Business Register in the Czech Statistical Office =DISSEMINATION AND USE=

1. Business Registerin the Czech Statistical Office=DISSEMINATION AND USE= Prepared by: Stanislav Palas CZSO, Prague, Czech Republic e-mail: palas@gw.czso.cz

2. Content of the presentation • Legal framework • The main ways of the BR use and data dissemination • BR for statistical surveys • sample frames and samples for statistical surveys • imputations and estimations • information about business population • Information about individual units in the BR • Short demonstration of intranet and internet availability of data from the BR

3. Legal framework of the BR • National lagislation (1) • The State Statistical Service Act - issued in 1995, amended in 2001, in 2004 and in 2006 • BR for statistical purposes • conditions for BR administration including availability of administrative sources • unified identification of businesses • BR content • full historical register • multi-source register • statistical units - legal unit, enterprise, LU, KAU • recorded characteristics (attributes) • availability for public

4. Legal framework of the BR • BR data availability • Data concerning basic characteristics and size categories are public and may be provided to anyone upon request. Institutions mentioned under § 18, paragraph 1, letter a) are provided with these data free of charge, while other clients for the price fixed by price regulations. • §18 - Parliament, the President of the Republic, the Cabinet, the Supreme Control Office, the Ministries and other administrative authorities, the courts of law, the Czech National Bank, the Security Information Service, the State Agricultural Intervention Fund and the territorial governments

5. Legal framework of the BR • Data on ID of natural persons (birth number) and data concerning statistical variables (size measured by number of employed persons, turnover, etc.) are not public. The Czech Statistical Office provides them to a Ministry performing the State Statistical Service and to another government institution or territorial government, if this authority is entitled to acquire the requested data by a special Act and if it is not data acquired for statistical purposes. • Data on local units are public

6. Main purposes of registers in statistics • Co-ordination of statistical surveys - sample frames and samples for statistical surveys • imputations and estimates • information about population • availability of public part of registers to public • on CD-ROM • on web pages of CzSO

7. administration of infor- mation Survey + data pro-cessing sample frame + sample demand for survey BR BR admini- stration data sources BR for statistical surveys place and role in statistics

8. BR for statistical surveys • Preparation of the survey • Definition of reporting duty • To create Logical expression for selection of units from the BR – all BR variables are available • To define sample scheme • To define time of selection from the BR • To define periodicity and the way of treatment of changes during a year • To verify correctness

9. BR for statistical surveys • Preparation of the survey • Creation of sample frames and samples • To update reporting duty definition • To process sample from the BR • To export data • Flat file – unified structure for all surveys • Identification part • Variable part • Feedback part

10. BR for statistical surveys • Preparation of the survey • Sending file to the various places • To split files according project demands • To send sub-files to regional offices • To create database for data entry process

11. BR for statistical surveys • Feedback from the survey to the BR • Sending file from various places • Flat file – feedback part • Identification of business • surveyed values of variables • Address • Economic activity • Main activity according NACE • Number of employees

12. BR for statistical surveys • Feedback from the survey to the BR • Data processing – updating of the BR • Special part of the BR updating • Data checking • Recording to the BR – special data source

13. BR for statistical surveys imputations and estimations • Evaluations of sample surveys • Non response of the Surveyed sample • Used BR variables • Economic activity • Main activity • Number of employees • Turnover • Sample frame for grossing up methods

18. Information about business population • Information for statisticians in the CZSO • Creation of criss-cross tables from the BR – monthly • Used variables • Main activity • Legal form • Size category • Institutional sector • Economic activity • Availability in electronic form on defined address

19. Information about business population • Information for the public • Creation of criss-cross tables from the BR and publication • Comprehensive information – Current CZSO News – monthly • Number of units in the BR according selected legal form and size category • Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic • Chapter 12 – Organizational structure of the national economy

20. Information about business population • New project – Business Demography Project • Eurostat project since 2003 • Main objectives – to provide new information to the public • Real births • Real deaths • Survival units • Populations of active enterprises

21. Information about business population • New project – Factors of business success • Eurostat project 2005-2006 • Main objectives – to provide new information to the public about survival enterprises from 2002 • Conditions of the enterprise at start-up and profile of the original entrepreneur • Motivation, financing, education, age, etc. • The enterprise’s present situation (at survey date) • Employees, turnover, customers, difficulties, ect. • Future plans • development of the activity, of the enterprise, profitability

32. Information about individual units in the BR • Information for the statisticians in the CZSO • Application for BR maintenance – part information • Information up-to date • Oracle DBMS • Intranet availability to the BR • Monthly information – snapshot for web technology

33. Information about individual units in the BR • Information for the public • Internet availability to the BR • Monthly information – snapshot for web technology • Public part of the BR according to the Act • CD-ROM availability • Flat file – public part of the BR • Monthly snapshot • Software for data presentation • Sold to public

34. Information about individual units in the BR • Information for the public • Creation of the samples from the BR according to the users demands • Export from the BR – up-to-date • Flat file – given structure with public variables • Special prices

40. The End Thank you very much for your attention.