5-May-10 Wolfgang Hauschild, Eurostat Unit D5: Key indicators for European policies Quality profiles for long-term development indicators European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics Contributed session no. 8: Assessment and certification Quality assessment 4-6 May 2010 Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, Finland 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Structural indicators Sustainable development indicators Globalisation indicators Sets for long-term development: 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Relevance Data availability Accuracy Comparability across countries and time Development perspective Quality features 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Grade A Reliable source, high method. Standards Grade B as A, comparability (country/time) problems Grade C Care in interpreting Indicator to be developed Description of Eurostats quality grades: 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Template: Part 1 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Template Part 2: 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Drafting of quality profiles Contractor Domain Managers Consultation procedure Network group on SI SDI Working Group WG Assessment of quality in statistics High visibility through publication on the Structural and sustainable development Indicators website Procedure of quality profiling 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Quality profiles for indicators which are currently in the SI set. These cover: Themesdone done in done to be done before2008 in 2009 in 2010 Gen. economic develop.: Innovation and research: Economic reform: Employment: Social cohesion: Environment: TOTAL: Currently, 70 structural indicators have quality profiles on the Eurostat SI website. The remaining 9 quality profiles will be published in May/June 2010. 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Quality profiles for indicators which are currently in the SDI set. These cover: Sustainable indicators feature only partly quality profiles 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Drafting new quality profiles Sustainable development indicators Globalisation indicators Europe 2020 Updating existing quality profiles Next steps: 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Eurostat SI data base Structural indicators Web Pages (at 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Eurostat SI data base 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Online tables 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Latest Publication Sustainable development in the European Union 2009 monitoring report of the EU sustainable development strategy Downloadlink: 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators SI/SDI details: Web address: Structural indicators:Sustainable development indicators: address: 5 May-10Quality profiles for long-term development indicators Thank you very much for your attention