Tools

FSO quality, process and risk management policy
This document sets out the FSO's commitment and principles in the area of quality management, also outlining the processes and risks and explaining how these three aspects are connected to one another.

Guidelines for the production of official statistics in Switzerland
This document, structured according to the Generic Statistical Business Process Model, gives recommendations (mainly taken from Eurostat’s Quality Assurance Framework) for the different steps in producing statistics.

Recommendations for the evaluation of official statistics in Switzerland
This document suggests a method for the evaluation of official statistics in Switzerland to identify strengths (good practices) and areas for improvement. The document contains a description of the roles and steps in conducting such an evaluation.

Self-assessment tool
The purpose of this tool is to support the producers of official statistics in identifying the strengths and possible areas in need of improvement of individual statistics. This tool is used in particular in the evaluation process set out in the document “Recommendations for the evaluation of official statistics in Switzerland”. It allows statistics to be compared with the recommendations made in the document “Guidelines for the production of official statistics in Switzerland”.

Further information

Documents

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CH-2010 Neuchâtel
Switzerland

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