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THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF OFFICIAL STATISTICS (FPOS)

Implementation and future directions for the FPOS

Sibylle von Oppeln-BronikowskiHead of Department Strategy and Planning, International Relations, Research and Communication, Federal Statistical Office of Germany/DESTATIS,Co-Chair of the FRoCH group


“Stagnancy is the beginning of the end”A worldly wisdom showing us how important it is to move

forward and to keep on going...

... and therefore to further promote the implementation of the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics!

To see where we stand now and where the journey is heading, we have to know where we started!

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Mandate of the Friends of the Chair (FRoCH) group I

In 2011 the FRoCH group was mandated to(1) Drafting a revised preamble of the Fundamental Principles (completed in 2013).(2) Carry out together with the UN Statistics Division a global review of the implementation of the Principles by UN Member States in 2012/2013.(3) Explore ways to effectively address perceived violations of the Fundamental Principles. (4) Reflect upon how the applicability of the Principles could be extended beyond the realm of official statistics, specifically to the private sector.(5) Formulating guidelines on how to strengthen implementation of the Fundamental Principles. (6) Formulating guidelines on how to ensure the full independence of national statistical systems.

Germany is in the lead

USA is in the lead


Mandate of the Friends of the Chair (FRoCH) group II

(1) Drafting a revised preamble of the Fundamental Principles (completed in 2013).

Why was such a revision necessary?

To adapt the preamble to new global developments of the past 20 years

Critical role of high-quality statistical information

Necessity to ensure public’s trust in official statistics

Legal and institutional frameworks need to guarantee fundamental statistical values and principles


Mandate of the Friends of the Chair (FRoCH) group III

(2) Carry out together with the UN Statistics Division a global review of the implementation of the Principles by UN Member States in 2012/2013.

Has the global review been undertaken and if yes, what were the results?

In 2012 a global review was conducted revealing for example that

Principle 6: most implemented Principle 4: least implemented


Mandate of the Friends of the Chair (FRoCH) group IV(3) Explore ways to effectively address perceived

violations of the Fundamental Principles. (4) Reflect upon how the applicability of the Principles could be extended beyond the realm of official statistics, specifically to the private sector.

What about these two tasks?

Katherine Wallman, also Co-Chair of the FRoCH group, is responsible.Guiding questions on how to address perceived violations


Mandate of the Friends of the Chair (FRoCH) group V

(5) Formulating guidelines on how to strengthen implementation of the Fundamental Principles. (6) Formulating guidelines on how to ensure the full independence of national statistical systems.

Why these implementation guidelines have been drafted?

To have a common framework giving practical guidance and providing support!

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Content of the implementation guidelinesTwo parts

Recommendations on how to strenghten implementation for each of the 10 principles

Recommendations for actions, methods and instruments

Description of concrete and good practices

Recommendations on how to ensure the full independence of national statistical systems

Distinction between different dimensions Collection of statistics law serving as good

practices

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Nature of the implementation guidelines “Work in progress”/”living document”

Multitude of approaches and practices is an added value:

Adjustable and flexible use

Question of applicability

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State of the art of the work

What remains to be done

Revision process is ongoing: National Statistical Offices/Agencies outside the FRoCH group can

comment the guidelines and

send further good practices until 3rd November 2014.

Finalization of the guidelines until the next session of the UN Statistical Commission

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Your input is highly appreciated, if you would like to further fill the implementation guidelines with life, please go to:http://unstats.un.org/unsd/dnss/gp/impguide.aspx

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