ESGAB Opinion on appointments procedures in the German Bundesländer - European Statistical System (ESS)
The European Statistical Governance Advisory Board (ESGAB) has issued today an Opinion on the compliance of senior appointments procedures in the German Bundesländer with the European Statistics Code of Practice.
ESGAB acknowledges the efforts made in Germany to promote the Code, bearing in mind the legal provisions of a federal system that may set limits to the federal government to enforce the good practices set out in the Code at level of Bundesländer.
The statistical offices in the Länder are substantial producers of European statistics which need to be produced in compliance with the Code of Practice. Nevertheless, ESGAB has been observing that the recruitment procedures for Heads of the Office in some Länder do not appear to be in line with the Code's first principle on professional independence.
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