Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 07 Mar 2024 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat
Description: The course will provide participants with a solid understanding of the links between ESSPROS and national accounts, related concepts and how to implement/exploit these links to identify and understand differences/similarities between the data produced by the two statistical systems.
Target Audience: Data providers in national administrations involved in the production of ESSPROS (European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics) data, with an interest in understanding the links between ESSPROS and national accounts and their potential use in the compilation of the ESSPROS data.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely and high-quality Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity (HFIEAs). The course presents the concepts, data sources, and compilation techniques needed for producing QNA and HFIEAs, covering both theoretical and practical compilation issues. It introduces participants to benchmarking, seasonal adjustment techniques, as well as volume estimates; and explains the application of these techniques to time series data. The course also discussed how to identify and assess available data sources, use real-time series databases to assess the quality, and implement a suitable revisions policy for compiling QNA and HFIEAs.
Target Audience: This introductory online course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to compile and disseminate Quarterly National Accounts and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity, according to the recommendations of the System of National Accounts, and using them to better understand the role of high-frequency data in analyzing current economic developments.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, covers theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA). The course consists of lectures covering methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA and workshops consisting of practical exercises in compiling the accounts. The main aim of the course is to train participants in the compilation of annual gross domestic product both at current prices and in volume terms using the production and expenditure approaches, in support of better policy-making and surveillance. The course starts with an overview of the system of national accounts, presenting the sequence of accounts for transactions and other flows as well as balance sheets, with a focus on the framework of the 2008 SNA. It covers the main concepts involving transactions, other economic flows, stocks, institutional units, classifications, and main macroeconomic aggregates measured by the system. The main lectures and workshops include: sessions on the production account covering the definition and measurement of output, intermediate consumption, and value added; valuation issues; and the treatment of particular industries; source data and issues in the compilation of GDP by production and expenditure approaches; deflators and derivation of volume measures of GDP; and specific issues related to goods and services transactions, including supply and use framework, inventory valuation adjustment, consumption of fixed capital, non-observed and informal economy, global supply chains, and the digital economy.Emphasis is also placed on sharing country experiences among the participants.
Target Audience: Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by agencies responsible for official national accounts data.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely and high-quality Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity (HFIEAs). The course presents the concepts, data sources, and compilation techniques needed for producing QNA and HFIEAs, covering both theoretical and practical compilation issues. It introduces participants to benchmarking, seasonal adjustment techniques, as well as volume estimates; and explains the application of these techniques to time series data. The course also discussed how to identify and assess available data sources, use real-time series databases to assess the quality, and implement a suitable revisions policy for compiling QNA and HFIEAs.
Target Audience: This introductory online course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to compile and disseminate Quarterly National Accounts and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity, according to the recommendations of the System of National Accounts, and using them to better understand the role of high-frequency data in analyzing current economic developments.
Description: ESCAP in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD) hosted a webinar on Updates to the Balance of Payments Manual and the System of National Accounts. The objective of the Webinar was to facilitate understanding of the update processes, the resulting changes, and their implications for official statistics production. Participants were also informed of the joint BPM/SNA chapters, and were expected to identify priority changes for implementation in their country. During the webinar, participants had ample time and opportunity to engage in plenary and group discussions and seek insights from other participants and resource persons. The Webinar was organized for mid-level management and technical staff involved in the compilation and dissemination of external sector and national accounts statistics. Agenda , Webinar: Asian countries (26-27 March 2024) Webinar: Pacific countries (3-4 April 2024)
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, prepares participants to compile QNA and/or HFIEA by providing them with a thorough understanding of the concepts, source data, and compilation techniques used for producing these datasets. The course covers both theoretical and practical compilation issues. It introduces participants to benchmarking, seasonal adjustment techniques, as well as volume estimates; and explains the application of these techniques to time series data. Participants will learn how to identify and assess available data sources for compiling QNA and HFIEAs; use related real-time series databases to assess the quality of QNA and HFIEAs; and implement a suitable revisions policy.
Target Audience: This online course is designed for officials worldwide who are responsible for compiling quarterly national accounts (QNA) and/or high frequency indicators of economic activity (HFIEA).
Description: ESCAP in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNSD) hosted a webinar on Updates to the Balance of Payments Manual and the System of National Accounts. Agenda The objective of the Webinar was to facilitate understanding of the update processes, the resulting changes, and their implications for official statistics production. Participants were also informed of the joint BPM/SNA chapters, and are expected to identify priority changes for implementation in their country. During the Webinar, participants had ample time and opportunity to engage in plenary and group discussions and seek insights from other participants and resource persons. , Webinar: Asian countries (26-27 March 2024) Webinar: Pacific countries (3-4 April 2024)
Description: The seventh and final meeting is a retrospective of the previous six meetings, returning to key topics and considering the key issues tackled and how we can fit these together.
Description: The sixth meeting on “A conversation about composite measures” discusses one of the hardest and most contentious topics within the Beyond GDP arena, which is the relative benefits and trade-offs between dashboards and composite (single measure) indices. Composite indices can be simpler to interpret or communicate but run the risk of over-simplifying complex issues. This meeting will present new composite indices and include a discussion of best practices in developing composite indices and the latest innovations and potential approaches.
Description: The fifth meeting on “Mapping distributional frameworks” seeks to discover the synergies among the different distributional frameworks by asking ourselves who are the users, what policy questions are addressed, and how policy applications like models and other techniques are supported.
Description: The fourth meeting on “Mapping domestic wellbeing dashboards and their concepts and contents” will review the current state of domestic wellbeing dashboards globally, their commonality, uses and impact, especially on policy-making.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely, high quality national accounts statistics based on the system of national accounts (SNA) framework. The course introduces the sequence of national accounts, the accounting rules, and the key macroeconomic indicators in the SNA framework. You will learn about gross domestic product (GDP) - the main aggregate of the system, and how to compile consistent and internationally comparable measures of GDP according to the production, income, and expenditure approaches. The course also discusses in detail, how the SNA can be used to track an economy's production, consumption, and income and how to estimate volume measures of GDP.
Target Audience: This introductory online course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to compile and disseminate national accounts statistics according to the System of National Accounts and using them for macroeconomic analyses.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely and high-quality Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity (HFIEAs). The course presents the concepts, data sources, and compilation techniques needed for producing QNA and HFIEAs, covering both theoretical and practical compilation issues. It introduces participants to benchmarking, seasonal adjustment techniques, as well as volume estimates; and explains the application of these techniques to time series data. The course also discussed how to identify and assess available data sources, use real-time series databases to assess the quality, and implement a suitable revisions policy for compiling QNA and HFIEAs.
Target Audience: This introductory online course is designed for anyone interested in learning how to compile and disseminate Quarterly National Accounts and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity, according to the recommendations of the System of National Accounts, and using them to better understand the role of high-frequency data in analyzing current economic developments.
Description: One of the key features of the programme for the update of the 2008 SNA is the outreach component, which aims: (a) to keep countries informed and updated on the process of updating the 2008 SNA; (b) to foster global consultation on recommendations for the update of the 2008 SNA; and (c) to work with countries on the testing and early implementation of new recommendations. The outreach is supported by dedicated webpages (Towards the 2025 SNA) maintained by UNSD, which provide extensive information on the update. As part of this outreach initiative UNSD presented the progress with the update of the 2008 SNA in two webinars. The first was organized in collaboration with the UNECA and the African Union Institute for Statistics on 30 October 2023 and the second was organized by UNESCAP as part of their Joint Meeting of the Steering Groups of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics on 2 November 2023. More information on the recommended changes to the 2008 SNA is available online.
Description: The third meeting on “What is the role of Environmental, Social, and Governance data within Beyond GDP?” will look at progress made in the development of the standards to measure enterprises non-financial performance (Environment, Social and Governance - ESG). It will explore options to leverage existing data from other frameworks to fill in data gaps. The meeting is also an opportunity to discuss data users' needs, existing tools and research progress on the subject.
Description: The second meeting will discuss the themes that are important in the context of measuring and tracking well-being from the perspective of users. Please register for this and future meetings using the online registration form so that we can send you the connection details.
Description: The first meeting will trace the evolution of social and demographic statistics since the 1940s, and their scope and position in the 2025 SNA. Please register for this and future meetings using the online registration form so that we can send you the connection details.
Description: UNSD participated, as resource persons, in the “Webinar on Communication/Testing and early implementation of new recommendations of the update of the System of National Accounts, 2008”, which was organized by the African Union Institute for Statistics (Statafric). The webinar was one of a series of webinars organized by Statafric to inform its Member States on the progress of the work to update the System of National Accounts,2008 (2008 SNA) and to collect their proposals/contributions on the issues addressed. The webinar was attended by around 65 participants, mainly from Africa. The chair of the communication task team (one of priority areas in the update of the 2008SNA) gave an overview of the recommendations in the various guidance notes that the task team has prepared and the way forward. In addition, USND presented an overview of the processes underlying the guidance notes and experimentation and testing exercises which will be organized to test the recommendations in selected guidance notes.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, covers theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA). The course consists of lectures covering methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA and workshops consisting of practical exercises in compiling the accounts. The main aim of the course is to train participants in the compilation of annual gross domestic product both at current prices and in volume terms using the production and expenditure approaches, in support of better policy-making and surveillance. The course starts with an overview of the system of national accounts, presenting the sequence of accounts for transactions and other flows as well as balance sheets, with a focus on the framework of the 2008 SNA. It covers the main concepts involving transactions, other economic flows, stocks, institutional units, classifications, and main macroeconomic aggregates measured by the system. The main lectures and workshops include: sessions on the production account covering the definition and measurement of output, intermediate consumption, and value added; valuation issues; and the treatment of particular industries; source data and issues in the compilation of GDP by production and expenditure approaches; deflators and derivation of volume measures of GDP; and specific issues related to goods and services transactions, including supply and use framework, inventory valuation adjustment, consumption of fixed capital, non-observed and informal economy, global supply chains, and the digital economy.Emphasis is also placed on sharing country experiences among the participants.
Target Audience: Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by agencies responsible for official national accounts data.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely and high-quality Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity (HFIEAs). The course presents the concepts, data sources, and compilation techniques needed for producing QNA and HFIEAs, covering both theoretical and practical compilation issues. It introduces participants to benchmarking, seasonal adjustment techniques, as well as volume estimates; and explains the application of these techniques to time series data. The course also discussed how to identify and assess available data sources, use real-time series databases to assess the quality, and implement a suitable revisions policy for compiling QNA and HFIEAs.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely, high quality national accounts statistics based on the system of national accounts (SNA) framework. The course introduces the sequence of national accounts, the accounting rules, and the key macroeconomic indicators in the SNA framework. You will learn about gross domestic product (GDP) - the main aggregate of the system, and how to compile consistent and internationally comparable measures of GDP according to the production, income, and expenditure approaches. The course also discusses in detail, how the SNA can be used to track an economy's production, consumption, and income and how to estimate volume measures of GDP.
Title in French: Webinaire régional en matière de statistiques du secteur réel
Description: L’objectif principal de ce Webinaire régional est l’amélioration de la qualité des comptes nationaux annuels (CNA) et des comptes nationaux trimestriels (CNT). Il vise à faire le point sur les sources disponibles dans les pays, examiner les défis de leur utilisation dans les comptes nationaux, former les cadres sur les techniques permettant de les exploiter judicieusement et partager les bonnes pratiques.
Description: تعد الحسابات القومية الربع السنوية أداة مهمة لقياس وفهم الأداء الاقتصادي على المدى القصير، حيث تمكن من تحليل دورة الأعمال، وتحديد نقاط التحول، ودراسة العلاقات الديناميكية بين المتغيرات الاقتصادية، وللتنبؤ. وتساعد أيضًا الحكومات ومتخذي القرار على تحديد الأولويات الاقتصادية وتوجيه الاستثمارات وتحديد السياسات الاقتصادية الملائمة لتحسين الأداء الاقتصادي للبلد. تتنزل هذه الورشة في إطار دعم القدرات الإحصائية للمحاسبين القوميين في مجال الحسابات القومية ربع السنوية من حيث مصادر البيانات وطرق معالجة البيانات وتحليلها ونشرها وفق المنهجيات الدولية والتطورات المسجلة على مستوى جمع البيانات وتوفرها، ومنها بالأساس النسخة المحدثة من دليل الحسابات القومية ربع السنوية (طبعة 2017) الصادر عن صندوق النقد الدولي. كما تزداد الحاجة الى الاحصائيات والمؤشرات على المدى القصير في ضوء الازمات الاقتصادية المتواترة والصراعات في مختلف المناطق وخاصة على مستوى المنطقة العربية.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, prepares participants to compile QNA and/or HFIEA by providing them with a thorough understanding of the concepts, source data, and compilation techniques used for producing these datasets. The course covers both theoretical and practical compilation issues. It introduces participants to benchmarking, seasonal adjustment techniques, as well as volume estimates; and explains the application of these techniques to time series data. Participants will learn how to identify and assess available data sources for compiling QNA and HFIEAs; use related real-time series databases to assess the quality of QNA and HFIEAs; and implement a suitable revisions policy.
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 07 Dec 2023 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: The System of National Accounts is a statistical framework that provides a comprehensive,consistent and flexible set of macroeconomic accounts that can be used by governments,businessesand international organizations for policy makinganalysis and research purposes. The SNA is intended for use by all countrieshaving been designed to accommodate the needs of countries at different stages of economic development. It also provides an overarching framework for standards in other domains of economic statisticsfacilitating the integration of these statistical systems to achieve consistency with the national accounts.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely and high-quality Quarterly National Accounts (QNA) and High-Frequency Indicators of Economic Activity (HFIEAs). The course presents the concepts, data sources, and compilation techniques needed for producing QNA and HFIEAs, covering both theoretical and practical compilation issues. It introduces participants to benchmarking, seasonal adjustment techniques, as well as volume estimates; and explains the application of these techniques to time series data. The course also discussed how to identify and assess available data sources, use real-time series databases to assess the quality, and implement a suitable revisions policy for compiling QNA and HFIEAs.
Description: This webinar will discuss efforts by the UN system to develop complementary indicators to gauge dimensions of progress that are not sufficiently covered by the purely economic measurement of gross domestic product (GDP). As an introduction a brief history of GDP will be presented, showing why it has been a great success story of the United Nations as well as what GDP is and what it is not (and was never meant to be). This will be followed by a reflection on the uses of GDP and the need to develop measures “beyond” the purely economic sphere. The presentation will be completed by a description of what the UN Statistical Commission is doing in its current efforts to revise the System of National Accounts by 2025 and an explanation of how that work can and will solve some, but not all, of the current challenges. Further complementary measures are needed and, in a recent report, the UN system has presented some proposals on how such measures can be developed.
Description: This seminar will address the updating of the Manual of the National Accounts System, 2025 and the future of economic statistics. Topics of the current situation are raised, of the changing dynamics that have been generated in the measurement processes, the challenges faced to approach the new statistics and sources of information, as well as of the testing and experimentation mechanisms that are being proposing to countries
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 08 Aug 2022 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat
Description: The aim of the course is: * To improve the capacity of national statistical services to produce high quality ESA 2010 national accounts; * To achieve an understanding of the theoretical basis and structure of ESA 2010 national accounts, together with sources and methodology; * To provide a general overview and an understanding of the links of the different areas of the system of NA.
Target Audience: Staff working in National Statistical Institutes and Competent National Authorities on the compilation of National Accounts (NA). The course is targeted at junior statisticians with at least one year's experience in NA through to staff with several years' experience. Please note: All ESTP Courses are exclusively available to staff members of a European Statistical System (ESS) institution.
Title in Arabic: الحسابات الفرعية في الحسابات القومية
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: يحتوي الإطار المركزي للحسابات القومية على قيود هيكلية تحول من دراسة وتحليل مجالات معينة من الحياة الاقتصادية والاجتماعية، حيث يتم تركيب الحسابات القومية استنادا الى تصانيف محددة لا تمكن من احتواء قطاعات افقية على غرار السياحة والاقتصاد الرقمي وغيرها من المجالات الأخرى. ولتجاوز هذا النقص، قدم نظام الحسابات القومية في نسخة 1993 لأول مرة فكرة الحسابات الفرعية، والتي تم تفصيلها وتنفيذها بشكل كامل في نظام الحسابات القومية لسنة 2008. وأصبحت الحسابات الفرعية للحسابات القومية على مدى العقود الثلاثة الماضية، شائعة بشكل متزايد في جميع أنحاء العالم وذلك اعتبارا لمزاياها، حيث تمكن من استعارة بعض أفضل ميزات الإطار المركزي للحسابات القومية مع توفير حرية تجاوز بعض قيودها. والحسابات الفرعية للحسابات القومية هي حسابات متماسكة نظريًا ومفصلة مع الإطار المركزي الذي تكملوه وتوسعه.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely, high quality national accounts statistics based on the system of national accounts (SNA) framework. The course introduces the sequence of national accounts, the accounting rules, and the key macroeconomic indicators in the SNA framework. You will learn about gross domestic product (GDP) - the main aggregate of the system, and how to compile consistent and internationally comparable measures of GDP according to the production, income, and expenditure approaches. The course also discusses in detail, how the SNA can be used to track an economy's production, consumption, and income and how to estimate volume measures of GDP.
Description: The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) will organize a virtual third regional thematic seminar on System of National Accounts (SNA) Update Programme from 6 to 9 June 2022. The regional thematic seminar is part of the follow-up actions recommended by the Global Consultative Group of Experts on National Accounts (AEG) responsible for updating the SNA. This follows the information seminar detailing the new procedure on the 2008 SNA update process held in June 2021 and a second regional thematic webinar held in November 2021 which was focused on some of the major research areas of the SNA. The main objective of this thematic seminar is to provide a forum for all African countries to be engaged and participate directly in the global SNA update programme by discussing and commenting on the guidance notes (GNs) and participating in the assessment and experimental estimates (AEE). The online seminar will focus on five priority areas and thematic topics: communication, financial and payments systems, globalization, well-being and sustainability, and Islamic finance. On-line registration to participate in the meeting can be made by using the hyperlink provided below until 5 June 2022: https://indico.un.org/event/1001443/registrations/8015/
Description: The sixth meeting of the Beyond GDP Sprint of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians will discuss the summaries of the previous meetings and propose an outline of the next steps.
Description: The fifth meeting of the Beyond GDP Sprint of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians will discuss initiatives to compile complementary measures to GDP using indices, indicator frameworks and the wealth and health approaches.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 30 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The course aims at enhancing participants' theoretical and practical knowledge of National Accounts. They should become familiar with the system framework, the integration and balancing of source data and the presentation of national accounts data.
Target Audience: Junior statisticians of National Accounts (NA) departments or statisticians of other statistical departments dealing with NA statistics.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely, high quality national accounts statistics based on the system of national accounts (SNA) framework. The course introduces the sequence of national accounts, the accounting rules, and the key macroeconomic indicators in the SNA framework. You will learn about gross domestic product (GDP) - the main aggregate of the system, and how to compile consistent and internationally comparable measures of GDP according to the production, income, and expenditure approaches. The course also discusses in detail, how the SNA can be used to track an economy's production, consumption, and income and how to estimate volume measures of GDP.
Description: The fourth meeting of the Beyond GDP Sprint of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians will discuss the socio-demographic disaggregation of national accounts.
Description: The third meeting of the Beyond GDP Sprint of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians will discuss well-being initiatives associated with, and that extend, the System of National Accounts.
Description: The second meeting of the Beyond GDP Sprint of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians aims to share ideas, strategies, and examples from the ongoing work that is central to the SNA research agenda on distributional accounts.
2021 ICP for Asia and the Pacific - Twelfth Regional Online Workshop: National accounts framework and requirements for GDP expenditure weights for 2021 PPP computation
Description: This Stats Café will demonstrate the process of compiling Input-Output Tables and their application in policymaking. Presentations will showcase the process of Input-Output Tables by the National Statistical Offices of Indonesia and Malaysia. In addition, they will demonstrate a practical application of Input-Output Tables by the Planning Ministry of Indonesia that works closely with BPS-Indonesia. Overall, the café will provide a forum where all questions regarding Input-Output Table production and application in policymaking are addressed. , Stats Café Home: Upcoming events Concluded events in 2021 Concluded events in 2020
Description: The first meeting of the Beyond GDP Sprint of the United Nations Network of Economic Statisticians will discuss the scope of modern capitals (including intangible capital, human capital, natural capital, etc.) and how to consistently measure these modern capitals and their resultant flows of benefits.
Description: Overview: Simultaneous global challenges (COVID-19, the climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises, extreme inequalities, shifting globalization dynamics, financial volatility and vulnerability, rapid digital transformation and the digital and data divides – to name a few) have ignited a broad rethinking of business-as-usual practices in evaluating the wellbeing of people and planet. In this context, the United Nations is evaluating approaches to measure progress beyond GDP. This effort will feed into follow-up processes to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the proposed Summit of the Future to be held in conjunction with the seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly in 2023. Additionally, the knowledge will likely support ongoing related processes, in particular the multi-year update of the System of National Accounts by the Statistical Commission, to be completed by 2025. Scope and Purpose: This side event showcased work already underway within the statistical community on Measuring Progress Beyond GDP as well as exploring how to overcome barriers to using these types of data for decision making. Discussions from the side event will feed into deliberations under the “Beyond GDP” Sprint of agenda item 3(o) of the 53rd session of the United Nations Statistical Commission.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely, high quality national accounts statistics based on the system of national accounts (SNA) framework. The course introduces the sequence of national accounts, the accounting rules, and the key macroeconomic indicators in the SNA framework. You will learn about gross domestic product (GDP) - the main aggregate of the system, and how to compile consistent and internationally comparable measures of GDP according to the production, income, and expenditure approaches. The course also discusses in detail, how the SNA can be used to track an economy's production, consumption, and income and how to estimate volume measures of GDP.
Description: The webinar is organized to complement the global consultation for the Islamic Finance Task Team guidance note as part of the general process to update the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA) and the Sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6). The webinar aims to: <li>- Inform compilers about the progress with the Islamic Finance Guidance note under the SNA and BPM update programme </li><li>- Introduce the research topics of the Islamic Finance to foster informed participation in the global consultation on the Islamic Finance Guidance note</li><li>- Elicit views on the user demand on the new recommendations </li><li>- Explore potential volunteers for the early implementation of the new recommendations and the experimental testing.</li> You are welcome to attend the webinar by registering here by 13 December 2021.
Description: The main objectives of the series of webinars were: Participants increase their knowledge on the 2008 SNA framework Participants share practical experience in producing and using national accounts statistics Participants get familiar and increase their knowledge on the SNA 2025 update National statistical systems increase their capacity to compile and disseminate national accounts statistics Основные задачи серии вебинаров: Участники углубляют свои знания о структуре СНС 2008. Участники делятся практическим опытом составления и использования статистики национальных счетов. Участники знакомятся c обновлением СНС 2025 и расширяют свои знания о нем. Национальные статистические системы расширяют свой потенциал по сбору и распространению статистических данных национальных счетов.
Description: The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) will organize a virtual second regional thematic seminar on System of National Accounts (SNA) Update Programme from 17 to 18 November 2021. The regional thematic seminar is part of the follow-up actions recommended by the Global Consultative Group of Experts on National Accounts (AEG) responsible for updating the SNA. This follows the information seminar detailing the new procedure on the 2008 SNA update process held in June 2021. The main objective of this thematic seminar is to is to provide a forum for all African countries to be engaged and participate directly in the global SNA update programme by discussing and commenting on the guidance notes (GNs) and to foster their participation in the recommendations feasibility assessment and subsequent experimental estimates (AEE). The thematic seminar will be organised into the four themes of globalization, digitization, wellbeing and sustainability and the informal economy On-line registration to participate in the meeting can be made by using the hyperlink provided below until 15 November 2021: https://events.uneca.org/registration/register?eventId=a90ed4cb-ce37-ec11-80fa-0050569360fe
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 May 2021 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The course aims at enhancing participants' theoretical and practical knowledge of National Accounts. They should become familiar with the system framework, the integration and balancing of source data and the presentation of national accounts data.
Target Audience: Junior statisticians of National Accounts (NA) departments or statisticians of other statistical departments dealing with NA statistics. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Description: This 2021 version of the seminar focuses primarily on the topics of the 2025 SNA update and the future of economic statistics, based on information on the status of the guidelines and the global consultation on topics such as welfare and sustainability, and the informal economy.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 03 May 2021 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: Introducing to the theory and practice of temporal disaggregation, balancing and statistical reconciliation of systems of time series.
Target Audience: Statistical officers in charge to regular production of National Accounts quarterly series. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Description: This half-day one-week virtual course will be presented by the International Monetary Fund's Statistics Department. The course will be based on the System of National Accounts 2008 Manual (2008 SNA). The course will cover the following topics: national accounts concepts, methods, and framework; estimating Gross Domestic Product using the expenditure and production approach; interpretation of National Accounts Statistics; and price and volume measures. The course will feature interactive lectures and hands-on exercises that enable participants to operationalize what they learn. The main lectures and workshops include: (i) Overview of the System of National Accounts, (ii) Production accounts: measurement of output; intermediate consumption, and value added (gross domestic product (GDP), (iii) Gross Domestic Product by Expenditure, (iv) The sequence of accounts from the production account to balance sheets and (v) Preparation of GDP volume measures: double deflation; and volume extrapolation;
Description: This one-week customized training and technical assistance will be presented by an expert from the International Monetary Fund's Statistics Department. The course will be based on the System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008) and the Quarterly National Accounts Manual, 2017. The course will cover the following topics: The scope, role and strategic issues of quarterly national accounts. Data sources for the production and expenditure approach. Strategies for selecting quarterly indicators. Establishing a quarterly processing system. Benchmarking techniques and software;. Seasonal adjustment. Price and volume measures. Chain-linking quarterly national accounts. Inventory valuation methods. Revision policy. Economic analysis of quarterly national accounts. The course will feature interactive lectures and hands-on exercises that will enable participants to operationalize what they learn.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely, high quality national accounts statistics based on the system of national accounts (SNA) framework. The course introduces the sequence of national accounts, the accounting rules, and the key macroeconomic indicators in the SNA framework. You will learn about gross domestic product (GDP) - the main aggregate of the system, and how to compile consistent and internationally comparable measures of GDP according to the production, income, and expenditure approaches. The course also discusses in detail, how the SNA can be used to track an economy's production, consumption, and income and how to estimate volume measures of GDP.
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): HSE University Russian Federation ESCAP SIAP
Description: The main objectives of this course are to provide deep knowledge about integrated transaction accountsintroduce the 2008 SNA-changes from 1993 SNAexplain the use of volume measures in national accounts and brief the participants about SDGs and SNA
Description: The Asia-Pacific Stats Café Series on "Emerging issues in Economic Statistics", will be held on Monday, 23 August 2021. In this Stats Café, we will discuss progress made by some countries to make estimates of digitilisation in their national accounts statistics.
Description: The Inception Regional Webinar on the System of National Accounts (SNA) update was held on Monday, 26 July 2021, 09:00 – 12:00 Hours, Bangkok time (GMT+7). Attendance and Evaluation Summary Concept note Agenda The purpose of the webinar was to achieve the following objectives and related documentation: Inform compilers about the progress with the SNA and BPM update programme Introduce the conceptual/compilation topics to foster informed participation in the global consultation on the guidance notes (GN) Collect and verify information of the baseline assessment (about the countries’ statistical capacity to implement the new recommendations) Elicit views on the user demand on the new recommendations Explore potential volunteers for the early implementation of the new recommendations Collect information about the countries’ implementation plans.
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 04 Jan 2022 )
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Organizer(s): HSE University Russian Federation ESCAP SIAP
Description: The objective of this e-Learning Course is to provide an understanding of the basic concept and framework of the System of National Accounts (SNA 2008) and demonstrate methods and techniques for the compilation of the integrated transaction accounts.Цель этого электронного курса обучения - дать понимание основной концепции и структуры Системы национальных счетов (СНС 2008) и продемонстрировать методы и приемы составления интегрированных счетов операций. Он предназначен для государственных статистиков младшего и среднего звеназнакомых с СНС или участвующих в сборе и компиляции статистических 2 данныхподдерживающих составление национальных счетов. Этот курс может оказаться полезным для пользователей статистики национальных счетовне входящих в состав агентстваили техкто заинтересован в работе в этой области в будущем.
The Sequence of Accounts and the Recording of COVID-19 Related Initiatives
05 Jul 2021 – 08 Jul 2021
Source: IMF Metac (Data extracted on: 27 Sep 2021 )
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Organizer(s): IMF Metac CEF
Description: METAC delivered this four-day course remotely, with the CEF. Its purpose is improving the capacity to compile the full sequence of accounts in the Middle East and North Africa region, reflecting international standards and best practices. It was attended by 26 participants from 13 countries, and covered the following topics: (i) overview of the sequence of accounts; (ii) current and capital accounts; (iii) financial and balance sheet accounts; (iv) institutional arrangements, uses, and data sources; (v) recording COVID-19 related initiatives in the sequence of accounts.
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CEF webinar on national accounts
05 Jul 2021 – 08 Jul 2021
Source: IMF Metac (Data extracted on: 03 May 2022 )
Description: This webinar is the first in a series of regional seminars within the framework of the updating process of the System National Account (SNA) and Balance of Payments Manual (BPM) and is organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in collaboration with the Commission. Economic for...
Title in Spanish: Seminario web sobre el Sistema de Cuentas Nacionales - Hacia el SCN 2025
Organizer(s): UNSD ECLAC
Description: Este seminario web es el primero de una serie de seminarios regionales en el marco del proceso de actualización del Sistema de Cuentas nacionales (SCN) 2008, y son organizados por la División de Estadística de las Naciones Unidas (UNSD), en colaboración con la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
Description: The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) will organize a regional seminar on System of National Accounts (SNA) Update Programme on 17 June 2021. The main objective of this seminar is to inform Member States the status and the process of updating the System of National Accounts (SNA), the scope of the research under development, and the experimental implementation component of the new methodological guidelines at the country level. Staff who work in the area of national accounts and other economic statistics of national statistical offices of member States, as well as sub-regional and regional organizations will participate in the regional seminar. On-line registration to participate in the meeting can be made by using the hyperlink provided below until 14 June 2021: https://events.uneca.org/registration/register?eventId=7a45b1df-24c2-eb11-80ef-0050569360fe
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, teaches you how to compile timely, high quality national accounts statistics based on the system of national accounts (SNA) framework. The course introduces the sequence of national accounts, the accounting rules, and the key macroeconomic indicators in the SNA framework. You will learn about gross domestic product (GDP) - the main aggregate of the system, and how to compile consistent and internationally comparable measures of GDP according to the production, income, and expenditure approaches. The course also discusses in detail, how the SNA can be used to track an economy's production, consumption, and income and how to estimate volume measures of GDP.
Title in Spanish: Reunión técnica sobre requisitos de datos de cuentas nacionales para el Programa de Comparación Internacional (PCI), Ciclo 2021 - América Latina
Organizer(s): ECLAC
Description: Reunión virtual organizada por la CEPAL en su calidad de Coordinador Regional del PCI para América Latina y el Caribe.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 21 Dec 2020 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat Icon-Institut
Description: The course aims at enhancing participants' theoretical and practical knowledge of National Accounts. They should become familiar with the system framework, the integration and balancing of source data and the presentation of national accounts data.
Target Audience: Junior statisticians of National Accounts (NA) departments or statisticians of other statistical departments dealing with NA statistics. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Title in French: Séminaire régional en matière de statistiques du secteur réel
Description: Ce séminaire a pour objectifs de présenter et d’harmoniser les méthodes de prise en compte du secteur informel et de la dépense de consommation finale des ménages ainsi que des statistiques administratives (statistiques d’entreprises, statistiques des administrations publiques, statistiques du commerce extérieur, etc.) dans les comptes nationaux et d’assurer une meilleure utilisation de ces données lors de la diffusion des statistiques macroéconomiques.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, covers theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA). The course consists of lectures covering methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA and workshops consisting of practical exercises in compiling the accounts. The main aim of the course is to train participants in the compilation of annual gross domestic product both at current prices and in volume terms using the production and expenditure approaches, in support of better policy-making and surveillance. The course starts with an overview of the system of national accounts, presenting the sequence of accounts for transactions and other flows as well as balance sheets, with a focus on the framework of the 2008 SNA. It covers the main concepts involving transactions, other economic flows, stocks, institutional units, classifications, and main macroeconomic aggregates measured by the system. The main lectures and workshops include: sessions on the production account covering the definition and measurement of output, intermediate consumption, and value added; valuation issues; and the treatment of particular industries; source data and issues in the compilation of GDP by production and expenditure approaches; deflators and derivation of volume measures of GDP; and specific issues related to goods and services transactions, including supply and use framework, inventory valuation adjustment, consumption of fixed capital, non-observed and informal economy, global supply chains, and the digital economy. Emphasis is also placed on sharing country experiences among the participants.
Description: This one-week course will cover Supply and Use Tables (SUT), Input-Output Tables (IOT) and extensions. The following topics will be covered: Overview of SUT and Their Structure; Data Sources and Practical Compilation Aspects of SUT; Balancing the SUT; Transforming SUT into IOT; and Impact Modeling Using IOT. The course will be delivered virtually, for three hours per day from February 8th to 12th. The course will feature interactive lectures and hands-on exercises that enable participants to operationalize what they learn.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, offers an opportunity for thorough understanding of concepts, sources of data, and compilation techniques for producing quarterly national accounts statistics. The course is based on the IMF Quarterly National Accounts Manual (2017 Edition) and oriented to national accounts compilers from countries that are improving, developing, or planning to develop quarterly national accounts (QNA). The course covers both theoretical and practical compilation issues, specifically the following main topics: the scope and role of QNA; data sources for compiling quarterly GDP estimates (mainly using production and expenditure approaches); editing procedures and dealing with indicators; benchmarking techniques for combining quarterly indicators with annual estimates; seasonal adjustments; price and volume measures; chain-linking techniques for compiling QNA time series; early estimates of quarterly GDP; other specific QNA issues; and revision policy and dissemination practices.The course consists of lectures, workshops, and small group discussions.
Description: On this occasion, a space has been designated for the presentation of the integrated economic statistics systems of the region and a session to review the actions of the national accounts offices in the context of the COVID19 pandemic.
Source: Eurostat (Data extracted on: 17 Nov 2020 )
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Organizer(s): Eurostat GOPA
Description: The course will provide an overview of the necessary steps in compiling a set of Supply Use Tables (SUTs) and their role in balancing national accounts. The course will present how to transform the Use matrix into symmetric form suitable for economic analysis. The second objective is to provide an introduction to input-output analysis, and how to use this analysis to support economic structural analysis and policy briefing. The learning will be reinforced by group discussion and practical exercises.
Target Audience: Statistical Office staff working in Economic Statistics units, who are interested in the principles of compiling Supply Use Tables (SUTs) according to ESA2010 and understanding the concepts and potential use of Input-Output analysis for empirical investigations of significant political relevance. ESTP Trainings are open to non-ESS members if capacity allows after ESS needs are fulfilled.
Description: This course, presented by the Statistics Department, covers theoretical and practical issues related to the compilation of accumulation accounts (capital accounts, financial accounts, other changes in volume of assets accounts, and revaluation accounts) and balance sheets according to institutional sectors. The course is based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA). The aim of the course is to provide participants with the necessary skills to compile the sectoral accumulation accounts and the balance sheets. The course consists of lectures covering conceptual and methodological issues as well as workshops sessions on practical compilation issues. The lectures provide a thorough review of the methodological framework, concepts, and definitions relating to sectoral accumulation accounts and balance sheets, examine potential data sources for their compilation, and illustrate possible compilation techniques and procedures. The course also provides a forum for participants to share country practices and experiences relating to the compilation of sectoral accumulation accounts and balance sheets.
Target Audience: Officials whose main responsibility is compiling national accounts and financial accounts statistics (specifically sectoral accounts and accounts on a from-whom-to-whom basis), who are employed with national statistical agencies and central banks.
Title in Spanish: Cuarta videoconferencia sobre medidas para enfrentar los efectos de la pandemia COVID-19 sobre el levantamiento de precios y cuentas nacionales
Organizer(s): ECLAC INE Chile
Description: En el contexto de las charlas virtuales Conectados RTC, el INE de Chile y la División de Estadísticas de CEPAL invitan a participar en esta serie de videoconferencias que buscan evaluar en conjunto los efectos que está teniendo la pandemia COVID-19 sobre las operaciones estadísticas de la región.
Description: The webinar is primarily designed for compilers of national accounts statistics for AFRITAC East member countries. The webinar will include a 40-minute presentation from Mr. Anthony Silungwe, IMF economist and expert on national accounts. It will be followed by a question and answer session to address issues raised by participants.
Description: About the session Economic, Environment and Satellite Accounts align well with the Asia and the Pacific’s strategies for advancing official statistics for the 2030 Agenda the collective vision and framework for action by the Asia Pacific statistical community, which focuses on strengthening statistical capacity to produce, disseminate and use official statistics through five action areas, and the Declaration on Navigating Policy with Data to Leave No One Behind, as their use and production requires a strong national statistical system and government support and engagement As a priority area identified in the forthcoming 7 th session of the Committee on Statistics, the panel discussions will focus on global and regional initiatives and the current efforts in progressing economic, environmental and satellite accounts in the region The aim is to share experiences and determine priority actions for member States, UN entities and development partners on how regional collaboration on accounts may support and strengthen national efforts to advance accounting in Asia and the Pacific. Panelists Mr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin, PhD, Chief Statistician, Department of Statistics Malaysia Mr. Ben Milligan,PhD, Secretariat Director, Global Ocean Accounts Partnership Mr. Leota Aliielua Salani, Assistant CEO, National Accounts & Finance, Statistics Division, Samoa Bureau of Statistics Ms. Vivian R. Ilarina, Assistant National Statistician, Macroeconomic Accounts Service, Philippine Statistics Authority Moderators Ms Gemma Van Halderen, Director, Statistics Division ESCAP Ms. Rikke Munk Hansen, Chief, Economic and Environment Statistics Section, Statistics Division, ESCAP --------------------- >> See others Asia-Pacific Stats Café series
Description: The Webinar provides guidance to national statistical organizations aimed to help them to ensure the continued publication of their national accounts in the face of challenges resulting from measures implemented to contain COVID-19.
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Original webpage was deleted, archived version from the Internet Archive (not a UN service): Link
Source: IMF Metac (Data extracted on: 16 Nov 2020 )
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Description: At this webinar, topics presented and discussed included challenges and solutions related to missing or late source data, restrictions to movement and reduced accessibility to workplaces, volatility in primary statistics, and communications with users of national accounts. The webinar was attended by 37 participants from 11 METAC members (Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, West Bank and Gaza, Sudan, and Syria).
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Intermediate-level e-learning Course on System of National Accounts (SNA): Integrated Transaction Accounts
29 Jun 2020 – 21 Aug 2020
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 06 Aug 2020 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP Topics:
Recording COVID-19 Related Government Initiatives in the National Accounts
29 Jun 2020 – 29 Jun 2020
Source: IMF Metac (Data extracted on: 16 Nov 2020 )
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Description: This webinar covered methods on how to record COVID-19-related government policy interventions in the national accounts, to ensure comprehensiveness and accuracy in GDP estimates, both in aggregate and within the key components of GDP. It presented a range of examples taken from the IMF COVID-19 policy tracker in the fiscal and monetary areas, which can be found here. Countries raised questions regarding their own policy interventions and were able to compare their experiences to others in the region and elsewhere. It is worth noting that proper recording of policy interventions goes beyond the accuracy of GDP estimates, and touches on issues of transparency in the conduct of macroeconomic policy to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of government interventions.
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Twelfth Basic-level e-learning Course on System of National Accounts (2008 SNA): Integrated Transaction Accounts
02 Oct 2019 – 04 Oct 2019
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 26 Nov 2019 )
