Peer review report on compliance of the Slovenian statistical system with the European Statistics Code of Practice
The Slovenian Statistical System is compliant with the European Statistics Code of Practice
Peer review 2023: The Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia excels in its commitment to providing quality statistics, user satisfaction, and efficient resource management, making it a reliable source of European statistics.
Compliance of the operation of national statistical systems with the principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP) is monitored in all statistical offices of the European Statistical System (ESS) by peer reviews performed by independent external experts. The third round of ESS peer reviews was carried out from 2021 to mid-2023. Its aim was to improve the quality of and confidence in European statistics based on an assessment of the ESS's compliance with the principles of the revised CoP.
Overall, there is a high level of compliance with the CoP throughout the Slovenian Statistical System. However, the peer review team identified one compliance-relevant and fourteen improvement-related recommendations grouped under four headings:
Presented below are some highlights from the report:
Overall, there is a high level of compliance with the CoP throughout the Slovenian Statistical System. However, the peer review team identified one compliance-relevant and fourteen improvement-related recommendations grouped under four headings:
- Strengthening the institutional environment.
- Enhancing statistical processes and improving accessibility to statistical products.
- Ensuring sufficient resources for the production of official statistics.
- Preparing the national statistical system for the future.
Presented below are some highlights from the report:
- Overall, SURS excels in its commitment to providing quality statistics, user satisfaction, and efficient resource management, making it a reliable source of European statistics.
- SURS has a long-established position as a strong, reliable, and independent producer of official statistics, based on a clear and broad legal mandate to collect and disseminate European statistics. An important strength of SURS is its ability to rely on a mature system of administrative data. It has a long tradition of good relations, a strong legal basis for access to administrative data sources and solid agreements with administrative data holders, enabling SURS not only to reuse administrative data for statistical purposes but also to contribute to establishing them.
- SURS is a relatively small statistical institute, with limited human resources available for the performance of its tasks. This notwithstanding, SURS is committed to maintaining its staff's professional capacity and motivation at a high level through a comprehensive training programme designed and implemented in cooperation with universities.
- The interviews carried out by the peer review team with various stakeholders offered broad confirmation that SURS is perceived as trustworthy and that the statistics it produces are well received by the media and society as a whole.
- SURS values close cooperation with users, stakeholders, and data providers. It has established 22 statistical advisory committees with around 400 members to provide expert advice and prioritise data needs.
- SURS publishes statistics through various channels, including its website and the SiStat Database. SURS maintains a strong social media presence and tailors its communication to different platforms. It offers microdata access to researchers, contributing to their high satisfaction levels.
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