This website provides the forum for the online discussion by the global statistical community of the consistency of the recommendations being made for the update of the 1993 SNA. In this context, consistency is broadly defined, including consistency among the recommendations on the 44 agreed issues dealt with in the four meetings of the Advisory Expert Group (AEG), the recommendations on the 44 issues and existing text, within existing text, and between the SNA (exisiting or recommended) and other statistical standards. Such a review of consistency had been envisaged at the outset of the update process as a necessary step to assure internal integrity of the 1993 SNA, Rev. 1 and its harmony with other manuals in macroeconomic statistics.

The AEG already identified and resolved some consistency issues during its meeting in January-February 2006 in Frankfurt. Over the course of the next months until September 2006, additional consistency issues may be identified through a global consultation on the Full set of provisional AEG recommendations. During this review of consistency and resolution of inconsistencies, the utmost caution will be exercised to avoid re-opening already resolved issues.

The website contains the open-ended list of consistency issues. For each issue, there is a description of the issue, questions to prompt comments by the global statistical community, and a date on which the issue will close. A moderator, who will follow the discussion and facilitate interactions among those commenting, is designated for each issue.

To comment on a listed issue, please send your notes to sna@un.org using the subject line 'Comments on consistency issues'.

To propose an additional consistency issue, please send your description of the issue to sna@un.org using the subject line 'Consistency issues'. UNSD as Secretariat of the ISWGNA will forward the issue to the ISWGNA for its consideration.