1. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

2. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz What is expected from Statistical Information System (SIS)? High quality standards Sufficient detail Efficiency Driven by Meta-data User friendly approach (externally, internally)

3. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

4. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

5. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

6. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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 2009 2006

7. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz Technological component and changes of SIS

8. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

9. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz Field survey (business statistics)  Agriculture  Integration of SW with household surveys  Price statistics  Independent on-line system (PDA)

10. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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)

11. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

12. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

13. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz Information and technological component

14. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

15. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz 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

16. CZECH STATISTICAL OFFICE Na padesátém 81, CZ - 100 82 Praha 10, Czech Republic www.czso.cz Thank you for your attention