PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Meeting of the Policy Group on Statistical Cooperation 16 - 17 October 2008, Istanbul Turkish

PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE

Meeting of the Policy Group on Statistical Meeting of the Policy Group on Statistical CooperationCooperation

16 - 17 October 2008, Istanbul16 - 17 October 2008, Istanbul

Turkish Statistical SystemTurkish Statistical System


Outline1. Historical Background

2. Legal Setting

3. Turkish Statistical System

4. Turkish Statistical Institute

5. Strategic Goals of TurkStat

6. Organizational Setting

7. Data Dissemination

8. Tools for Programming

9. Recent Works

10. International Cooperation


1. Historical Background

• 1874, The First Statistical Office

• 1891, Central Statistical Council at Bab-ı Alî (Prime Ministry of the Empire)

• 1918, Statistics Department

• 1926, The Central Statistical Department

• 1930, The General Directorate of Statistics (GDS)

• 1962, The State Institute of Statistics (SIS)

• 2005, Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat)


Primary Legislation• Turkish Statistical Law, No: 5429 (18 November 2005)

Secondary Legislation• By-law on Statistical Council (5 May 2006)

• By-law on Data Quality Control Board (20 June 2006)

• By-law on Data Security and Confidentiality (20 June 2006)

• By-law on Training and Research Center (4 June 2006)

• By-law on Appointment by Means of Rotation of Turkstat Personnel (6 December 2007)

• Amendment to Turkish Statistical Law

(submitted to Parliement in April 2008)

2. Legal Setting

Proposal to adopt “Passive Confidentiality”

Proposal to increase penalties and include some institutions in the law


2. Legal Setting (cont..)

Basic Features of the Law

• Clear roles for TurkStat (Art. 1, 3, 5, 6)

• Strengthened power and authority of TurkStat (Art. 7, 8)

• TurkStat access to records and registers (Art. 9)

• Standardisation of national register system by TurkStat (Art. 10)

• Turkstat decides on national statistical classification systems (Art. 11)

• Acts to decrease burden on the respondents (Art. 3)

• Establishment of the Statistical Council (Art. 20)


3. Turkish Statistical System

Centralised with specific task distribution to other institutions

Main Actor: Turkstat, producing more than 85 % of all statistics organised under Prime Ministry

Other Actors: Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Undersecretariat of Treasury and other Ministries and institutions having administrative registers or databases serving statistical purposes


4. Turkish Statistical Institute

MISSION

With the aim of presenting economic and social structure of the country, to produce and disseminate statistics which are qualified, timely, reliable, objective and consistent with international standards respond to the expectations of decision makers, researchers and other users.

VISION

To become an information administrator of the country in the field of official statistics.

OPERATION PRINCIPLES

Quality, Reliability, Timeliness, Up- to-dateness, Professional Expertise, Objectivity and Transparency, Confidentiality in Individual Data, Focusing on Data Suppliers and Users.


• to adopt New Methodologies and to produce New Statistics and Indicators

• to improve Content of Surveys and to increase Data Variety

• to improve Data Quality and Timeliness of Data

• to improve Register and Information Systems

• to decrease Response Burden

• to improve the Role of the Institution in the Field of Statistics

• to strengthen the Technical Capacity and Technological Infrastructure

• to increase Use of Statistics in the Public and to facilitate Access to Data

5. Strategic Goals of TurkStat



Organization Chart of Turkstat

President

Legal Advisors Media and Public RelationsAdvisorStatistical Advisors

26 Regional Offices

Training And Research Center

Vice President Vice President Vice President

Bureau of President


Task Allocation

Vice President Vice President Vice President

Department of Agricultural &Environmental Statistics

Department of Supporting Services

Department of Social Statistics

Department of Strategy Development

Department of Human Resources

Department of Methodology

Department of National Accounts and Economic Indicators

Department of Publication and Data Dissemination

Department of Information and Communication Technology

Department of Foreign Relations

Revolving Fund Management

Department of Industry and Business Statistics

DATA DISSEMINATION BOARD

DATA QUALITY CONTROL BOARD



Regional Organization

Regional offices are more efficient and functional

Edirne İstanbul

İzmir

BursaKocaeliZonguldak

ANKARA

Samsun

AdanaAntalya

Trabzon

Kars

Van

Gaziantep

DenizliKonya

KayseriMalatya

Diyarbakır

ErzurumNevşehir

Kastamonu

Hatay

Siirt

Manisa

Balıkesir



Staff

HUMAN RESOURCES

Permanent Staff 1579

-Center 880

-Regional Offices 699

Temporary Staff 1600

-Center 197

-Regional Offices 1403

TOTAL 3179



Equipment

Center Regional

OfficesTotal

Servers 59 26 85

Personal Computers

1296 1792 3088

Laptop/Tablet Computers

210 915 1125




in New Turkish Lira

in Euro (app.)

2005 52.182.000 29.735.000

2006 55.935.000 31.868.000

2007 159.474.000 90.850.000

2008 100.781.000 57.436.000

Budget


7. Data Dissemination

Principles• easy and equal access to data (no discrimination among users)• low price (as possible)• tilt towards more data on internet (without any fee)• diversifying tools (paper prints, internet, e-mail, CD, teletex, SMS, etc.) • user orientation (regular user satisfaction surveys)

National Data Release Calendar (for every official data, not only by Turkstat, but also for other public institutions)

All publications in Turkish and English


7. Data Dissemination (cont..)TurkStat Website (www.turkstat.gov.tr)


• Regional Statistics Database

• Residence Based Population Register System

• Labour Market Statistics

• Prices

• Industrial Production, Trends, Employment, Wages Statistics

• External Trade

• Household Income and Consumption Expenditures

• Transport Statistics

• Environment Statistics

• National Accounts

• Agriculture Statistics

• Social Statistics

• General Election Results

7. Data Dissemination (cont..)Databases


8. Tools for Programming

• Official Statistics Program, 2007 – 2011 (division of work among institutions, 5 year)

• Strategic Plan, 2007 - 2011 (strategies, 5 years)

• Performance Program, 2007 - 2009 (Budget-related, 3 years)

• Activity Report (budget related)


9. Recent Works

In addition to traditional production

• Residence Based Population Register System

• National Accounts Revision

• ICT Usage Survey (household and enterprises)

• Poverty

• Citizen Satisfaction Survey

• New Agriculture Surveys (enterprise based)

• Income and Living Conditions Survey

• Time Use Survey


10. International Cooperation

Relations with the EU

• European Union Negotiations

• Eurostat –Turkstat Cooperation

• USST projects, Phase 1 and 2, Phare 2005, MBP2006, IPA 2007

Regional Cooperation

• Central Asian and Caucasian Countries

• OIC countries,

• ECO Countries

• BSEC Countries

International Organizations

UNSD, UNECE, ILO, WTO, IMF, WB, OECD

Bilateral Cooperation with Other Countries

Palestine, Syria, Afhganistan, South Korea etc.


Thank You..

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PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE Meeting of the Policy Group on Statistical Cooperation 16 - 17 October 2008, Istanbul Turkish