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Seminar on the use of administrative sources in statistics

INSEE organised from 4 to 6 October in Paris a seminar on the statistical use of administrative sources, addressed to statistical institutes of beneficiary countries of the TACIS programme (CIS and Mongolia). The seminar was financed mostly from a Eurostat grant and additionally by ADETEF. There were more than 40 participants from 11 CIS countries (*) and Mongolia, from 4 EU countries (Finland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Hungary) and also from Eurostat.
The seminar was conducted in four sessions followed by a final round table, where all issues relating to the use of administrative sources were dealt with and discussed:
- The general context of the use of administrative sources, as regards in particular legal and institutional aspects;
- Links between administrative sources and registers, with a special focus on business registers;
- The use of administrative sources in the two main areas of statistics; economic statistics, then social statistics.
Representatives of INSEE and ministerial statistical departments made several presentations that provided a complete picture of the use of administrative sources in France. Participants from other EU countries made contributions showing the results of their long experience of using administrative sources (Finland, UK) or reflecting more recent developments (Czech Republic, Hungary). Participants from TACIS countries presented the situation in their countries and expressed their great interest in the topics tackled during the seminar.

Discussions showed that all statistical institutes try using administrative sources at best, when at the same time they try to reduce the response burden, especially for enterprises. Administrative sources are even increasingly used. They have many advantages, such as exhaustiveness, low cost...
Several contributions highlighted the need for a strict legal framework. The use of individual data on businesses or people must respect strictly confidentiality and private life. Experiences from "old" Member States show that statistical institutes must set up with other administrations trust relationships, which may require a lot of time. For TACIS countries, the ongoing transition period may further the setting up of new kinds of relationships.
Discussions on registers showed the interest for a unique identification number of businesses, which makes easier the setting-up of inter-administrative registers. Coordination of concepts is also an important issue. There are often quality problems in administrative sources. For using them statisticians must assess their quality and reprocess them.

Besides, there are changes in these sources, connected to changes in administrative management. The statistical system must be flexible enough and adapt itself to such changes. Finally discussions showed that administrative sources and statistical surveys complement each other and these complementarities must be made use of at best.

(*) Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Papers in English and Russian

Session 1: General issues on the use of administrative sources

• Limits and problems with using administrative sources

  Nikolaus Wurm

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 690 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 840 kB)

• The statistical use of administrative sources in France

  Jean-Pierre Le Gléau

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 30 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 130 kB)

• The use of administrative sources for statistical purpose in Moldova

  Oleg Cara

  Anglais (.PDF - 60 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 100 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 145 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 270 kB)

• The use of administrative sources for statistical purpose in Kazakhstan

  Baurzham Tortayev

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 50 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 170 kB)

• Legal and institutional framework in Georgia

  Joseph Archvadze

  Anglais (.PDF - 20 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 40 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 100 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 190 kB)

Session 2: Registers and administrative sources

• The French business register "SIRENE"

  Michel Euriat

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 290 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 575 kB)

• Tasks of the process of administrative registers formation and their adaptation to statistical purpose in Armenia

  Stepan Mnatsakanyan

  Anglais (.PDF - 30 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 80 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 130 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 150 kB)

• Business register in Ukraine

  Victor Holovko

  Anglais (.PDF - 120 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 145 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 250 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 215 kB)

• Business Register and other statistical registers in practice of the Czech Statistical Office during the process of transformation

  Stanislav Drapal

  Anglais (.PDF - 25 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 200 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 125 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 275 kB)

• Business register in Azerbaijan

  Alkhan Mansurov

  Anglais (.PDF - 70 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 10 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 140 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 100 kB)

• Interdepartmental business register in UK

  Steve Vale

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 90 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 210 kB)

• Statistical Business Register and its Actualization System in Kyrgyzstan

  Anatoly Kim

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 170 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 190 kB)

• Statistical Register of the Federal Service of State Statistics: a basis for organisation of statistical surveys in the Russian Federation

  Victoria Borisova

  Anglais (.PDF - 65 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 100 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 120 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 140 kB)

Session 3: Economic statistics

• Administrative sources, business register and economic statistics in Finland

  Timo Laukkanen

  Anglais (.PDF - 40 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 30 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 180 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 110 kB)

• The unified system of business statistics in France

  Raoul Depoutot

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 40 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 150 kB)

• Example of matching of an administrative source, the annual declaration of social data, with the annual structural business survey

  François Gonthier

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 110 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 180 kB)

• Use of administrative sources for economic statistics in Uzbekistan

  Tamara Rogoznikova

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 150 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 300 kB)

• Use of administrative sources in enterprise statistics in Ukraine

  Victor Holovko

  Anglais (.PDF - 75 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 70 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 200 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 80 kB)

• The use of the VAT source for short-term indicators in France

  François Lebeaupin

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 35 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 160 kB)

Session 4: Social statistics

• Use of administrative data in population and housing census in Finland

  Kaija Ruotsalainen

  Anglais (.PDF - 60 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 190 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 300 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 260 kB)

• Employment and labour incomes in France: administrative sources

  Marie-Christine Parent

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 50 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 135 kB)

• Use of administrative sources in Hungary

  Eva Gardos

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 40 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 85 kB)

• Neighbourhood statistics in UK

  Ben Humberstone

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 190 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 250 kB)

• Labour market statistics in France

  Joëlle Chazal & Stéphane Jugnot

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 100 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 315 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 105 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 260 kB)

• Use of administrative sources in social statistics in Ukraine

  Irina Kalachova

  Anglais (.PDF - 90 kB)

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 105 kB)

  Russe (.PDF - 180 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 110 kB)

Session 5: Round table

• Statistical use of administrative data sources

  Michel Boëda

  Presentation in English (.PDF - 520 kB)

  Presentation in Russian (.PDF - 610 kB)

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