Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ to Turkey
Date: 07-08 December 2017
Venue: Ankara - Türkiye

In accordance with its 2017 Annual Work Plan and within the framework of Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised the Study Visit on ‘Metadata’ to Turkey for the benefit of the State Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan on 7-8 December 2017. The study visit was be hosted by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) of Republic of Turkey.

The study visit was facilitated by relevant department of TurkStat with the participation of two officials from the SSC of Azerbaijan.

The Study Visit included discussion activities with a focus on the following topics:

  • Turkstat's Current Situation on Metadata
  • Azerbaijan's Current Situation on Metadata
  • Fundamentals of statistical business processes and implementation of GSBPM in TurkStat
  • Turkstat Process Management System
  • Metadata Basics and International Metadata Standards
  • ESS Metadata (Quality Report) Structures (SIMS, ESMS, ESQRS)
  • Metadata System Components
  • Turkstat Metadata Studies: DDI and Harzemli Editor
  • Workload analysis
  • Cost Accounting in Turkish Statistical System
  • International classifications used by TurkStat and their linkage
  • Classification Server of TurkStat and Other Registries

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