Promoting Trust in Official Statistics: FAO's Role and Strategies
FAO plays a crucial role in promoting trust in official statistics by assessing quality through technical controls, producing international standards, conducting user surveys for feedback, and advocating for transparency. Capacity building and highlighting NSS contributions are essential for generating regional and global aggregates.
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The role of FAO in promoting trust in official statistics Michael Rahija, Statistician Office of Chief Statistician Building Trust in Data 29th October 2019 OECD, Paris
How does FAO assess quality, and promote trust? Trust in national official statistics is critical for generating regional and global aggregates. Technical controls Internal and External consistency Corporate level SQAF QA/Validation Developing SQAF for agricultural statistics
How does FAO assess quality, and promote trust? Production of international standards and guidelines Capacity Building Highlighting contributions of NSSs in databases and flagships publications. Advocacy
Lessons from user feedback During 2019, FAO implemented a user survey covering more than 7,000 users from research, academia, and the private sector. 2 main requests Timeliness More, more, more metadata and transparency
Thank you! Michaelaustin.Rahija@fao.org
