Template for a Generic National Quality Assurance Framework (NQAF)
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The template structure
1. Quality context
- 1a. Circumstances and key issues driving the need for quality management
- 1b. Benefits and challenges
- 1c. Relationship to other statistical agency policies, strategies and frameworks and evolution over time
2. Quality concepts and frameworks
- 2a. Concepts and terminology
- 2b. Mapping – of NQAF’s section 3 - to existing frameworks
3. Quality assurance guidelines
- 3a. Managing the statistical system
- NQAF1. Coordinating the national statistical system
- NQAF2. Managing relationships with data users and data providers
- NQAF3. Managing statistical standards
- 3b. Managing the institutional environment
- NQAF4. Assuring professional independence
- NQAF5. Assuring impartiality and objectivity
- NQAF6. Assuring transparency
- NQAF7. Assuring statistical confidentiality and security
- NQAF8. Assuring the quality commitment
- NQAF9. Assuring adequacy of resources
- 3c. Managing statistical processes
- NQAF10. Assuring methodological soundness
- NQAF11. Assuring cost-effectiveness
- NQAF12. Assuring soundness of implementation
- NQAF13. Managing the respondent burden
- 3d. Managing statistical outputs
- NQAF14. Assuring relevance
- NQAF15. Assuring accuracy and reliability
- NQAF16. Assuring timeliness and punctuality
- NQAF17. Assuring accessibility and clarity
- NQAF18. Assuring coherence and comparability
- NQAF19. Managing metadata
4. Quality assessment and reporting
- 4a. Measuring product and process quality - use of quality indicators, quality targets and process variables and descriptions
- 4b. Communicating about quality - quality reports
- 4c. Obtaining feedback from users
- 4d. Conducting assessments; labelling and certification
- 4e. Assuring continuous quality improvement
5. Quality and other management frameworks
- 5a. Performance management
- 5b. Resource management
- 5c. Ethical standards
- 5d. Continuous improvement
- 5e. Governance
