Department of the Sustainable Development Statistics

ODA: The DAC defines ODA as “those flows to countries and territories on the DAC List of ODA Recipients and to multilateral institutions which are

i.provided by official agencies, including state and local governments, or by their executive agencies; and

ii.each transaction is administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective; and

is concessional in character and conveys a grant element of at least 25 per cent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 per cent).

(See http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/officialdevelopmentassistancedefinitionandcoverage.htm)

Medical research and basic health sectors are as defined by the DAC. Medical research refers to CRS sector code 12182 and basic health covers all codes in the 122 series (see here: http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/purposecodessectorclassification.htm) 

In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Official Statistics" (Article 15), provision of primary data is prohibited. http://www.stat.gov.az/menu/3/Legislation/law_az.pdf  Access to microdata by the Chairman of the State Statistical Committee It is regulated according to the "Rules for providing users with micro-data for research purposes" approved on 13.06.2011. http://www.stat.gov.az/menu/6/personal_info/micro_inf.pdf "How to work with personal data, how to protect their privacy" approved by the order of the State Statistical Committee No. 7/02s dated February 19, 2014 needed?" There is a manual called. http://www.stat.gov.az/menu/6/personal_info/personal_information.pdf Protection of the confidentiality of primary (personal) data is reflected in the policy document of the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the field of protection of confidential statistical data. http://www.stat.gov.az/menu/2/quality/az/mexfilik.pdf

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The State Statistical Committee implements the quality management system in accordance with the international standard ISO 9001. In 2013 the external audit of the quality management system was conducted in the State Statistical Committee, and in August of the same year for the first time ISO 9001:2008 international certificate of conformity was obtained in the direction of "Production and dissemination of official statistical data". After a major change of the international standard in 2015, all documents of the quality management system were redesigned in accordance with the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001:2015. According to the results of certification audit conducted on March 09-10, 2017, the apparatus of The State Statistical Committee and 13 local statistical offices where QMS is applied, and then the apparatus of the State Statistics Committee according to the results of recertification audit conducted on March 02-06, 2020 and another 17 local statistical offices where QMS is applied, then according to the results of recertification audit conducted on February 13-17, 2023, the apparatus of the State Statistics Committee and 45 local statistical offices where QMS "Production and dissemination of official statistical data" is applied, have received the international certificate of conformity 9001:2015 in the direction of "Production and dissemination of official statistics". http://stat.gov.az/menu/2/quality/en/sertifikat_ISO_9001_2015.pdf

On the basis of the “Audit Program” approved annually, internal audits are carried out in the departments of the Office and in the local statistical bodies where the GIS is applied. Audit teams are formed to conduct audits and an individual audit plan is approved for each structural unit. The audit team conducts inspections in accordance with the audit plan. Internal monitoring of quality aspects in the State Statistics Committee is carried out in a centralized manner by the authorized structural unit (Quality Management and Metadata Department) and an annual “Analysis by Management” document is prepared and submitted to the management based on the results of audits. The members of the audit team (auditors) are instructed before each audit by the auditor general, as well as through seminars organized at least once a year. The activity of the State Statistics Committee is “Quality management systems. Requirements ”ISO 9001: 2015 is one of the strongest strengths. Increased workload due to incomplete transition to electronic documentation and parallel paperwork, late adaptation of staff (employees) to the requirements of the new standards are the weakest weaknesses.

Users go to the official website www.stat.gov.az and answer questions about the use of the main areas of statistics in the section "Request for statistical information to users". The results of this online survey are available at https://www.stat.gov.az/source/others/sorqu-yekun-2023-ARAYI%C5%9E.pdf

Non-sampling error is carried out in accordance with the "Rules for classification and elimination of errors in the reporting data" approved by the decision of the State Statistics Committee No. 9/3 dated October 30, 2019. https://www.stat.gov.az/menu/2/quality/az/00_5.pdf