The Experience of the French National Statistical System

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The Experience of the French National Statistical System

Journal Title: Статистика України - Year 2015, Vol 70, Issue 3

Abstract

The organization of the French statistical system is analyzed. It is highlighted that the high performance of the French statistical system results mainly from the awareness by French public and government of its significance in the governance of social, economic and political processes. In view of this awareness, the budget of INSEE (the French analogue of the State Statistics Service of Ukraine) has been stably high and the institutional structure remained stable, in spite of the traditional critiques on the address of statistics office and the latest economic crisis, calling for significant saving of budgetary funds. A notable tendency in the European statistics of the last decade has been focus on development of regional statistics which enables for identifying, in a timely manner, the problems of specific regions (such as unemployment, low concentration of business enterprises in a region, problems of depressive territories, negative demographic trends and many others), invisible the aggregated level of statistical information, and helps local authorities in finding their solutions. Statistical science and education have had the significant role in the French statistics system, and the financing of both lays firm ground for the advancement of the official statistics and the statistics system as a whole. Considering the need to continue with building up the national statistics system of Ukraine, a broader assessment of its current performance is given, with outlining the internal and external factors behind its successful reforming in the past years. Large contribution made by heavy and enthusiastic effort of practical statisticians: their scientific studies, first and foremost in sectoral statistics, as well as in the general theory and methodology of statistics. The great role has been played by the higher statistical education system in Ukraine, training of highly skilled research personnel, up-grading of the qualification of personnel engaged in the official statistical, and other categories of higher education in statistics. The Ukrainian statistics could rather easily adopt the international standards due to international cooperation and international technical assistance, playing the key role from point of dissemination of competencies and best practices, and the financial support. The above factors could have great effects in spite of strict budgetary constraints in the Ukrainian statistics system. This allows for classifying the Ukrainian statistics system as one of the best statistics systems in the post-soviet, countries, considering the capacities for problem solution. Yet, as the official statistics system reflects the society’s profile, when the statistics system is underdeveloped, it is a consequence of poorly developed public democratic institutions. The state, therefore, has to play the outstanding role in building up the national statistics system.

Authors and Affiliations

О. О. Vasyechko

Keywords

Інструментарій та індикатори оцінювання якості даних державного статистичного спостереження зовнішньої торгівлі послугами

У статті розглянуто питання оцінювання якості статистичної інформації. Розроблено інструментарій та індикатори оцінювання якості даних державного статистичного спостереження зовнішньої торгівлі послугами.

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