1. High-level Group on Quality
The first discussions, next steps
WG on Quality in Statistics –
Zsuzsanna Kovács
Eurostat

2. Athanasios C. Thanopoulos Eduardo Barredo Capelot
Members of the Group
Name
Country
Position
Konrad Pesendorfer
Austria
Director General of Statistics Austria
Marko Kristof
Croatia
Director General of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Andres Oopkaup
Estonia
Director General of Statistics Estonia
Athanasios C. Thanopoulos
Greece
President of ELSTAT
Gabriella Vukovich
Hungary
President of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Giorgio Alleva
Italy
President of Istat
Aija Zigure
Latvia
President of the Central Statistical Bureau
Reuben Fenech
Malta
Director General - National Statistics Office of Malta
Tudorel Andrei
Romania
President National Institute of Statistics
Stefan Lundgren
Sweden
Co-Chair, Director General Statistics Sweden
Walter Radermacher
Eurostat
Co-Chair, Director General
Mariana Kotzeva
Deputy Director General
Eduardo Barredo Capelot
Director of Government Finance Statistics and Quality
Zsuzsanna Kovács
Eurostat

3. Mandate of the Group 1. Modernisation of the ESS common Q framework
Revision of the ES CoP
Future monitoring
Overview of existing Q frameworks of the ESS
Cooperation with ESGAB
Zsuzsanna Kovács
Eurostat

4. Mandate of the Group 2. Communication of Q profiles, stakeholders
Modalities and risks of a possible labelling mechanism
Stakeholder relations and interaction under QUAL and DIGICOM
Cooperation with ESAC
3. Strengths and weaknesses / improvements of ES within the Q criteria, market research, trust
Work under QUAL and DIGICOM
Zsuzsanna Kovács
Eurostat

5. The first discussions of the Group
Kick-off VC meeting – 08/07/2016
Review of the Work Programme, priorities
Revision of the Quality Declaration of the ESS
Working methods, next steps
2. Working lunch meeting – 28/09/2016 Vienna
Revision of the CoP – first discussion, the way forward
Communication activities of the Quality Declaration of the ESS, review of the action plan identified
Zsuzsanna Kovács
Eurostat

6. The first discussions of the Group
3. Physical meeting – 16/11/2016 Luxembourg
Quality Declaration of the ESS – review of the action plan, discussion on the slogan, the lay-out and the content of the printed brochure
Revision of the ES CoP – discussion based on a table compiled by Eurostat and the SC QUAL, identifying the way forward
Future monitoring – first exchange of views
Next meeting: 08/02/2016 afternoon in Luxembourg
Zsuzsanna Kovács
Eurostat

7. Next steps Follow-up of the November meeting –
Re-design and re-writing of the joint brochure of the Quality Declaration and the ES Code of Practice
Taking forward the work on the slogan
Preparing the February meeting –
Review of the ES CoP – in cooperation with the SC QUAL, next (probably VC) meeting planned for January
Follow-up of the discussion on the future monitoring
Continuous upload of documents & information – CIRCABC > Eurostat > ESSC > HLG on Q
Zsuzsanna Kovács
Eurostat

8. Thank you for your attention
Questions / comments?
Thank you for your attention
Zsuzsanna Kovács
Eurostat