On 17 May 2018, the
Government of the Republic of Malta approved the Commitment on Confidence in
Statistics. With this document, the Government commits itself to fully support
the development of the Maltese Statistical System, notably the production and dissemination
of statistics according to the 15 principles of the European Statistics Code of
Practice.
The Commitment on Confidence
(CoC) can be taken as a declaration that the Government will do all in its
power to ensure the fundamental principles underlying public statistics. The
CoC means that Government will, in particular:
- continue to ensure the
professional independence of the National Statistics Office;
- support the National Statistics Office to
maintain and improve conditions for the implementation of the European
Statistics Code of Practice;
- provide appropriate and sufficient resources
towards the production of relevant and high-quality statistics;
- empower the National Statistics Office to have
access to data from administrative and other sources, with a view to
rationalise response burden; and
- ensure that the rights of respondents as
regards the protection of the information they provide are fully
respected.
You
can read and download the Commitment on Confidence in Statistics and the
Citizen’s Summary here: