New methods of dissemination and building partnership for promoting

openness of official statistics

Alexander Surinov, Head of Rosstat IAOS 2014 Conference on Official Statistics

October 2014

The main issues covered in the report

1. Conceptual Framework of Openness2. Principle of information openness• Web-portal • Unified Statistical Information System (UniSIS)• Open Data

3. Principle of clearness• Strategic documents• Official statistical methodology

4. Principle of public control• Key reference groups of users of official statistics • Public Council to Rosstat • Cooperation with expert community

5. Principle of accountability

Conceptual Framework of Openness

information openness

clearness-visualization

public control

accountability

approved by the Government in 2014

compulsory for all public authorities

fixing 4 key principles of openness

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Principle of information openness

The Law on Statistics: All official statistical information is freely-available for all categories of users

Various mechanisms for data dissemination

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Principle of information openness: dissemination

Mechanisms for data dissemination

Rosstat web-portal

Unified Statistical Information

System (UniSIS)

printed editions and electronic versions of statistical books and

bulletins

mass media

provision of data on requests

remote access to microdata for scientific

society

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Principle of information openness: Web-portal

New developments• Unified for the whole

Rosstat system • User - friendly• Visualization and

infographics

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Principle of information openness: Unified Statistical Information System (UniSIS)

UniSIS is data warehouse of all official statistical information produced by more than 60 public authorities

UniSIS Volume – 4688 indicators ; including 2253 indicators prepared by Rosstat

Each indicator contains name, description (metadata) and numerical data (values)

UniSIS is available for all users - individuals and organizations; search is provided by topics & authorities. It is supplied with table builder

ROSSTAT is responsible for maintenance of register of indicators, compliance with metadata requirements and monitoring to use classifications and catalogues 7

Principle of information openness: Open Data

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• Census results, Business-register and key classifications are published in Open Data Format

• Now available - 262 sets of open data

• Road Map of Rosstat for 2014-2015

Diploma of the Government for Success in Data Openness

Principle of information openness: dissemination

Mechanisms for data dissemination

Rosstat web-portal

Unified Statistical Information

System (UniSIS)

printed editions and electronic versions of statistical books and

bulletins

mass media

provision of data on requests

remote access to microdata for scientific

society

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Principle of clearnessThe state statistical policy, aims and goals of Rosstat, official methodology

should be accessible and clear not only for experts in statistics, but also for wide audience, nonprofessional users of the statistical information.

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Principle of clearness: strategic documents

All strategic documents are published on Rosstat web-portal and available in clear format Federal Plan of Statistical Works Mid-term Strategic Plan of Rosstat Activity

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Principle of clearness: Official statistical methodology

All methodological documents are published on Rosstat web-portal and also available in a user friendly manner.Publications:

+ Methodological Principles in Statistics+ Encyclopedia of Statistical Terms

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Principle of public control

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citizens

nongovernment associations

business community

government decision- making

Permanent government-society

dialogue

information sharing

- Press-conferences and interviews- Blog of DG in LiveJournal- Blogs of Rosstat in Twitter and other social networks- Forum on Internet portal- Newslines- Page of Journalist Cloud on Facebook- Unified Internet Portal of Rosstat

Professional users

- Scientific organizations- Educational institutions- Expert society

International organizations

- Business society- Non-governmental organizations

- President- Federal and regional executive bodies

- Scientific and Methodological Council- Scientific conferences and workshops- Unified Internet Portal of Rosstat- “Statistical Issues” magazine- Statistical Section in RAS- Forum on Internet portal

 

 

- Public Council- Unified Internet Portal of Rosstat- Scientific conferences and workshops- Newslines- Forum on Internet portal

- Unified Internet Portal of Rosstat- Scientific conferences and workshops

- International information exchange- IO’s questionnaires- International scientific conferences and workshops- Forum on Internet portal

Nonprofessional users , citizens

 - Realization of state function “Answering to users”- Unified Internet Portal of Rosstat- Press-conferences and interviews for wide audience- Newslines- Blog of DG in LiveJournal- Forum on Internet portal

Federal and regional mass-media, bloggers

Key reference groups of users of official statistics

Communication channels

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Principle of public control: Public Council to Rosstat

Status – ongoing, advisory and consultative body Mission – civil control of activities in official statistics Goals coordination of interests of citizens, non-governmental organizations and Rosstat consideration of civil initiatives discussion of plans and challenges of official statistics and making

recommendations consideration of legal initiatives of Rosstat Members representatives of non-governmental organizations business science educational organizations mass media 15

Principle of public control: Cooperation with expert community

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Platforms, partners and instruments

Scientific and Methodological

Council

The scientific magazine “Voprosy Statistiki” (Issues of

Statistics)

Periodical sociological surveys of statistical

information consumers

Statistics Section of the Moscow Club of

Scientists in the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Association of Statisticians

The ISI Outreach Committee for Central Eurasia

Principle of accountability

Publication of annual reports on results of Rosstat activities

Cooperation with mass-media and blogosphere press conferences Presentations of main strategic documents Journalists Club

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Thank you for your attention

Alexander Surinov, Head of Federal State

Statistics Servicewww.gks.ru