Recent Capacity Building Activities Relating to International Trade Statistics
S = Services M = Merchandise T = Travel & Tourism
| Date | Location | Coordinating Agencies | Activity | Countries and economies targeted | |
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2017 |
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| M S | - | Headquarters courses, regional capacity building centers, regional center courses, external sector statistics missions | IMF | Goods and Services covered generally in BOP courses/missions | Selection of Asian countries |
| M S | - | Targeted region headquarters | IMF/JSA | Region-based workshops (WAEMU and CEMAC) covering goods and services as part of BOP improvement | Francophone countries from West and Central Africa |
| S | 20-23 November | UAE | AMF, WTO in cooperation with UNCTAD, UNESCWA, UNSD and UAE | Follow-up to the 2015 workshop on international trade in services statistics | ESCWA member countries |
| S | Fall 2017 | Geneva | WTO | WTO Thematic Course on Trade in Services Statistics, with emphasis on Africa | African countries + other developing |
| M S | November | Bangkok, Thailand | ASEAN, ESCAP, UNSD | Regional Workshop on International Trade Statistics | Asian and Pacific countries |
| T | October | China | UNSD, ESCAP, UNWTO, NBS China | Regional Workshop on Tourism Statistics | Asian and Pacific countries |
| M | 25 September | Geneva | UNSD, UNCTAD, WTO | UN Comtrade Data Fair | Users community |
| M S | May | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | AUC, ECA, UNSD | Regional Workshop on International Trade Statistics | Selected African countries |
| T | 13-15 February | Algiers, Algeria | UNWTO | Capacity builiding on tourism statistics - 1st workshop | Selection of African countries |
2016 |
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| S | 14-18 November | Geneva | WTO | WTO Thematic Course on Trade in Services Statistics for LDCs | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Congo Dem. Rep., Ethiopia, The Gambia, Haiti, Lao PDR, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Myanmar, Nepal, Samoa, Senegal, Tanzania, Vanuatu, Zambia |
| M S | November | Chiba, Japan | UNSIAP, UNSD | Workshop on Statistical Business Register for Developing Countries | Asian countries |
| S | 25-26 October | Uruguay | ALADI | Workshop on trade in services statistics, FATS Cooperation Program of trade in services statistics | Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of |
| M S | September | Ashgabat, Turkemenistan | UNSD | Regional Workshop on International Trade Statistics | Central Asian countries |
| T | 2016/2017 | Albania/Kosovo/Montenegro | Eurostat | IPA (Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance) 2014 Multi-beneficiary statistical cooperation programme - Pilot project 15 on Tourism statistics | Montenegro (via direct grant), Albania and Kosovo (via Service contract signed with GOPA) |
| T S | 2016 | ? Asia | UNSD | Tourism statistics with special focus on sustainable tourism indicators of SDG | Selected Asian countries |
| M S | 2016 | ? Africa | UNSD, AUC | Linking trade (merchandise, services) and business registers | African countries |
| M S | 2016 | ? Latin America | UNSD | Linking trade (merchandise, services) and business registers | Latin American countries |
| M | December | San Salvador, El Salvador | UNSD | Taller sobre el mejoramiento de las estadísticas de comercio internacional en El Salvador | El Salvador with support from Mexico and Paraguay |
| M | May | Putrajaya, Malaysia | ADB | In country discussion on Linking Malaysian Statistical Business Register with Trade Statistics (follow up) | Malaysia |
| S | April | Johannesburg, South Africa | SACU, UNSD, AUC | SADC Workshop on Trade in Services Statistics | SADC Member countries |
| M | February | Oman/Qatar | UNSD, GCC | IMTS workshop in GCC region | GCC member countries |
| M S | - | Headquarters courses, regional capacity building centers, regional center courses, external sector statistics missions | IMF | Goods and Services covered generally in BOP courses/missions | Selection of countries |
| S | - | Selected CARTAC countries | IMF/CARTAC | One-week technical assistace missions focusing on travel services | CARTAC member countries |
| M S | - | EAC countries | IMF/DFID | Technical assistance and hands-on workshops focusing on topical BOP areas including the goods and services | EAC member countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) |
2015 |
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| M | 29 Sep - 1 Oct | Kingston, Jamaica | ITC | Training workshop trade indices and ITC Market Analysis Tools | Jamaica |
| M | 28 September | Aguascalientes, Mexico | UNSD | Taller sobre el mejoramiento de las estadísticas de comercio internacional en El Salvador (3rd phase) | El Salvador with support from Mexico |
| M | 17-23 September | Putrajaya, Malaysia | ADB | In country discussion on Linking Malaysian Statistical Business Register with Trade Statistics | Malaysia |
| M | 6-8 May | Freeport, Bahamas | WCO | 2015 WCO IT Conference & Exhibition Inclusiveness Through Information Technologies | General awareness for trade statistics |
| M | 17-19 March | Asuncion, Paraguay | UNSD | Taller sobre el mejoramiento de las estadísticas de comercio internacional en El Salvador (2nd phase) | El Salvador with support from Paraguay |
| M | 3-5 Feb | San Salvador, El Salvador | UNSD | Taller sobre el mejoramiento de las estadísticas de comercio internacional en El Salvador (1st phase) | El Salvador with support from Mexico and Paraguay |
| M S | - | Headquarters courses, regional capacity building centers, regional center courses, external sector statistics missions | IMF | Goods and Services covered generally in BOP courses/missions | Selection of countries |
| S | - | Postponed/cancelled (due to budgetary constraints) | UNWTO | Series of capacity building for tourism statistics | Spanish-speaking Americas |
| S | - | Kazakhstan | UNWTO | Regional workshop for Central Asian country on tourism statistics | Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan |
| S | July | Egypt | IMF/METAC | One-week technical assistace mission to improve trade in services statistics | Egypt |
| S | January | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | AMF, WTO in cooperation with UNESCWA, UNSD and UAE | Workshop on international trade in services statistics | ESCWA member countries (tentative) |
| S | March | - | SADC/WTO | SADC/WTO 2nd Workshop on Statistics of International Trade in Services | Angola; Botswana; Dem. Rep. of Congo; Lesotho; Maldagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Seychelles; South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe |
| S | March | - | ASEAN, UNSD | Regional workshop for ASEAN countries Manufacturing services/ Goods for processing | ASEAN member countries |
| S | - | - | UNWTO | Series of capacity building for tourism statistics | Spanish-speaking Americas |
| S | - | First seminar for French speaking Africa planned for October 2014, but needs to be postponed to 2015 and possibly a new location | UNWTO | Capacity builiding seminars on tourism statistics | Selection of French speaking African countries |
| S | May | Austria | ONB/Statistics Austria at Eurostat request | Study visit on International Trade in Services in the frame of Instrument of the Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Multi-beneficiary Statistical Cooperation Programme for 2012 | Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Turkey |
| S | - | Respective economies and Luxembourg | Eurostat | (Cont. 2014) Pilot project on International Trade in Services in candidate countries: second and final round of expert missions to the countries and a workshop in Luxembourg (June 2015) in the frame of the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Multi-beneficiary Statistical Cooperation Programme for 2012 | Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Montenegro; UNMIK Kosovo (Service contract) / Serbia and Turkey (Grant contract) |
2014 |
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| S | - | Headquarters courses, regional capacity building centers, regional center courses, external sector statistics missions | IMF | Services covered generally in BOP courses/missions | Selection of countries |
| S | - | Geneva | WTO | Regular participation in WTO Advanced Trade Policy Courses; Trade in Services Statistics | Selection of WTO Members and Observers |
| S | Jan | Gaborone, Botswana | SADC/WTO | SADC/WTO 1st Workshop on Statistics of International Trade in Services | Angola; Botswana; Dem. Rep. of Congo; Lesotho; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Seychelles; South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe |
| S | Feb-Sep | Angola; Botswana; Lesotho; Mozambique; Namibia; Swaziland | SADC | Development of TIS/FATS questionnaires and work wih countries | Angola; Botswana; Lesotho; Mozambique;Namibia; Swaziland |
| S | March / August | Johannesburg, South Africa | SADC | SADC Regional meetings on trade in services statistics | Angola; Botswana; Dem. Rep. of Congo; Lesotho; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Seychelles; South Africa; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe |
| S | May | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | UNSD, AUC, ECA | Workshop on international trade statistics | Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Congo; Cameroon; Cape-Verde; Cote D’Ivoire; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Ghana; Equatorial Guinea; Lesotho; Mali; Malawi; Morocco; Mozambique; Nigeria; Rwanda; South Africa; Tunisia; Zambia; Zimbabwe; and BCEAO, ECOWAS, COMESA, AfDB |
| S | July | Uruguay | ALADI | Workshop on trade in services statistics, FATS Cooperation Program of trade in services statistics | Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Ecuador; Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of |
| S | September | Geneva | WTO | Seminar on Trade in Services Statistics for negotiators | Selection of WTO Members and Observers |
| S | September | Jakarta, Indonesia | ASEAN | ASEANstats Workshop on Statistics on International Trade in Services (inward FATS and modes of supply) | Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao People's Dem. Rep.; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Vietnam |
| S | November | New Delhi, India | UNSD, DGCIS of India | Workshop on international trade statistics | Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; India; Indonesia; Korea, Rep. of; Maldives; Mongolia; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Timor-Leste; + other ASEAN, member countries |
| S | December | Ankara Turkey | UNWTO (in cooperation with Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, OIC) | Workshop/training seminar on tourism statistics | Selection of Middle East countries |
| S | December | Brussels, Belgium | CEFTA/WTO | Workshop on Foreign Affiliates Statistics | Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; FYR Macedonia; Moldova; Montenegro; Serbia; UNMIK/Kosovo |
| S | - | Respective economies | Eurostat | In the frame of the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) Multi-beneficiary Statistical Cooperation Programme (activity finished) | Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Montenegro; UNMIK Kosovo (Service contract) / Serbia and Turkey |
| S | - | Cambodia, Laos PDR, and Myanmar (?) | AANZFTA | Development of a SITS Pilot Survey | Cambodia, Laos PDR, and Myanmar |
| S | Mid-2014 | - | Eurostat/MedStat Moroccan Office des Changes | EuroMed Working Group on Trade statistics | Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia |
| S | - | - | UNWTO | Capacity building seminars on tourism statistics | Explore options to organise a regional capacity building event(s) for Portuguese-speaking countries |
| S | - | Kinshasa | WTO | WTO National Seminar on Statistics of International Trade in Services | Congo, Democratic Republic |
| S | - | Botswana | WTO | WTO National Seminar on Statistics of International Trade in Services | Botswana |
| S | - | Ecuador | ITC, WTO? | National activity on trade in services statistics | Ecuador |
| S | - | UEMOA region | UNCTAD | UEMOA Capacity building on trade in services statistics (3-year programme) | Benin; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Niger; Senegal; Togo |
| S | - | Angola | UNCTAD | Train-for trade on trade related activities (including trade in services statistics) | Angola |