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: