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Methodology and Innovation Department

Tasks of the Methodology and Innovation Department

 

1. researching mathematical-statistical solutions to support the development of general and specialised statistics, preparing their introduction into HCSO practices, supporting their practical implementation,
2. providing methodological services for the planning, implementation and monitoring of statistical data production processes, with particular emphasis on data collection, data preparation, sampling, estimation, processing, seasonal adjustment and protection against disclosure,
3. developing and operating the methodological framework of the HCSO, developing uniform methodological standards for the HCSO, managing the implementation and adaptation of international methodological standards in Hungary, and supporting their use,
3a. following up recent trends in international research, experimental statistics as well as methodological developments, preparing proposals for new fields for development, and managing development work,
4. supporting and developing statistical products and processes, as well as the operation of the Office’s quality management framework using mathematical-statistical tools, and co-operating in implementation,
5. the methodological supervision and development of subsystems for general metadata (data sources, concepts, nomenclatures, indicators),
6. the methodological co-ordination of the statistical registers of HCSO,
7. performing the tasks of the professionals responsible for TEÁOR, TESZOR, ÖVTJ and GFO classifications (as known by their abbreviations in Hungarian), and co-ordinating statistical classifications,
8. participating in the work of the Data Protection Committee,
9. performing methodological tasks related to data governance, monitoring records of public data, and exploring new potential data sources in co-operation with the departments concerned,
10.  completing methodological technical tasks related to artificial intelligence, data science and other innovative procedures.