1. ESA 2010 Quality assessment framework
ESTAT, C2
Ani Todorova
Hans Wouters

2. Contents The importance of quality for European statistics
Development of ESA 2010 quality assessment framework
National quality report
Relationship with GNI quality monitoring
Questions to GNI Committee
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3. 1. The importance of quality for European statistics (1)
ESS commitment to quality is demonstrated by:
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 [amended by Regulation (EU) 2015/759]
Eurostat’s mission is to be a leading provider of high quality statistics
ESS handbook for quality reports
ESMS and ESQRS metadata and quality assessment standards
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4. 1. The importance of quality for European statistics (2)
And also shown through:
Development of quality reports for several domains of European statistics (LFS, international trade in goods, balance of payments)
Work on compliance monitoring
Task Force on data validation
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5. 2. Development of ESA 2010 quality assessment framework (1)
Main messages from Regulation (EU) No 549/2013, articles 4 & 12
MS shall provide report on quality of transmitted data
Eurostat shall assess quality of MS' data transmissions
Provision of report on application of the regulation to Council and European Parliament by 1 July and every five years thereafter
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6. 2. Development of ESA 2010 quality assessment framework (2)
Eurostat envisages to implement the legal requirements by:
Developing three types of reports
National quality report (art 4-2, annual exercise, ESTAT prefills and countries complete/comment)
Eurostat summary report (art 4-4, annual exercise, ESTAT prepares)
Commission summary report for Council and Parliament (art 12, 5-yearly exercise, ESTAT/Commission prepares)
Prepare a draft 'Commission implementing Regulation' regarding quality of national and regional accounts
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7. 2. Development of ESA 2010 quality assessment framework (3)
Three types of quality reports and their relationships:
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8. 3. National quality report
Main features
Covering full ESA 2010 TP/all domains
Covering all ESS quality criteria
Mainly quantitative approach
Mainly to be prefilled by Eurostat
To be commented and completed by Member States
Frequency: partly annual, partly multi-annual
No publication
Serving as input for annual summary report
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9. 4. Relationship with GNI quality monitoring (1)
Requirements stem from separate legal acts, and…
Purpose and scope of ESA 2010 quality report different from GNI quality reports, but…
Data of GNI and ESA TP both based on the same ESA requirements – consistency expected
GNI can benefit from improved data resulting from quality assessment of national accounts
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10. 4. Relationship with GNI quality monitoring (2)
Information available in Eurostat will be (re)used to maximum possible extent
Information from GNI inventories used for prefilling national quality reports
Several parts of (public) information chapter 1 GNI inventory
Three GDP approaches/balancing the GDP
Main data sources
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11. 5. Questions to GNI Committee
Do you have any recommendations or expectations regarding the ESA 2010 quality assessment exercise?
Do you have any other questions?
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12. ESA 2010 Quality assessment framework
ESTAT, C2
Ani Todorova
Hans Wouters