1. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat USE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTERS IN TURKISH STATISTICAL SYSTEM Şennur ONUR Head of Foreign Relations Department TURKSTAT The 2nd Meeting of the Heads of ECO National Statistical Offices 27-28 May 2010 Astana, Kazakhstan

2. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat Presentation in Brief Main Data Sources in Statistics Prerequisites for Administrative Registers Why administrative registers are important? Situation in Turkey – Legislation –Cooperation and Coordination –Types of Registers

3. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat Main Data Sources in Statistics Censuses Sampling Surveys Administrative Registers

4. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat Prerequisites for Administrative Registers Legislation Cooperation and coordination Methodology and quality

5. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat Why administrative registers are important? No extra response burden and duplications Various type of data without sampling surveys Reduced costs Good coverage of units Data for every year (short period) Good quality (some cases) Opportunities for regional and local statistics

6. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat SITUATION IN TURKEY

7. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat Legislation (Turkish Statistical Law in November 2005) UN Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics European Statistics, Code of Practice –professional independence –mandate for data collection –adequacy of sources –quality commitment –statistical confidentiality –impartiality and objectivity

8. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat Cooperation and coordination/ planning and programming Coordination role of TurkStat Official Statistics Program (2007-2011) Strategic Plan (2007 – 2011) Performance Program (a Fiscal Year) Annual Work Program Annual Monitoring Report

9. PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat Types of Register in Turkey Address Based Population Register System (Ministry of Interior) Business Registers System (Ministry of Finance) Foreign Trade Statistics (Undersecretariat of Customs) Health Statistics (Ministry of Health) Education Statistics (Ministry of Education )

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