Innovations (CIS)

Statistical Office of Republic of Serbia

Unit for social statistics

Department for education, science and culture

Suncica Stefanovic Sestic

Head of Unit

Milana Rakića 5, 11000 Belgrade

suncica.stefanovic@stat.gov.rs

+381 11 2410414

+381 62 8827522

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The purpose of this report is to get an overview of the quality of the Community Innovation Survey (CIS_2016) carried out in each Member State, EFTA, Candidate or Associated country. The quality report is therefore to be established for the each CIS wave.
This quality assessment will be based on different quality dimensions and indicators. The quality dimensions are based on the standard ones as defined in the Eurostat standard statistical quality framework. Also the indicators themselves are in line with the recommendations. All the information requested in this quality reporting refers to enterprises with 10 or more employees included in the Core NACE coverage as described in the Commission Regulation 995/2012 on innovation statistics (i.e. market activity enterprises in the NACE Rev. 2 sections B, C, D, E, H, J, K and in the NACE Rev. 2 divisions 46, 71, 72 and 73).
 

KD - National Classification of activities that corresponds to international NACE Rev.2 classification (Statistical classification of economic activities)

This survey relates to enterprises (small, medium and large) from the following Diverse Business Areas. The distinction is made between product innovators belonging to the sectors: A, B, C, D and service innovators belonging to the sectors: E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M and N.

Business entity, independently or as part of a group of business entities.

The survey on the innovation of business entities is carried out on the basis of a representative sample. The sample was allocated in the territory of the Republic of Serbia to the level of the region, in proportion to the number of business entities. The sample is a set of small, medium and large business entities. Large business entities are covered as a whole. The sample selection framework is the active business entities obtained from the Statistical Business Register. The obtained results are weighted and calculated at the level of the population of business entities. The survey on business entities is carried out on a sample stratified by the size of a business entity (small: from 10 to 49 employees, medium: from 50 to 249 employees and large: over 250 employees) and by activities (group of activities according to KD 08=NACE Rev.2).

The data refer to the Republic of Serbia (without data for Kosovo and Metohija)

A period of three years is considered, beginning with the year of conducting the previous research. First survey was CIS 2008

Not applicable.

Number of enterprises,% - participation of innovators in the population, thousands of RSD

The calendar year. 

The Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has an agreement on cooperation with a large number of organizations and institutions, both nationally and internationally, with which it exchanges information, data and experiences.

There is also intensive cooperation between different organizational units within the Institute itself.

CIS data are transmitted to Eurostat via EDAMIS using the following consignment: CIS_CIS_32. This safe, secure procedure guarantees a method of tracking transmission. All necessary steps will be taken to ensure that the EDAMIS system is working at national level.

This indicator is available on the last day of June in the Statistical Release on the website of the SORS.

http://www.stat.gov.rs

External users can find the exact date of publication in the calendar located on the Institute's website.

http://www.stat.gov.rs

External users can find information in the Bulletin on the Institute's website.

http://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2019/PdfE/G20191172.pdf

In line with the Community legal framework and the European Statistics Code of Practice Eurostat disseminates European statistics on Eurostat's website respecting professional independence and in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. The detailed arrangements are governed by the Eurostat protocol on impartial access to Eurostat data for users.

Two-year periodicals

Not applicable.

Statistical Release: "Indocators of innovation activities of enterprises, 2014-2016 "

http://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2019/PdfE/G20191172.pdf

Database on SORS and Eurostat website. 

Available at the request of international organizations, researchers, etc. The request must be sent to the dissemination group (to the official email address: stat@stat.gov.rs ) which will start the process of creating a cooperation agreement after receiving the approval of the top management.

Not applicable.

Abbreviated methodology on the web site of the RZS.

http://publikacije.stat.gov.rs/G2018/Pdf/G201820023.pdf

The ESS Metadata Handler

Quality is provided by strict implementation of definitions and conceptual frameworks of European Statistics, Fractional methodology and through validation of data. Major deviations and inconsistencies were not observed.

Data is collected from reliable sources applying standards with regard to the OECD methodology and ensuring a high degree of comparability across countries. 

The main beneficiary is the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, which is the main source of funds from the budget allocated to science. Also beneficiaries are international institutions and scientists/researchers.

Not applicable.

Annual reports on innovative activities of enterprises provide a complete and consistent presentation of investment in science, in accordance with Eurostat requirements.

High

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

According to Transmission Programme data should be transmitted to Eurostat within 6 months after the end of the reference year, as previous data (t+6), and t+12 month, as final data. 

 The SORS shall submit the data within the prescribed time limit.

The comparability is ensured by the application of common definitions and methodological framework based on internationally methodologies and standards.
 

The data have been available since 2010 and the comparison is feasible because there is no deviation from the proposed international methodology.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

National data on investments are revised according to national schedule. General Revision policy as an official document is available on the SORS website. Revised data are available at SORS online database as soon as they become validated.

The published data should be regarded as final, unless otherwise stated. Corrections and revisions might occur.

Major changes in methodology are usually announced in advance and users are informed of revisions and major changes in methodology on the SORS website.

Companies fill in the questionnaire

Biannually

Data are checked регуларѕ for accuracy and completeness. Transmitted figures are screened both internally, by SORS and externally, by Eurostat.  

Response rate was over 77%. Of the selected business entities, less than 1% were not found at the address; also, about 1% of business entities did not answer for some other reason, while 1% of selected business entities were in blockade or bankruptcy. About 20% of business subjects did not respond to the survey.

 It's harder to adjust for non-response.                        

Estimation is standard for stratified simple random sampling. Estimation is carried out with the following characteristics:Weights were adjusted for non-response.

• Census strata according to Hidiroglou algorithm, in which no units in the net sample or one unit in the net sample and the planned sample size is more than one, are compressed with appropriate non-census strata of the same or neighboring class by number of employees.
• Non-census strata are compressed with appropriate non-census strata of the same or neighboring class by number of employeeс

Тhe weight calculation method :

Not applicable.

Not applicable.