Bangkok, 19–22 April 2005

The objective of the workshop was to develop a regional forum for consultation on methodological and practical issues relating to the 1993 SNA update. This is part of a larger, world wide consultation process with developing countries on the update. In the workshop, key issues of 1993 SNA update and expert recommendations for changes were introduced and discussed with the aim of seeking comments and feedback from countries in the Asia and Pacific regions.

The list of updating issues can be found at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/snarev1.asp

• Tentative Time Schedule
• List of Participants
• Opening Statement, Mr Ilpo Survo, Officer in Charge, a.i., ESCAP Statistics Division
• Workshop report

• Introduction to updating process, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• List of issues (44) accepted for SNA review, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Operational Guidelines for Advisory Experts Group on NA, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• List of issues for clarifications, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Progress report on the review of the SNA, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• How to comment? (on AEG decisions), Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Non-life insurance services, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Employee Stock Options (ESOs), Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Taxes on holding gains, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Military Weapon Systems as Fixed Assets, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Cost of ownership transfer of non-financial assets, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Non-performing loans, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Accrual principle to debt arrears, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Activation of Guarantees, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Informal Sector in the 1993 System of National Accounts (Discussion paper), Ivo Havinga and Viet Vu (UNSD)
  • Informal Sector, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Government owned assets – cost of capital services (decision), Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Top-Top Structure of ISIC, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Originals and copies, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Database, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Mineral exploration, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Treatment of land, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Debt Instruments Indexed to a Foreign Currency, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Treatment of Interest on Indexed-Linked Debt Instruments, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Repurchase agreements, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Ancillary units, Mr Viet Vu (UNSD)
• Goods Sent Abroad for Processing, Mr Robert John Dippelsman (IMF)
• 1. Residence; 2. Definition of Ownership, Mr Robert John Dippelsman (IMF)
• Institutional Units, Mr Robert John Dippelsman (IMF)
• Employer retirement pension schemes, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)
• Other Issues Related to Public Sector Accounting, Mr Robert John Dippelsman (IMF)
• FISIM, Mr Vetle Hvidsten (UNSD)