Description: AFW2 conducted a regional workshop to promote best practices and international standards for GDP rebasing, and to strengthen participants’ knowledge on using the Supply and Use Tables (SUT) framework as an integral compilation framework. The regional GDP rebasing workshop was attended by both experienced and new national accounts compilers, which gave everyone an opportunity to share experiences across countries.
Description: Under the Data For Now initiative, a knowledge exchange event was organized between Ghana Statistical Services and Statistics Sierra Leone on marine litter data and citizen science, in Accra from 2-3 November 2023. The meeting was hosted by SDSN TReNDS, the Ghana Statistical Services and the Ghana Environmental Protection Agency. The knowledge exchange event is to foster collaborative learning by sharing experiences, lessons learned, challenges and opportunities for collecting marine litter data with a special focus on harnessing citizen science data. The exchange aims to explore sustainable strategies, for expanding data collection efforts and enhancing cross-country cooperation within the Data For Now Initiative. UNSD presented its work around the Collaborative on Citizen Data.
Description: The workshop trained 19 officials from the six member countries on methodological and compilation issues covering PPI conceptual and development issues; data sources for weights development and sample selection; and index coverage and compilations. As most countries are preparing for the next round of GDP rebase, the regional national accounts workshop focused on review and assessment of data sources and strengthening knowledge on using the SUT framework as an integral compilation framework.
Description: GEO Week 2022 will convene in Accra, Ghana, amid rapid technological change and mounting environmental challenges. This side event will take stock of where we are to-date and provide a platform...
Description: Staff of statistical institutions will be invited to discuss and reach agreement on the implementation of key international best practices and standards in order to improve consistency in the compilation of national accounts statistics within the region.
