Snapshot - A user-friendly tool to assess the strengths and weaknesses of National Statistical Systems - Products Catalogues

In order to assess the maturity of the National Statistical Systems and the quality of the data produced, Eurostat and EuropeAid have developed a user-friendly tool that provides a ‘Snapshot' of National Statistical Systems and of the quality of key indicators they produce. The ‘Snapshot' tool translates the complex quality framework of statistics into a clear and easy-to-understand assessment of the status and the development of key aspects of statistical systems. It can be used to analyse the whole National Statistical System or key sectors. The ‘Snapshot' tool translates the quality framework into a series of clear questions with pre-defined answers. Thus, the results are easy to understand and use also for non-statisticians. The tool has been developed in Microsoft Excel, and can be used on any computer with Excel installed.