3nd Working Group Meeting

Document 28

Monday 26 April 1999 : 0930 to 1700

1. Introduction

Document 27: List of participants for 3^rd meeting

Document 28: Agenda for 3^rd meeting

Approval of the agenda

2. Progress on B3

Document 29 : B3 report by CECs (Document to be produced following meeting)

Written contributions required for the meeting to be incorporated in the document. These contributions are to be in the form of an assessment of the data in relation to the economic situation.

Document 30 : Infostat report on B3

Final counts, processing issues and communication by Infostat

3.Publications

Situation report on B2 and C publications

Oral report by Eurostat

Document 31 : B3 publication

Paul Smith paper listing the tables and including a first set of tables

Document 32 : C survey – exploitation of data

Paper by John Perry on the scope of further publications

Tuesday 27 April 1999: 0900 to 1700

4. Evaluation

Mid-project review

Oral report by CECs and experts

 

Review, and actions arising from the Seminar on Uses of Business Registers

Report from meeting (Seminar document 20), including specifically

- Summary of comments (by Eurostat – addendum to seminar document 20)

- Optimal samples (relating to the use of Salomon)

- Co-ordinated sampling (CBS Netherlands paper)

- Units: converting theory into practice

- Future work on seminar document 7

Document 33 : Eurostat questionnaire summary

This paper, by Eurostat, updates participants regarding Eurostat and UNECE questionnaires.

Document 37 : Review of imputation work for B3 survey

Paul Smith, Infostat and CECs will report on issues regarding remote processing. Special attention will be paid to the need to integrate FYR of Macedonia in the survey.

Document 39 : Quality of coding of industrial classification

Paper by John Perry on issues relating to quality from surveys A, B1, B2, B3 and C.

5. B4 survey

Document 34 : Planning for B4 survey

This paper (based on document 17 from 2^nd meeting) covers the sampling issues, incorporating FYR of Macedonia, the questionnaire and the timetable.

Wednesday 28 April 1999 : 0900 to 1200

6. Making population estimates

Document 35 : Longitudinal database logical design issues

Some proposals for changes to the design of the longitudinal database (by Infostat)

Document 36 : Longitudinal estimates

Initial plans for making longitudinal estimates (Hans Velt and Poland)

7. Project 2

Document 38 : Updated proposals for the second DOSME project

This is an updated version of document 18 presented at the 2^nd working group

8. Next (4^th) meeting

Countries were requested prior to the 3rd meeting to consider if they could run the 4th meeting and to advise the project manager.

 

Overview of Documents

Document 1 List of participants (1^st meeting)

Document 2 Agenda (1^st meeting)

Document 3 Project description (this is a copy of Document 78 of the previous CEC panel project)

Document 4 Contents and planning of the project

Document 5 Summary of computer systems in CECs

Document 6 Survey B3: sampling and questionnaire

Document 7 Draft contracts for the B3 survey

Document 8 The seminar on the use of business registers

Document 9 Report of 1^st meeting

Document 10    B3 questionnaire

Document 11    Progress report to 1 August 1998

Document 12    Summary of register situation in CECs

Document 13    Update on technological issues

Document 14    Recommendations for further analysis of the data collected in the C survey

Document 15    Characteristics, maintenance and uses of the business register

Document 16    B3 summary tables

Document 17    B4 survey sample and questionnaire

Document 18    Proposals for project 2

Document 19    Enterprises in the CECs: initial longitudinal analysis 1995-7 - draft results

Document 20    Items and questions on the review of the use of business registers in CECs

Document 21    Current longitudinal database and future outlook

Document 22    Place in the national statistical office of the pilot project

Document 23    Agenda for 2^nd meeting

Document 24    List of participants for 2^nd meeting

Document 25    Imputation examples

Document 26    Report of 2^nd meeting (Tallinn, Estonia)

Document 27    List of participants 3^rd meeting

Document 28    Agenda 3^rd meeting

Document 29 : B3 report by CECs (Document to be produced following meeting)

Document 30 : Infostat report on B3

Document 31 : B3 publication

Document 32 : C survey – exploitation of data

Document 33 : Eurostat questionnaire summary

Document 34 : Planning for B4 survey

Document 35 : Longitudinal database logical design issues

Document 36 : Longitudinal estimates

Document 37 : Imputation issues – B3 and B4 surveys

Document 38 : Updated proposals for the second DOSME project

Document 39 : Quality of coding of industrial classification