The need for culture and statistical quality assurance: experience of the AGR

Abstract

This article describes the process through which the General Auditor's Office of the Republic (AGR), in compliance with a constitutional mandate and aiming to strengthen its capacities, obtained certification for the quality of its statistical operation, which verifies and evaluates the management of territorial comptroller offices. The AGR relied on the Technical Standard for the Quality of the Statistical Process NTC PE 1000:2020, issued by DANE, the leader of the National Statistical System (SEN); the first global standard to establish quality requirements for generating statistics, as well as other statistical guidelines and standards. The challenges faced by the entity in each phase of implementation are detailed. With this experience of integrating the statistical process into its Management System, the AGR makes a methodological contribution that can be replicated by other fiscal control bodies, aiming to promote statistical culture and implement measures to ensure statistical quality.