Resumen de How much has national information changed in the Euro Groups Register?: Some quality indicators in the scope of the ESBRs project
Luis Esteban Barbado Miguel
The European System of Interoperable Business Registers (ESS.VIP.ESBRs) is a core Project of the VISION 2020. It aims to create a coordinated infrastructure of frames, serving as backbone for the production of high-quality business statistics in Europe. The Euro Groups Register (EGR) is the heart of the ESBRs system. The EGR contains structural information on multinational groups in the UE. It is managed by a cooperation model based on multiple integrations of microdata provided by Eurostat and the NSIs of European Member States and EFTA countries.
The inherent complexity of the EGR business process and the need to reach a good level of stabilization, make the design of active quality policies needed. In fact, a specific Data Quality Program (DQP) is already in implementation phase. This context will reinforce the role of the EGR as the authoritative frame for globalization statistics in the ESS.
This report takes the main elements established in the above mentioned DQP, but using an alternative approach. It provides some quantitative indicators reflecting the changes produced between the Spanish data provided in the EGR production cycle and the information finally registered in the global EGR frame. In addition, the relative importance of the changes produced and their accuracy are also explored, through specific desktop research. The final aim is to provide a wider statistical basis, helping to a better delineation of the priority quality actions for the EGR.
