National manuals

Kick-off meeting on Joint Action on the pilot EHES, Luxembourg, 21 January 2010

Support for preparing the national manuals

• European manuals introduced at the training seminars

• EHES RC consultation and review of the manuals

• Support from other partners of the EHES JA national HES

National actions needed in countries without recent national HES

• Set up the organization needed for planning and preparation of the national HES

• Review of the EHES manual: consider feasibility in your country

• Preparation of the national HES manual • Select options most feasible in your country• Translation process

National actions needed in countries with

previous/ongoing HES• Check if your survey organization needs

additional experts• Review the EHES manual: evaluate against

your own national manual, consider if validation studies are needed

• Preparation of the new national manual for future surveys• Adapt previous manuals where needed • Translation process

Expertise needed

• Project group: select a wide range of expertise: policy, professionals, scientists, experts in survey methods and fieldwork

• Core group: project leader and coordinator, experts on fieldwork logistics and supervision, IT, communication and dissemination etc.

Collaboration

• Leadership and coordination needed to balance different national interests

• All feedback should be encouraged and discussed

• Consult EHES RC and other partners• A carefully prepared manual is a key

prerequisite to avoid problems during fieldwork and in quality assurance

• Time spent in preparing the manual is saved in other steps of the survey process