6-9 July 2010
Counterpart: ECA/UNSD
Objective/Description:
This seminar, organized by ECA/UNSD reviewed the UNSD programme on economic statistics for African countries. The participating countries reviewed the practices in compilation of statistics, such as the establishment of a business register, and the challenges to the adoption of new methodologies.
Outputs:
Contribution to build capacity for the practice in the implementation of International Standards in Economic Statistics, including for the use of administrative data (VAT and Social Security) and for the incorporation of survey results in the SNA.
Outcomes:·
· A methodology is available to governments and CSOs in Africa whose guidelines for implementation have been discussed as well as recommendations and challenges on how to collect and how to use data from different sources: National Accounts, surveys and administrative data.
· For the RMCE, this type of training can be embedded in cross-sectoral programmes and/or tailored to the statistics relevant for a specific core area, e.g. trade. The scheme of training is the peer learning relevant for most of the RMCE programmes: addressed to and at the same time delivered by professionals and senior officials.