Silvan Zammit
Director at National Statistics Office - Malta- Claim this Profile
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Maltese Native or bilingual proficiency
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Italian Full professional proficiency
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French Elementary proficiency
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Stefan Farrugia
Silvan Zammit, is an extremely talented and practical statistician who is both profficient and hard working, and applies all his technical background to use.
Stefan Farrugia
Silvan Zammit, is an extremely talented and practical statistician who is both profficient and hard working, and applies all his technical background to use.
Stefan Farrugia
Silvan Zammit, is an extremely talented and practical statistician who is both profficient and hard working, and applies all his technical background to use.
Stefan Farrugia
Silvan Zammit, is an extremely talented and practical statistician who is both profficient and hard working, and applies all his technical background to use.
Credentials
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European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) certificate in Advanced Complex Sampling Techniques
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European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) certificate in Statistical Metadata
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Certificate in Mastering Microsoft® Access Programming
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Certificate in Computer Skills based on Microsoft® Windows and Office
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Expert SPSS® user
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Experience
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National Statistics Office - Malta
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Malta
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director
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Mar 2016 - Present
Responsible for the Data Capability Directorate, which covers methodology, data management and information technology. Main responsibilities include the standardisation and modernisation of the statistical business processes in place to ensure delivery of reliable statistical data according to set quality standards; harmonisation in the collection of statistical data through primary and secondary data sources; and the setting-up of a common IT framework for data management that harmonises data production through robust automated systems. Show less
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Manager, Methodology and Research
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Nov 2008 - Mar 2016
Managing and coordinating the work of the Methodology and Research (MR) unit, which aims at providing technical assistance to other units within the NSO, covering various quality, metadata and methodological aspects of the processes needed to produce official statistics. In view of the central role of the I had the opportunity to engage myself in a number of large scale projects throughout the years, including the last two Censuses of Population and Housing (in 2011 and 2005), 2008 Household Budgetary Survey (HBS), EU funded grant projects and internal surveys conducted on behalf of public and private organizations. Additional tasks:- Appointed Deputy Census Officer in the 2011 Census of Population and Housing. This involved the co-ordination of all activities related to the census, including its coordination, methodology, logistics, IT, communications, data compilation and data transmission. Other related tasks included the data analysis and reporting of the Census of Population and Housing results and the up-keeping of Census databases. I also form part of the Census Task Force group of experts.- Coordinator of the last round of Quality Peer Reviews in Malta (held in the first half of 2015) and responsible for the setting-up of a Quality Management Framework at the NSO.- Involved as a casual census expert with foreign organizations, including Destatis (The Federal Statistical Office of Germany), the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and Technical Assistance and Information Exchange (TAIEX) on Migration Statistics.- NSO representative in various Working Groups, Meeting and Conferences on Methodology, Metadata, Statistical Disclosure, Microdata Access as well as Censuses of Population and Housing which are organized either locally or abroad. Various events are organized by Eurostat, the European Statistical Agency, on these topics on a regular basis. Show less
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Senior Statistician
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Jul 2008 - Nov 2008
While serving as a Senior Statistician in the Methdology and Research Unit, I was also appointed as Unit coordinator to supervise and coordinate the work of the 2008 Household Budgetary Survey data collection and analysis. I was also responsible for a number of EU funded grant projects about methodological and technological improvements in the census.
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Statistician
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Oct 2002 - Jul 2008
In my six years as Statistician in the MR unit I was mainly responsible for the up-keeping of the population and dwellings registers as well as the sampling methodology of almost all individual, household and business surveys carried out by the NSO. I was often involved in the data collection, editing, analysis and presentation of results of the various surveys which were commissioned to the NSO by third parties.
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University of Malta
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Malta
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Assistant Visiting Lecturer
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Nov 2013 - Present
Delivery of a number of lectures and tutorials on various statistical topics within the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy (FEMA) as part of the Bachelor of Commerce Degree (BCom) and the the Faculty of Science, as part of the Bachelor of Science (Statistics and Operations Research). Delivery of a number of lectures and tutorials on various statistical topics within the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy (FEMA) as part of the Bachelor of Commerce Degree (BCom) and the the Faculty of Science, as part of the Bachelor of Science (Statistics and Operations Research).
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Statistics Consultant
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2014 - Present
Serving as a consultant on census related, methodological and demographical issues. The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) was founded in 1993, upon the initiative of Austria and Switzerland. The organisation was created to serve as a support mechanism for informal consultations, and to provide expertise and efficient services in the newly emerging landscape of multilateral cooperation on migration and asylum issues. Serving as a consultant on census related, methodological and demographical issues. The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) was founded in 1993, upon the initiative of Austria and Switzerland. The organisation was created to serve as a support mechanism for informal consultations, and to provide expertise and efficient services in the newly emerging landscape of multilateral cooperation on migration and asylum issues.
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Lecturer
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Oct 2012 - Jun 2014
Delivery of statistical modules Module forming part of the BA (Hons) Business Enterprise (within the Institute of Business and Commerce) as well as courses on Business Statistics. Delivery of statistical modules Module forming part of the BA (Hons) Business Enterprise (within the Institute of Business and Commerce) as well as courses on Business Statistics.
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ESTP co-ordinator for Malta (Training)
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Jan 2008 - Jan 2010
Coordinating training matters at the NSO with other organisations subject to the European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP) Coordinating training matters at the NSO with other organisations subject to the European Statistical Training Programme (ESTP)
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Education
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2004 - 2008
Institute of Actuaries
Post Graduate Diploma, Actuarial Mathematics; Statistics, Economics and Accounts -
1998 - 2002
L-Università ta' Malta
B.Sc. Honours, Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Reseach
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