Transcript Quality developments in Colombia and Latin America

QUALITY DEVELOPMENT IN COLOMBIA AND
LATIN AMERICAN
February 27, 2012
Content
• Approach the region in terms of quality
• Process
in
the
formulation
and
implementation of the Code
• Technical structure of DANE, responsible
for statistical quality.
• Development in terms of statistical quality
in Colombia
Approach the region in terms of quality
Regional Code of
Practice
General conditions for
producing official
statistics ONE´S
Common language in
terms of compliance with
principles and best
practices
Process in the formulation and implementation of
the Code
Discussion and consultation process
1. Site workshops
2. Virtual tools (e-mail and virtual workshop for socialization and a
first phase of validation principles and compliance criteria)
Challenges in the process of the implementation of Code of Practice
1. Global assessments compliance the principles of of the
code, with a set of experts.
2. Recommendations and improvement plans.
DANE in terms of quality.
Office for Analysis and National
Accounts
Office for Census and
Demography
Office for production and
Statistical Methodology
Office for dissemination,
marketing and statistical culture
Office for planning and Internal
Control
Quality Managment System
DANE
Office for Geostatistics
Information
Office for Regulation, Planning,
Standardization and
Normalization
Statistical Quality
Development in terms of statistical quality in Colombia
Quality objectives, • 1. Norms that regulates the procedures
that aim to ensure quality
standards and
• 2.National Code Of Practice for Official
guidelines
Statistics.
Quality assurance
procedures
Quality
measurement
procedures
• 1. The self – assessments to strengthen
administrative records.
• 2. The self – assessment to implementation the
code of practice for official statistics to DANE.
• 1. Definition of quality requirements for
samples, administrative records and surveys,
as part of quality assessment
• 2. Set of thematic experts.
Development in terms of statistical quality in Colombia
Quality
assessment
procedures
1. Review and verification of compliance with
quality requirements by the commission of
independent experts.
Quality
improvement
procedures
1. Definition of improvement plans for institutions
evaluated.
2. Implementation and permanently monitoring
the DANE to improvement plans.
Difficulties in implementing the instruments.
1. Absence of a quality assurance policy, that articulates quality instruments
and regulatory statistics, with the heads of the statistical production.
2. In the case of administrative records, there are disadvantages in
implementing improvement actions, because they are tied to a specific
regulation on its subject.
3. Absence of statistical culture.