Within the framework of its Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC organised a Webinar on ‘Implementation of National Quality Assurance Framework (NQAF) for Official Statistics’ on 8 November 2022, in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) with the participation of 158 experts from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 29 OIC member countries.

The Webinar provided a platform to exchange knowledge on how to implement NQAF and assess the data quality using Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) in national statistical systems of OIC member countries including discussions about the challenges faced and lessons learnt by all stakeholders.

The Webinar covered the following topics:

• NQAF Principles and Requirements – A Brief Introduction to Statistical Quality Assurance Using UN NQAF, UNSD
• Implementation of NQAF: Recommendations, Roadmap and Tools, UNSD
• Using the GSBPM for Data Quality Assessment and Improvement, UNECE
• Experiences of OIC Countries in the Implementation of NQAF
  • National Institute of Statistics (INS), Cameroon
  • National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI), Oman
  • Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), Türkiye

All documents and presentations of the Webinar are available at this link.