2. Statistics Estonia – small testing environment
Established in 1921
Joined European Statistical
System in 2004
Centralised system, only 2
producers: Statistics Estonia and
Eesti Pank (central bank of
Estonia)
Guided by Official Statistics Act
and European Statistics Code of
Practice
Producing 1 bn indicators annually
Information about demographic,
social, economic and
environmental development
Half of indicators are
internationally comparable
Main information producer for all
media channels in Estonia
Over 1 mln followers yearly
3. Main challenges and goals
Strong data governance
Better source data quality
User-friendly dissemination
Personalised view of information
Real-time data mining
Quick and quality decision-making
Reliable information
Quality label for official statistics
High quality of statistics
High-quality indicators with metadata
Real-time information
Faster and simpler information
Globalisation and Big Data
More in-depth information
Low administrative burden
Once-only principle in data collection
4. New era of data collection – Reporting 3.0
99% web-
based, option
for
aggregated
data upload
Traditional
web-based
Registers
Data sharing
with ERPs Currently
more than
150 registers
Voluntary XBRL
Based on Ontology
To:
Statistics Estonia
Estonian Tax Board
Central Bank of Estonia
5. Prerequisites for quick and reliable information
To ensure that data for decision-making is correct and relevant in terms of time
and content:
understand, where and how data appears (metadata)
establish data governance principles, data standards and quality control
administered data access, processing and anonymised sharing
visualisation of indicators and dissemination with meta information
6. Data Governance – new central role for NSOs
Use
cases
Data
quality
Information
System Authority
Data Protection
Inspectorate
National
Archives, etc.
- Models
- Policies
- Standards
- Classifications
- Descriptive
- Structural
- Administrative
- Reference
- Statistical
- Data stewards
- Data life-cycle
- “Once-only”
• Architecture of
state information
systems
• State data and
document
exchange layers
• State cyber
security
• State key
infrastructure
• Personal data
protection
• Access to public
data
• Restricted
information
protection
• Data archive
• Source data of
surveys
- Accuracy
- Correctness
- Completeness
- Relevance
Meta
information
Data
architecture
DATA
GOVERNANCE
7. City of Pärnu flood risk map
Availability of public transport
Real-time
data mining
New area of experimental statistics:
more community-centered to
provide better life for citizens
more real-time to spot critical
areas
more interlinked with public
services
developed in closer cooperation
with universities, research
organisations and communities
8. User-friendly
dissemination
Next era in dissemination:
more different channels
e.g. TV, social media, direct
marketing
more personalised
e.g. Pinterest, Netflix
more simple
e.g. Pinterest, Netflix
more responsive
e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn
9. Reliable information – branding of quality
Critical
indicators
Statistics
Estonia
ONAs
Other
registers
Other
sources
Ministry
and
municipality
dashboards
Government
&SDG
dashboard
/…/ a producer of official statistics shall primarily use data collected in administrative records and databases, data generated in the course of the activities of state and local government authorities and legal persons or collected by them, if such data allow the production of official statistics complying with the quality criteria of official statistics. (OSA § 29(1))
A producer of official statistics has the right to make proposals for amending the composition of data and the classifications used in the administrative records and databases /…/. (OSA § 29(2))
A producer of official statistics has the right to link micro-data collected from respondents and administrative records and databases by using characteristics that allow direct or indirect identification of statistical units. (OSA § 30(3))
At the request of a producer of official statistics, chief processors of databases shall submit the data collected in the administrative records and databases /…/. (OSA § 28(4))
A database is established by an Act or legislation issued on the basis thereof. (Public Information Act §433(1))
Before the establishment of a database or changing the composition of the data collected in a database, introducing a database or terminating a database, the technical documentation of the database shall be approved by the Estonian Information System's Authority, the Data Protection Inspectorate and the Statistics Estonia. (Public Information Act §433(3))
Administration system for the state information system (RIHA) serves as a catalogue for the state’s information system https://www.ria.ee/administration-system-of-the-state-information-system