Maria João Zilhão, Director of the Planning, Control and Quality Unit at Statistics Portugal (INE), has been involved in Quality Management at the ESS since 1999, and member of several groups having participated in the LEG on Quality Group and on the Sponsorship on Quality. She has also been involved in the preparation of European quality tools such as the ESS QAF. She has been a trainer in the field of quality in statistics at ESS level since 2001, and has also experience in international cooperation in the area of systematic quality management. She has been a member of the Programme Committee in previous editions of the European Quality Conference.
