The session will have four speakers and one discussant from regions/countries with relevant experience in peer reviewing statistical systems: Eurostat: the peer review methodology and how it was developed in partnership with ESS members to serve different purposes, some implementation arrangements and results at ESS level NSI of Denmark: peer reviews and their effect on innovation and modernisation NSI of Italy: a peer review in a complex statistical system NSI of the Netherlands: the peer review process and its results for the development of the statistical system in a country Discussant from Ireland: challenges of peer reviewing – an expert perspective The session intends to discuss how the design of the peer review process affects its implementation and results, what are the conditions and aspects of the peer review process leading to results promoting development and innovation in the national statistical system, what are the implementation arrangements to achieve this. The session will present design aspects of the peer reviews, general conceptual issues and tools/means that could be applied also in other regions for similar process and results already available at the time of the conference, that are drawn on the level of the entire European statistical system. The presentations from the three EU Member States will focus on particularities of the process in their statistical systems, how the peer review process was organised and what could be learnt from it and present some of the results from their peer review and how these results supported the further development of the national statistical system and modernisation/innovation. Lastly, the session will include the perspective of a peer review expert, in the form of a discussant, focusing on what the challenges in reviewing a statistical system are, what kind of expertise is needed and some lessons that could be drawn for the peer review process itself. In summary, the session will reflect on optimal ways to design peer reviews of national statistical systems so that they serve their purpose and lead to results useful for the reviewed statistical system. The perspectives of different stakeholders in this process will provide a comprehensive and inspiring overview that could encourage other regions and countries to follow a similar approach.

Organiser: Mrs Claudia Junker 

Chair: Jean-Pierre Poncelet 

Speaker: Jean-Pierre Poncelet 

Speaker: Carsten Zangenberg 

Speaker: Ms Marina Gandolfo

Speaker: Mrs Catharina Fransen  

Discussant:  Jennifer Barnim