Open AccessWhat is Bringing the Revised European Statistics Code of Practice to Statistical Experience?
Author(s) -
А. А. Султанова
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
voprosy statistiki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-5499
pISSN - 2313-6383
DOI - 10.34023/2313-6383-2019-26-3-45-50
Subject(s) - code of practice , declaration , code (set theory) , quality (philosophy) , official statistics , good practice , computer science , political science , statistics , law , engineering ethics , engineering , mathematics , philosophy , set (abstract data type) , epistemology , programming language
This article considers the main changes in the European Statistics Code of Practice (Code of Practice) made in 2017; it addresses noticeable processes of transformation of legal frameworks and practices in some countries of the former USSR. There is also a brief analysis of the new opportunities that bring the introduction of this standard. The paper presents most relevant revisions and additions to the Code of Practice, made in 2017 by the European Statistical System Committee, the main differences of the new version of the Quality Declaration of the European Statistical System. The paper addresses the feasibility of practical implementation of some standards of the revised document as well as information about the processes of transformation of the legal basis and practices in some countries of the former USSR. The author concludes that the Code of Practice may serve as a basis for national statistical services to establish quality policy while aligning this international standard with national conditions can be beneficial for the development of legal framework for the official statistics.