% of total CZ admin. burden)  Restriction of public budget  Boost respondent motivation  Respondents  Reduce burden  Improve of data quality

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic How to reduce administrative burden?  Provide users with appropriate data&metadata  Increase NSI labour productivity  Replace statistical surveys by Admin. data  Provide respondents with user-friendly technological component households business, institutions

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Czech Statistical Office approach  Reduction of CzSO staff by 24% in 3 years  Provide users with public database  Reduction of respondents number x items by 33% since 2005 (business statistics)  Reduction of respondents number (households 14%)  Dialog with respondents  Permanent - during data collecting  Formal – respondents‘ survey

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Respondents needs and expectations (survey results) 0,00%2,00%4,00%6,00%8,00%10,00% Complicated estimation No monitoring Stability of content Complicated SBS survey Multiplication of similar items Government cooperation No PC or internet Use of administrative data Too detailed information Negative approach Decreasing amount of forms Simplification Heavy burden Positive approach Early deadline Improving of electronic way Difficult to understand

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Technological component and changes of SIS

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Household surveys  Implemented  Integration of survey mode (CAPI)  CAPI also used for telephone interviewing  Interviewer network uses NB or tablet  Planned  CATI – distributed call centrum  Case management system

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Field survey (business statistics)  Agriculture  Integration of SW with household surveys  Price statistics  Independent on-line system (PDA)

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Business statistics (1/2)  Implemented  Electronic data input (CASI) – used by respondents in 28% cases with full checks  OCR used in 4% of cases  ISDB – e-government data transmission system  Respondents‘ portal (surveys, classification, help)  Integrated Evidence System (contacts and paradata)

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Business statistics (2/2)  Prepared  Simple forms for simple survey (active PDF with basic checks)  Personalized forms prepared according to respondents needs  Planned  Web forms with access authorisation  Input channel selection by respondent

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Respondents‘ limits  Only user-friendly SW has a chance  Only right sized technology is usable  Part of respondents  has no PC or iNet  is not familiar with a new SW  has corporate security policy (iNet access)  needs an assistance for installing SW or setting parameters or for similar change

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Information and technological component

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Information and technological component (Data Flows – Data processing) St ati sti ca l tas ks ; Data control (validation) Information on reporting unit Data from reporting units Electronic data capture from reporting units Administra- tive data RECORD S Data repository ( transaction and processing database) ET L REGISTE RS SMS Central processing of statistical tasks  Expert estimates snnap s hots 0,1.. n indicators Values of indicators Data warehouse (statistical variables snapshots 0.. n) Task 1 Task 2 Task n

CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ Praha 10, Czech Republic Information and technological component (Data Flows - Dissemination) Confirmation procedures REGIS- TERS SMS Data marts Public data marts (PDM) External users Internal users snnap s hots 0,1.. n indicators Values of indicators Data warehouse (statistical variables snapshots 0.. n) Central processing of statistical tasks Expert estimates

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