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Strategic Management Seminar on the revised version of the European Code of Practice (CoP) and the updated Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) 24-25 October 2019 Ankara, Turkey European Statistics Code of Practice in Armstat European
Strategic Management Seminar on the revised version of the European Code
24-25 October 2019 Ankara, Turkey
European Statistics Code of Practice (adopted 16
approved by the Resolution of State Council on
posted on the Armstat website
the principles of European Statistics Code of Practice
all the institutions engaged in statistics (state bodies,
https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=25
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In statistics: to ensure that statistics is produced in an
Why: To use public money in the most efficient way To ensure synergy of competences and resources To avoid duplication and reduce response burden To provide users maxium clarity and accessibility
RA Law on Official Statistics, adopted on 21 March 2018
The national statistical system of the Republic of
Armenia comprised of producers of official statistics includes:
Armstat that is the main state body of the National
Statistical System of the Republic of Armenia;
The RA Central Bank that carries out its activities related
to official statistics in accordance with the RA Law “On the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia” and normative legal acts adopted on its basis;
Other producers of official statistics consisting of
bodies that develop, produce and disseminate official statistics in accordance with the Law on Official Statistics.
Armstat is a state body subject to the Government of the
Republic of Armenia that is independent in carrying out its authorities, is governed by the Constitution of the Republic
Armenia, the Law on Official Statistics and other legal acts.
Armstat is the main producer of official statistics of the
Republic of Armenia and coordinates all activities for the development, production and dissemination of official statistics within the national statistical system, except for the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia.
The supreme body of governance of the NSS (except for the Central Bank of
RA), including Armstat, is the State Council on Statistics.
The State Council consists of seven members, the Chairman and six members,
who are appointed by the Government of RA, upon submission by the Prime Minister of RA for a six-year term.
The President of Armstat at the same time is a Chairman of the State Council
State Council on Statistics
adopts normative and individual decisions on official statistics approves statistical programs carries out control over the implementation of statistical programs approves the reports on statistical programs implementation approves the order of data collection by Armstat (methods, coverage and
periodicity).
Public Council of Users of Official Statistics
The Public Council of Users of Official Statistics is the main advisory body operating on a voluntary basis to the State Council, President of Armstat and other producers of official statistics on issues of strategic importance for official statistics of Armenia.
The Public Council consists of 11 members representing users of different spheres. Public sector representatives should not form a majority in the Public Council.
The President of Armstat is ex officio member of the Public Council.
The members of the Public Council, except the President of Armstat, are appointed and dismissed by the decision of the RA Prime Minister by the submission of state bodies, the main users of official statistics - monetary, fiscal, economic, socio-demographic policy bodies, and other users of official statistics - scientific-educational institutions and non-governmental organizations.
Changes to the Public Council composition are made by the decision of the Prime Minister of RA.
The Public Council elects its chairperson from its members, who cannot be a representative of the state body.
The Public Council is granted with the following powers by law:
makes proposals on reflection of the priority information needs of
society in statistical programs, implementation of statistical programs and strategic development;
provides advice on issues of compliance with the principles of official
statistics;
presents the rules of procedure of the Public Council for the adoption
by the State Council;
presents recommendations on statistical programs; presents a written opinion on reports of statistical program
implementation.
The Public Council can organize discussions and give advice on the
efficiency of cooperation within the national statistical system.
The President of Armstat by the proposal of heads of
structural units may set up advisory units, consisting of the given unit and key users of the field of activity of the given unit for the purpose of strategic and methodological advisory support of the separate areas of the official statistics.
As a result of organized discussions within the advisory
unit, the head of the respective unit of Armstat makes a record, which is submitted to the President of Armstat.
producers
statistics use uniform, internationally agreed concepts, definitions, classifications and methods.
statistical system, except the Central Bank of the Republic
the demand of users of official statistics.
system.
programs include statistical information necessary for the
the economic, demographic, social and environmental situation of the country, taking into account ; resource constraints, burden on respondents and cost-effectiveness.
with the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia, other producers of official statistics, users, respondents and administrative data providers.
The annual statistical program of the National Statistical System is based on the
five-year statistical program covering the given period and developed annually to update the list of producers of official statistics and to provide a legal basis for the listed below and includes:
all official statistics to be released;
statistical surveys to be carried out by the producers of official statistics; all transmissions of administrative data or data from other existing sources to
producers of official statistics;
main development activities of official statistics; measures of statistical registers maintenance and development.
The five-year statistical program is developed for the national statistical system and
defines the strategic development directions of the official statistics of the Republic
The
five-year statistical program defines the conceptual approaches and development priorities of the national statistical system.
Law on Official Statistics/ Article 29. Quality Commitment
assess and improve the quality of official statistics in terms of:
relevance accuracy and reliability timeliness and punctuality transparency and clarity coherence and comparability
developed, produced and disseminated on the basis of common standards and harmonized methods on the:
coverage concepts definitions units classifications
data from different sources, carry out record linking and matching of individual data exclusively for statistical purposes and use statistical estimation methods to fill gaps.
a standardized way, sources and methods used in the production process, as well as the resulting data sets. Users are kept informed about the sources and methods of statistical production and quality of statistical outputs through metadata.
Law on Official Statistics/ Article 30. Quality Assessment
The producers of official statistics regularly hold discussions with users
regarding the quality of official statistics.
The producers of official statistics seek feedback from respondents to improve
the quality of data.
The producers of official statistics collaborate with the scientific and
educational institutions to assess and improve statistical methodology.
Assessments of the institutional environment, processes and outputs of the
national statistical system are also carried out by external experts, including international experts, exclusively in accordance with the fundamental principles of official statistics and requirements of international statistical standards.
RA Law on Official Statistics/ Article 20
State and local self-government bodies are obliged to provide the producers of
detail necessary for the production of official statistics, as well as with the metadata that enable assessing data quality.
The provision of information containing confidentiality defined by other laws
is implemented by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia, except for cases foreseen for Central Bank.
If the providers of administrative data plan to carry out a major revision in their
data collection or processing or develop a new data collection in a way that may affect data provided for official statistics, they shall consult Armstat and, where appropriate, the other producers of official statistics, in advance of the decision.
Relations with the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia are regulated in
accordance with the RA Law "On the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia" and the normative legal acts adopted on its basis.
15 agreements and memorandums of understanding on information exchange are sighed between Armstat and:
RA Central Bank - 3 RA Ministry of Justice RA Ministry of Economy-2 RA Ministry of Finances -2 RA Police RA State Revenue Committee RA Ministry of Transport and Communication RA Ministry of Emergency Situations RA Ministry of Nature Protection RA Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources RA Ministry of Agriculture
The international statistical cooperation plays a key role in the field of Armenia's statistical capacity building and strengthening in transition.
The international statistical cooperation aims at an adoption of international statistical methodology, standards and classifications, modern tools and ICT, improvement of the staff knowledge and skills, enhancing professional competence.
Armstat participates in numerous study visits, training courses, international conferences, sessions, meetings, workshops, seminars and task forces, and receives advisory support.
The staff training is one of the pillars of the Armstat international cooperation policy. The training is an essential component of all cooperation programs.
Within the framework of international cooperation, Armstat continues the active participation in the work towards the improvement, unification and harmonization of statistical methodology and practice, and ensuring comparability of indicators officially published by national statistical services on social and economic development and population living standards of their countries.
The international projects have crucial importance for Armstat to support the upgrade
standards, to produce statistics directly comparable with EU countries.
European Environment Agency (EEA) - ENPI - SEIS (Shared
Environment information System) project,
EU – EU 4Energy, EU/Expertise France - Statistics through the Eastern
Partnership (STEP)
The World Bank - ECASTAT Grant No. TF0A4543
Implementation of the National Strategy Program for Strengthening of the National Statistical System,
FAO/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Agricultural Integrated
Survey (AGRIS)
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