Seminar on developing the capacity to produce economic statistics, including national accounts in accordance with the 2008 SNA, in the Asian and Pacific region, Bangkok, 10-13 October 2011

Seminar on developing the capacity to produce economic statistics, including national accounts in accordance with the 2008 SNA, in the Asian and Pacific region

Jointly organized by:
United Nations Statistics Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok, 10-13 October 2011

Last update: 14 September 2012

The purpose of the seminar was to develop an implementation plan for the strategy for improvement of the capacity of countries in the Asian and Pacific region to produce economic statistics, including national accounts in accordance with 2008 SNA, of good quality and coverage.

The seminar consists of two parts:

Part 1 aims at providing an overview of the global initiatives for the implementation of the 2008 SNA and tools for developing a national implementation plan for the 2008 SNA within the framework of improving economic statistics.
Part 2 aims at developing the implementation plan for the Regional programme for the improvement of the capacity of countries in the Asian and Pacific region to produce economic statistics including the capacity to produce national accounts in accordance with 2008 SNA.

The seminar concluded with a session aimed at bringing the results of the two parts together to ensure that plans for implementing the 2008 SNA and the Regional Programme were consistent and mutually reinforcing, effectively incorporating national implementation plans for the 2008 SNA into the regional implementation plan.

Report of the Seminar
Concept note
Provisional agenda
Tentative programme
List of Participants
Overview of the Regional Programme
	Document	Presentation
Agenda item 1 - Opening of the meeting: Objectives, organization, and administrative matters

Agenda item 2 - Setting the framework
Global 2008 SNA implementation strategy
Progress on the implementation programme for the System of National Accounts, 2008 and supporting statistics
Background document to the Progress on the implementation programme for the System of National Accounts, 2008 and supporting statistics
Strategy for improving the capacity to produce economic statistics in the region
Core set of economic statistics	Link
Regional programme for the improvement of economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific	Link
Overview of the Regional Programme initiative
Resolution 67/10 - A core set of economic statistics to guide the improvement of basic economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Part I – Implementation programme for of the System of National Accounts 2008 in the Asian and Pacific region
Agenda item 3 - Overview of main changes in the 2008 SNA including changes relevant to the region
2008 SNA - Main Changes from 1993 SNA
Agenda item 4 – Short-term economic statistics for the development of the national accounts
Short-term economic indicators
Background document to the Report of the Secretary General on Short term Economic Indicators
Guidelines for monitoring the 2008 SNA implementation
Agenda item 5 - 2008 SNA implementation tools
Tools for developing national implementation programmes for the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics
Agenda item 6 - Diagnostic tool to assess the adequacy of the statistical production process to support the compilation of the national accounts
Diagnostic Framework for National Accounts and Supporting Economic Statistics
Diagnostic Framework for National Accounts and Supporting Economic Statistics - Guidelines
Self Assessment of the status of National Accounts and Supporting Economic Statistics
Agenda item 7 - Data sources for the compilation of national accounts

Agenda item 8 - Framework for setting goals and actions to reach goals
Statement of strategy Developing a programme for the implementation of the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics
Agenda item 9 - Group discussion on the application of the presented tools/development of initial national plan

Part II – Developing the implementation plan for the Regional programme for the improvement of economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Agenda item 10 - Developing the implementation plan for the Regional Programme – overview
Draft outline of the Implementation plan for the Regional programme for the improvement of economic statistics in Asia and the Pacific
Developments in Economic Statistics in the Pacific Region
Agenda item 11 - Shaping the implementation plan: constraints and capacity development needs in the region
Synthesis report of assessments of the capacity of selected National Statistical Systems to produce the core set of economic statistics
Assessment of the capacity of Bhutan Statistical System to produce the core set of economic statistics
Assessment of the capacity of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Statistical System to produce the core set of economic statistics
Report on the ESCAP region-wide assessment of the capacity of national statistical systems in Asia and the Pacific to produce basic economic statistics	Link
Assessment of the capacity of Bangladesh Statistical System to produce the core set of economic statistics
Agenda item 12 - Group discussion: developing the implementation plan for the Regional Programme

Agenda item 13 - Reports on the discussion of the four groups

Agenda item 14 – Implementation plan - institutional component
Partners for Statistics Development in Asia -Pacific
Agenda item 15 – Implementation plan - technical component

Agenda item 16 - Next Steps: Implementation plan

Agenda item 17 – Next Steps: Steering Group

Agenda item 18 - Discussion on the way forward

Agenda item 19 - Closing session