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Governance models and their impact on quality
in the statistical system
Delina Ibrahimaj
Director General of Institute of Statistics Albania, Tirana, Albania

Abstract
Pursuant to national legal frame, the public institutions in Albania are divided
in two categories: governmental institutions and independent institutions. The
Institute of Statistics in Albania (INSTAT) has been part of the first category
until May 2018, under Prime Minister. Aiming to increase the perception of the
public and users on the independence of statistics produced, implementing at
the same time the recommendations of Eurostat for increasing the
professional independence level, INSTAT proposed to the government the
new institutional positioning. In 13th May 2018 a new law on official statistics
entered into force, defining INSTAT as a public independent institution
charged to report directly to Albanian Assembly.
The new positioning of the institution in a higher hierarchy level improved the
role of INSTAT as coordinator of National Statistical System (NSS) and the
mandate of INSTAT for accessing administrative data by prevailing over any
provision provided in other laws regulating administrative data. In addition, it
increased the autonomy in managing of human and financial resources.
INSTAT has the full competence to observe the standards, concepts,
definitions, classifications and statistical methodologies used by the other
statistical agencies, in order to ensure the quality in official statistics. The
overall quality of statistical products or services will be evaluated taking into
account the quality aspect such as: timeliness, completeness, comparability
and trust. User Satisfaction Survey will be used to measure the degree to which
INSTAT meets user’s needs. The Staff Satisfaction Survey will be used to
identify gaps and needs to have more engaged staff in order to increase the
institution culture.
This paper will be viewing the following dimensions of the governance:
political system, legislation, impartiality, transparent administrative
procedures, feedback from users, quality, effectiveness and efficiency.
The paper will provide also detailed information on the impact of the new
positioning of INSTAT as an independent institution towards the confidence
of users and general public in official statistics.

Keywords
Independence; Reliability; Trust; National Statistical System

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