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UNECE Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection 2022

Towards to a New Normal?

26 - 28 October 2022
Rome Italy

The objective of this expert meeting is to identify innovative ways and best practices in statistical data collection, and to provide a platform for practitioners to exchange experiences and foster collaboration in this area. In addition to the more traditional presentations, the agenda will include target-driven small group discussions on lessons learned and to identify topics for future work. Delegates will be asked to contribute to the development of internationally-coordinated work in the field of statistical data collection.

In view of the rapidly changing socioeconomic environment, there is an imminent need to develop new techniques and solutions to enhance statistical data collection. On one hand, reliable and timely data are essential to support decision making in the new normal. On the other hand, it is important to improve respondents experience under different data collection modes. The expert meeting is an opportunity to jointly address these challenges, to share experiences, and to discuss how we can leverage cutting edge ideas, approaches, and tools to enhance our data collection practices.

The programme of the meeting will consist of the following substantive topics:

  • Automated Data Collection: New techniques and IT solutions to improve support and interaction with survey respondents
  • Responsive Design: Leveraging data collected in the early stages of a survey to inform data collection design in the later stages
  • Respondent Care: Improving the experience of respondents from initial contact through to completion of the survey
  • Managing Multimode Data Collection and Integrating Sources
  • Rapid Data Collection Strategies and Real Time Indicators: Filling the information gaps of the rapidly changing environment

Documents

Welcome and Opening remarks UNECE and Chair of the 2022 Workshop.  Wai Kit (Jackie) Si Tou and Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE Secretariat), Pasquale Papa (Istat), and Ian O'Sullivan (ONS and Chair of the meeting)

26139 _ Information Notice No.1 _ 366410 _ English _ 773 _ 351022 _ pdf

Welcome and Opening remarks UNECE and Chair of the 2022 Workshop.  Wai Kit (Jackie) Si Tou and Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE Secretariat), Pasquale Papa (Istat), and Ian O'Sullivan (ONS and Chair of the meeting)

26139 _ Information Notice No.2 _ 371374 _ English _ 773 _ 364780 _ pdf

Welcome and Opening remarks UNECE and Chair of the 2022 Workshop.  Wai Kit (Jackie) Si Tou and Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE Secretariat), Pasquale Papa (Istat), and Ian O'Sullivan (ONS and Chair of the meeting)

26139 _ Provisional Programme _ 371398 _ English _ 773 _ 366552 _ pdf

Welcome and Opening remarks UNECE and Chair of the 2022 Workshop.  Wai Kit (Jackie) Si Tou and Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE Secretariat), Pasquale Papa (Istat), and Ian O'Sullivan (ONS and Chair of the meeting)

26139 _ Keynote address by Prof. Monica Pratesi _ 372327 _ English _ 773 _ 366463 _ pdf

Welcome and Opening remarks UNECE and Chair of the 2022 Workshop.  Wai Kit (Jackie) Si Tou and Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE Secretariat), Pasquale Papa (Istat), and Ian O'Sullivan (ONS and Chair of the meeting)

26139 _ Group photo _ 372332 _ English _ 773 _ 366474 _ jpg Group Photo 2.jpg (image/jpeg, 1.69 MB) jpg

Welcome and Opening remarks UNECE and Chair of the 2022 Workshop.  Wai Kit (Jackie) Si Tou and Taeke Gjaltema (UNECE Secretariat), Pasquale Papa (Istat), and Ian O'Sullivan (ONS and Chair of the meeting)

26139 _ Meeting report _ 372870 _ English _ 773 _ 367591 _ pdf

Session 1: Managing Multimode and Rapid Data Collection

Session Organizers: Ian O'Sullivan (ONS, United Kingdom) (morning session) and Paulo Saraiva dos Santos (Statistics Portugal) (afternoon session)

  Organizational responses to multiple data collection - Administrative Data unit. Paulo Saraiva dos Santos (Statistics Portugal) Abstract Presentation
  Data collection Dashboard: a step towards more consistent data. João Poças (Statistics Portugal) Paper Presentation
 

Adapting collection strategies for optimal results. Rock Lemay (Statistics Canada)

Use of responsive design to improve response. Rock Lemay (Statistics Canada)

Abstract Presentation
  Estonian 2021 population census combining a register-based census with a sample survey. Epp Karus (Statistics Estonia) Abstract Presentation
  Experience on multimode data collection in the NSI Spain: challenges and opportunities. Francisco Hernández (INE, Spain) Abstract Presentation
  Multimode data collection in household surveys at Statistics Portugal. Pedro Silva (Statistics Portugal) Abstract Presentation
  Using paradata to manage and monitor multi-mode surveys. Gina Cheung (University of Michigan, USA) Paper Presentation
  The relevance of the combination of collection methods in economic surveys during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. Ariel Juarez Morales (INEGI, Mexico) Paper Presentation
  Strategies and methodology to fill information gaps on daily life of children and teens during health crisis. Monica Perez (Istat, Italy) Abstract Presentation
  Frequent and timely monitoring of poverty, inequality, and poverty profiles using SWIFT during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nobuo Yoshida (World Bank) Paper Presentation
  Rapid Feedback Monitoring System (RFMS) – real-time, cost-effective, shock-resilient monitoring of living conditions and food security. Kazusa Yoshimura (World Bank) Paper Presentation

Session 2: Respondents Care - communication, improving response, reduce response burden, webportals and automated data collection

Session Organizers: Lise Rivais (Statistics Canada) and Ahmet Sari (Turkish Statistical Institute) (morning session) and Susan Oudshoorn and Leonne Hollanders (Statistics Netherlands) (afternoon session)

  Data Collection in Social Surveys: Responsive, Smart and Mixed. Karen Blanke (Destatis, Germany) Abstract Presentation
  Communication process with respondents throughout institutions surveys. Federica Pellizzaro (Istat, Italy) Paper Presentation
 

A more digitalized contact strategy: Experiences from sending digital invitations in population surveys. Johan Eklund and Lisa Flood (Statistics Sweden)

Paper Presentation
  Respondent Centred Surveys: putting respondents at the heart of survey design. Laura Wilson and Emma Dickinson (Office for National Statistics, UK) Paper Presentation
  The respondent as the focus of the questionnaire design. Barbara Lorè (Istat, Italy) Paper Presentation
  Reduction of Response Burden for Individual Businesses. Leanne Houben and Lianne Ippel (Statistics Netherlands) Paper Presentation
  Today’s and future Web portals for data collection from businesses. Bente Hole (Statistics Norway) Paper Presentation
  Building a portal together with the business, for the business. Noël Mingels (Statistics Netherlands) Paper Presentation
  A new vision on primary data collection from businesses: “naturally relevant”. Robert Nieuwenhuijs (Statistics Netherlands) Paper Presentation
 

Penalties management strategy and quality of economic official surveys. Pasquale Papa (Istat, Italy)

Customized return of statistical information to enterprises involved in in economic surveys. Paola Bosso (Istat, Italy)

Abstract Presentation
  Bringing the respondent closer to official statistics. Isabel Almeida (Statistics Portugal) Paper Presentation
  System-to-System Data Collection in business surveys applied to an agricultural survey: a Proof of Concept. Ger Snijkers (Statistics Netherlands) Paper Presentation
  Towards smart surveys: how to implement smart data collection in official statistics? Jelmer de Groot (Statistics Netherlands) Abstract Presentation
  Smart surveys: How active should respondents be in passive sensor data collection? Anne Elevelt (Statistics Netherlands) Abstract Presentation
  A machine learning based help desk approach for units involved in official surveys. Gianpiero Bianchi (Istat, Italy) Paper Presentation
  Automated assistance to respondents: the case of the Agricultural Census Measurement Error Survey. Claudia Fabi (Istat, Italy) Paper Presentation

Session 3: Responsive Design

Session Organizer: Pasquale Papa (Istat)

  Towards the adoption of adaptive contact strategies of units involved in business surveys. Giampaola Bellini (Istat, Italy) Paper Presentation
  Understanding data collection quality, inclusivity and representativeness at source. Karina Williams (Office for National Statistics, UK) Paper Presentation
 

Filling the information gaps about digital nomads. Simona Cafieri (Istat, Italy)

Abstract Presentation
 

Achieving efficiency and representativeness through responsive design. Sabina Kastberg (Office for National Statistics, UK)

Paper Presentation

Papers and presentations by other contributors

  The use of administrative data in Istat. Grazia Di Bella (Istat, Italy)   Paper
  Communication with responents: How to manage and minimize statisitcal burden. Veronica De Angelis et al. (Istat, Italy)   Presentation
  The multi-technique approach in data collection processes: The experience of the 7th Census of Agriculture 2021. Loredana De Gaetano et al. (Istat, Italy)   Presentation