UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics

• This session will explore the options in integrating trade activities related to coordination, methodology, data, and capacity building into the work programme of the UNCEBTS, taking into account the new trade task team and existing thematically organized task teams. The options range from centralizing the trade activities in the trade task team to distributing them through a thematic approach to existing task teams. The terms of reference of the new task team will be discussed. In the middle of July, the Bureau will evaluate candidates from the committee's members for the role of task team leader of trade statistics and appoint him/her in order to start the revision process of the trade statistics manuals.


• - Options for integrating international trade statistics ‐ Markie Muryawan (UNSD)
• - Open floor discussion


• Presentation
• ⚬ Trade Integration


• Background paper
• ⚬ Proposal for Integrated ITS

Break

• This session will discuss the future work programme of the UNCEBTS and the future arrangements of its task teams and their deliverables taking into consideration priorities and initiatives of international/regional organizations and countries in the area of business and trade statistics.


• - Task team on globalization and digitalization, Daniela Ravindra (Statistics Canada)
• - Task team on well-being and Sustainability, Soren Andersen (Statistics Denmark)
• - Task team on business dynamics, demography and entrepreneurship ‐ Arturo Blancas and Gerardo Durand (INEGI)
• - Task teams on exhaustive business registers and capacity building ‐ Hank Hermans (statistcis Netherlands) and Saleh AL Kafri   (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)
• - Open floor discussion


• Presentations
• ⚬ Task Team on Globalization and Digitalization
• ⚬ Task Team on Wellbeing and Sustainability
• ⚬ Task Team on Business Dynamics, Demography and Entrepreneurship
• ⚬ Task Team on Exhaustive Business Register and Capacity Building


• Background paper
• ⚬ Note on Business Dynamics, Demography and Entrepreneurship

• This session will review the progress of work on the Manual on the maturity model for Statistical Business Registers, the development of a questionnaire and the plan to initiate a regular global assessment on the status of implementation of SBR in countries.


• - Update on the work on the Manual on the Maturity Model for Statistical Business Registers - Hank Hermans (statistcis Netherlands)    and Saleh AL Kafri (Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics)
• - Joint SIAP-ADB and UNSD e-learning on SBRs ‐ Pinar Ucar (SIAP)
• - Prototype for the interactive self-assessment ‐ Zhiyuan Qian (UNSD)
• - Open floor discussion


• Presentations
• ⚬ Manual on the Maturity Model for Statistical Business Registers
• ⚬ Foundational e-learning course on SBR
• ⚬ Prototype for the Maturity Model Toolkit

• This session will review and discuss the timeline, working methods, and the initial list of issues of the research agenda for trade statistics. The other relevant discussion point would be managing and organizing cross-cutting thematic topics between merchandise and services trade statistics and business statistics.


• - Proposed revision process of the trade statistics manuals ‐ Vysaul Nyirongo (UNSD)
• - Open floor discussion


• Presentations
• ⚬ Revision of the Trade Statistics Manuals


• Background paper
• ⚬ Proposal for Integrated Trade Research Agenda

• This session will present new and emerging areas and initiatives in business statistics from countries and international/regional organizatons covering methodological work, capacity building and data collection activities. The objective of this session is to identify possible synergies among the various initiatives.


• - Eurostat's priorities in the years to come on business and trade statistics ‐ Sophie Limpach (Eurostat)
• - Review of the communication on progress of the UN Global Compact ‐ Bernhard Frey (UN Global Compact)
• - Update from UNCTAD second meeting of its Working Group on Measuring E-Commerce and the Digital Economy ‐ Scarlett Fondeur Gil (UNCTAD)
• - GGR-ADIMA cooperation ‐ Nancy Snyder (UNSD) and Rodolfo Ostolaza (OECD)
• - Proposal for a global initiative on unique identifiers ‐ Ilaria Di Matteo (UNSD) and Ricco Dunn (GLEIF)
• - Open floor discussion


• Presentations
• ⚬ Eurostat's priorities in business and trade statistics
• ⚬ Review of the Communication on Progress of the UN Global Compact
• ⚬ Measuring e-commerce and the digital economy at UNCTAD
• ⚬ Collaboration on GGR and ADIMA
• ⚬ Proposal for a global initiative on unique identifiers for businesses
• ⚬ Unique Identifier for Statistical Business Registers ‐ Value of the LEI as a global unique identifier

• This session will present new and emerging areas and initiatives in trade statistics from countries and international/regional organizatons covering methodological work, capacity building and data collection activities. The objective of this session is to identify possible synergies among the various initiatives.


• - Current Account Task Team (CATT): Recent Activities ‐ Maria Borga (IMF)
• - Trade Data Tools for IMTS ‐ Markie Muryawan (UNSD) and Ulrich Eidmann (Eurostat)
• - Eurostat initiatives on MoS, BEC and STEC ‐ Georgios Papadopoulos (Eurostat)
• - E-learning on ITS ‐ Onno Hoffmeister (UNCTAD) and Barbara D'Andrea (WTO)
• - Open floor discussion


• Presentations
• ⚬ Current Account Task Team (CATT): Recent Activities
• ⚬ Trade Data Tools for IMTS
• ⚬ Eurostat activities
• ⚬ Trade Statistics Capacity Building Beyond Borders ‐ UNCTAD‐UNSD‐WTO online training in IMTS and STIS


• Background paper
• ⚬ Proposal for Trade Capacity Building