Country Experience with the 2008 Assessment Round

Turkey

Meeting of the Policy Group on Statistical Cooperation 16-17 October 2008

Metin EROL Foreign Relations Department Head of EU Coordination Group

Background information with respect to compliance monitoring

tool; CDB at TurkStat

CDB application with a view to data availability: SMIS

Follow-up studies on compliance monitoring at TurkStat

New features of 2008 assessment round

Turkey’s experience on SMIS+

Conclusion

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Content of Presentation

First round of self-assessment; 2002,

New elements in 2003 round of self-assessment; the structure

of CDB, a list of Eurostat questions, an element of annual

planning on the level of themes and chapters,

Proposal to improve CDB with a view to data availability: SMIS,

New tool; “Statistical Management Information System

(SMIS)”.

Background

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CDB application with a view to data availability

The Program Secretariat organised on behalf of Eurostat a study

on the data availability (DA) in the CCs in 2002.

The overall objective of the exercise was to get an exhaustive

picture of the data production in CCs and to identify remaining

deficits.

It provided a quick picture of the situation in DA and data already

sent to Eurostat by the CCs.

It constituted a starting point for further analysis and action. DA

report had the facility to identify problematic areas in each country

and launch a follow-up activity to bridge the remaining gaps.

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Thus, in the 2004 round of compliance monitoring, CDB was

completed by the dimension of the DA under one new

instrument; SMIS

“Briefly, previous version of the CDB was referring to the legal

compliance of the CCs national statistical systems with the

acquis, while the DA study concentrated on the material

compliance, i.e. the actual availability of statistical data

resulting from the acquis.”

CDB application with a view to data availability

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Follow-up studies

Continous meetings at the Presidency level to analyse the

situation and to set an action plan

“Assessment Committee on the Results of Data Availability”

A comprehensive timetable to classify all data production

Weak points, threats were determined and future studies to

increase data availability were planned

Interim reporting every six months

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2008 Assessment round with SMIS+

New features:

Changes in the structure of themes and modules

Web-based application

Help function on the interface of the SMIS+Off-line version of

the assessment

İnternet links to various online repositories

A feature to produce analysis of compliance levels for each

theme or module

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Experience on SMIS+

Technical departments in close coordination with Foreign

Relations Department

May 15, letter launching 2008 compliance monitoring round

May 21, conversion tables

May 22, launching application inside the institution

May 27, documentation support instead of in-service training

June 16, date of completion

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Conclusions

General

Provides a photograph of the compliance situation as well as

some plans of the country to cover gaps vis-a-vis the Acquis

Communautaire in statistics,

Main, indispensable and a valuable up-to-date source of

information on the progress of work on harmonising the

system with respect to Acquis,

A very useful tool in the orientation of internal activities

towards harmonisation with the acquis and helps to develop a

systematic approach to compliance monitoring process inside

the office,

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Ensures proper follow-up of the compliance with the Acquis in

statistics during the negotiation process and beyond,

Constitutes a starting point for NSIs for further anlaysis of their

statistical system and action,

Helps to identify gaps and problems of the national statistical

system,

Provides excellent input for identifying needs for cooperation,

Provides a reliable justification for assisstance in specific

areas.

Conclusions

General

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Conclusions

The progressive improvement of the application each year

facilitates the work of users, exclusively regarding this years’

application:

A better adjustment of the content to the users’ need has

been achieved by a self-explanatory interface,

A better access to Acquis Communautaire by internet links

to various on-line repositories has been realised,

The creation of a web-based application prevented

possible problems that can be encountered during filling

and transmission of the assessment information

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