UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics

Third Meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics


  • Online Meeting
  • 29 September ‑ 1 October 2020

Overview

Third Meeting of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics (UNCEBTS) will take place virtually from 29 September to 1 October 2020 starting at 7am to 10:30am (NY time). The third meeting of the UNCEBTS will review the work progress in the five workstreams of the Committee, namely: globalization and digitalization; well-being and sustainability; business dynamics, demography and entrepreneurship; exhaustive business registers; and capacity building. The leaders of the workstreams will introduce the progress of work made their respective areas and propose activities for advancing the various workstreams for discussion by the Committee. The meeting will also review developments in the areas of trade statistics and in other new and emerging areas to ensure synergies and coherence between the workstreams of the Committee and the work undertaken by others.



Programme


Day 1 - Tuesday, 29 September 2020



7:00 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 1: Opening and objectives of the meeting
  • - Stefano Menghinello, Chair UNCEBTS and Director for Data Collection, ISTAT
  • - Stefan Schweinfest, Director, United Nations Statistics Division
  • - Ilaria Di Matteo, Chief Business Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division

Chair: Stefano Menghinello (ISTAT)

7:30 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 2: Review of the Strategic View of the Future of Business Statistics
  • - Stefano Menghinello, Chair UNCEBTS and Director for Data Collection, ISTAT
  • - Discussion

8:20 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 3: Updates from the task teams
  • This session will review and discuss the progress of work of the task teams of the UNCEBTS, identify areas for further work building on the lesson learnt from the experiences during COVID-19 and explore areas of further coordination with groups working on areas of common interest.
    • a. Task team on globalization and digitalization
    • b. Task team on business dynamics, demography and entrepreneurship
    • c. Task team on wellbeing and sustainability

Day 2 - Wednesday, 30 September 2020



7:20 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 3: Updates from the task teams - continued ( Moved to Thursday, October 1 )

8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 4: Research agenda for international trade statistics ( Moved to Friday, October 16 )

Day 3 - Thursday, 1 October 2020  * UPDATED AGENDA *


Chair: Stefano Menghinello (ISTAT)

7:00 a.m. - 7:40 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 3: Updates from the task teams - continued

7:40 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 5: New and emerging areas
  • This session will discuss progress in new areas taking into account the recommendations of the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 2020, the outcome of the Special meeting on the impact of COVID 19 on business and trade statistics (and its impact on the work of the Committee), and the impact on the UNCEBTS from the work undertaken by the Friends of the Chair on the future of economic statistics.

  • Moderator: Ilaria Di Matteo (UNSD)
  • - Update on the Global Group Register, Nancy Snyder (UNSD)
  •    ⚬ Presentation
  • - Prototype of repository of hyperlinks to Business statistics database available in international/regional organizations, Zhiyuan   Qian (UNSD)
  •    ⚬ Presentation
  • - Task Team on Communication, Stefano Menghinello (ISTAT)
  • - Discussion

9:00 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 6: Programme of work, 2021-2022
  • This session will bring together the discussion from the previous sessions into a concrete programme of work for the UNCEBTS and its task teams for the period 2021-2022.
  • - Stefano Menghinello (ISTAT)
  • - Discussion

9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 7: Conclusions and closing
  • - Stefano Menghinello (ISTAT) and Ivo Havinga (UNSD)

Day 4 - Friday, 16 October 2020  * UPDATED AGENDA *


Chair: Stefano Menghinello (ISTAT)


7:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. (NY Time)
Session 4: Research agenda for international trade statistics
  • Given the enterprise-based approach considered by the Committee, trade statistics are of foremost interest. It is important to coordinate the research agenda of business and trade statistics. The Committee can play a role in contributing to these conceptual developments. This session will review the research agenda for international trade statistics and the update of the International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) and the Manual of Statistics of International Trade in Services (MSITS) to identify their impact on the work programme of the UNCEBTS.

  • Moderator: Markie Muryawan (UNSD)
  • - BPM7 revision update, Maria Borga (IMF)
  •    ⚬ Presentation
  • - Trade in goods/services by enterprise characteristics, Rodolfo Ostolaza (OECD)
  • - Linking business and trade statistics for analyzing globalization, Gerardo Durand (INEGI)
  •    ⚬ Presentation
  • - Enhancing the use customs data beyond trade statistics, Juergen Abrams (ABRAMS Wiki)
  • - Measuring E-commerce, Amitabha Pradhan (Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India)
  •    ⚬ Presentation
  • - Calculation of Trade Indices using Multilateral Method, Matthew Stansfield (StatsNZ) - recording
  •    ⚬ Presentation
  •    ⚬ Video Recording
  • - Discussion

9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. (NY Time)
Conclusions and closing
  • - Stefano Menghinello (ISTAT) and Ivo Havinga (UNSD)