voprstatВопросы статистикиVoprosy Statistiki2313-63832658-5499The Federal State Budgetary Institution "Scientific Research Institute for Socio-Economic Statistics of the Federal State Statistics Service" (Statistics Research Institute of Rosstat)10.34023/2313-6383-2021-28-4-23-44voprstat-1323Research ArticleСТАТИСТИКА И ОБЩЕСТВОSTATISTICS AND SOCIETYСтатистика и управление: размышления о будущем официальной статистики в цифровом и глобализированном обществеGoverning-by-the-Numbers / Statistical Governance: Reflections on the Future of Ofcial Statistics in a Digital and Globalised Societyhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6586-4529РадермахерВ. Дж.RadermacherW. J.

 Радермахер Вальтер Джозеф – PhD, приглашенный научный сотрудник Департамента статистических наук

00185, г. Рим, Лацио, Италия, пл. Альдо Моро, 5

 Walter J. Radermacher – PhD, Visiting Researcher at the Department of Statistical Sciences

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Растущее значение статистических показателей, данных и информации для принятия политических решений отражено в простой и популярной формулировке – «данные для политики» (Data for Policy – D4P). Она охватывает такие хорошо известные основополагающие темы, как модернизация государственного сектора и формирование политики на основе фактических данных, ведущие к принятию решений с использованием новых технологий и бесконечно разнообразных источников данных. «Данные для политики» означают для официальной статистики больше, чем просто новые сведения, приемы и методы. Это также не в последнюю очередь вопрос сохранения важной функции и места официальной статистики в политике данных в будущем. Чтобы обосновать эту позицию, следует четко понимать задачи официальной статистики в (демократическом) обществе, а также то, как эти задачи следует по-новому интерпретировать в меняющихся условиях (прежде всего в связи с цифровизацией и глобализацией).

The growing importance of statistical evidence, data and information for political decisions is reflected in the handy and popular formulation ’Data for Policy’ (D4P). Under this cover, well-known guiding themes, such as the modernisation of the public sector, or evidence-informed policy-making, are led to new solutions with new technologies and infnitely rich data sources. Data for Policy means more to ofcial statistics than just new data, techniques and methods. It is not least a matter of securing an important function and position for ofcial statistics in the Policy for Data of the future. In order to justify this position, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of the tasks of ofcial statistics for the functioning of (democratic) societies, with a view to how these tasks have to be reinterpreted under changing conditions (above all because of digitisation and globalisation).

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