Monday, April 16
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Subject |
08:00 a.m. – 08:15 a.m.
08:15a .m. – 09:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. |
Registration of Participants
Administrative Briefing
Mrs. Imène Khechine Jedidi, Training Associate, JAI
Opening Session and Introduction to the Course
Ms. Karin Millett, Director, JAI, and Ms. Margaret Fitzgibbon, Senior Economist, IMF |
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Overview of trade in services (UNSD)
Global trends in trade in services, with a focus on Africa (IMF) |
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. |
Introduction to WTO, GATT, GATS , services characteristics, modes of supply, the negotiation process (WTO/OMC) |
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Coffee break |
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
International standards : main concepts of services statistics of BPM5/BPM6 and MSITS; EBOPS, CPC (IMF/UNSD) |
6:00 p.m. |
Welcome Cocktail |
Tuesday, April 17 |
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9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Balance of payments transport services: concepts and definitions, and compilation issues (IMF) |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee break |
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Balance of payments travel services: concepts and definitions, and compilation issues (IMF) |
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Tourism statistics , including tourism satellite accounts (WTO/OMT) |
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Coffee break |
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Group discussions on difficulties in compiling transport and travel/tourism statistics (groups plus presenters)
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Wednesday, April 18 |
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9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Balance of payments other services: concepts and definitions, and compilation issues (IMF) |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee break |
11:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. |
Balance of payments other services: concepts and definitions, and compilation issues (continued)
Group discussions on difficulties in compiling transport, travel/tourism and other services statistics (groups plus presenters) |
12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Group photo |
12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Foreign affiliates trade statistics : concepts and definitions (UNSD) |
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Coffee break |
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Group discussions on difficulties in compiling statistics on foreign affiliates’ trade (groups plus presenters) |
Thursday, April 19 |
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9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Modes of supply (WTO/OMC) |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee break |
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Data sources: business register, ITRS, economic surveys (UNSD)
Overview of data sources
International Transactrion Reporting System
Business registers
Sample surveys
Measuring multinational enterprises
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12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Data sources (continued) |
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. |
Coffee break |
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. |
Group discussions: country problems in compiling trade in services statistics (balance of payments and FATS) and how to move forward – preparations for group presentations (groups) |
Friday, April 20 |
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9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. |
Group presentations (plenary) |
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. |
Coffee break |
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. |
Group presentations (continued) |
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Summing up (presenters) |
01:00 p.m. |
Farewell lunch |
