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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