1. Agenda item 5b
Main challenges and priorities for future work Implementation of the 2008 SNA in the EECCA, SEE and Mongolia
Presentation by UNECE
Workshop on Implementation of the 2008 SNA
Kiev, 29 November - 2 December 2011

2. Overview Survey results: Problems and Priorities for future work
Overall issues
Need for improvement in basic statistics
Problem areas in National accounts
Ongoing projects and technical assistance
Way forward: Proposed elements of the implementation plan for the region
Objectives and key deliverables
Main actors, Coordination and Governance
Technical assistance requested by countries
Activities of International organizations: current and planned
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3. Overall issues conditioning improvement in statistics in the region
Overall changes to the institutional and informational infrastructure in the country
Need for adjustment of legislation, institutional bodies, accounting standards
Issues with human resources in statistics
Limited resources, high turnover, lack of continuous training, but growing demand for statistical information
Statistical issues
The quality and availability of basic statistics
National accounts issues
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4. Need for improvement in Basic Statistics
Priorities for improvement in basic statistics
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5. Need for improvement in Basic Statistics
Main priorities for improvement in basic statistics:
Business statistics
Source for data on value added
Coverage of services and methodological issues
Price statistics
Detailed price indices for all types of economic activity, including services,
Export and import price indices
Exhaustiveness of business and administrative registers
Coverage of all enterprises and non-profit organisations
Availability and use of administrative registers
Business statistics
as a source for intermediate consumption
number of human resources allocated to service statistics vs. Share of services in GDP
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6. Problem areas in National accounts
Current priorities for countries in the region by NA broad data groups
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7. Problem areas in National accounts
Current priorities for countries in the region by NA detailed datasets
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8. Financial services, FISIM Public sector The rest of the world
New issues from the 2008 SNA
Non-financial assets
R & D, military expenditures, mineral exploration, land improvements, cultivated assets, ownership transfer
Non-observed economy
Informal sector and illegal activities
Financial services, FISIM
Pension schemes and employee stock options
Public sector
Central banks and public/private/government
The rest of the world
Multi-territory enterprises, processing, merchanting
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9. Ongoing technical assistance projects: Main areas
Main areas in national accounts with ongoing technical assistance projects in the region
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10. Proposed way ahead for the region. Objectives and key deliverables
Main objective
Strengthen national accounts statistics in the region and ensure coordinated implementation of the 2008 SNA to enhance international comparability.
Priorities for countries in the region
Improve the quality of Annual and Quarterly GDP
Improve the quality, availability and access to basic statistics, including administrative data
Implementation of the 2008 changes most affecting GDP and its main components
Implementation of changes affecting GNI and other main balancing items
Recommendation: GDP and GNI by the 2008 SNA
(to be discussed during Session 7 and developed after)
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11. Proposed way ahead for the region. Objectives and key deliverables
Further Priorities
Medium term:
Improvement of institutional sector accounts
Long term:
Full system of accounts
Each country will determine its own detailed priorities and their timeframe.
Regional implementation plan will be developed based on the common priorities in the national implementation plans.
(to be discussed during Session 7 and developed after)
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12. Development of an implementation plan
CHALLENGES
Government, Public Sector Public-private, central banks
2008 SNA
Informal and illegal sector
Financial Services Stock options, pensions
The rest of the world Globalisation
Financial Instruments
Non-Financial Assets R&D, military
1993 SNA
CORE
Institutional sectors
National Accounts
Balance sheets
Supply / Use
Quarterly accounts
Financial accounts
Regional accounts
Input / Output
NOE
FISIM
STATISICS
BASIC
Short-Term Statistics Output value, intermediate consumption
Statistics on Services
Prices & Costs Deflators, Labor
International Trade Export and import, FATS
Social Statistics Health, NGOs
Investment Statistics Capital expenditure
Financial Statistics FISIM, monetary
Agriculture Statistics
BASE
Statistical Infrastructure Business register, statistical units, survey design, administrative data, classifications
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13. Proposed way ahead for the region
Proposed way ahead for the region. Main actors, Coordination and Governance
National level
National implementation plan for the 2008 SNA and supporting statistics
Global recommendations by ISWGNA adopted by UNSC
Streamlining overall improvement of SNA and supporting statistics
Determine priorities and timeframe by needs of main users
Organisation: Main actors
NSO as primary institution responsible for SNA
Other producers of economic statistics and administrative registers
Main users
NSO as primary institution
Human resources
National accounts department
Data collection process (Business statistics)
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14. Proposed way ahead for the region
Proposed way ahead for the region. Main actors, Coordination and Governance
Regional level
Coordination of work in the region
Biennial Meeting of Group of experts in NA
Regional Advisory body – SG on NA
Monitoring implementation in the region
Annual and quarterly NA questionnaires
Others, like:
UNECE/Eurostat/EFTA Global Assessment Reports,
IMF tools – SDDS, GDDS, DQAF, ROSC,
WB Statistical Capacity Building initiatives,
and, if needed, additional questionnaires from UNECE and presentation of Progress Reports during the Meeting.
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15. Requested technical assistance
Training workshops for the staff of NSOs (national, regional and international)
Study visits to more developed statistical offices
Region-specific manuals and guidelines
On-the-job training
Seminars for other producers of statistics
Exchange of experience with other countries
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16. Activities – National strategies towards 2008 SNA
Most of the countries have national plans for improvement of statistics and national accounts focusing on the 1993 SNA
Some have adopted plans towards 2008 SNA
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Croatia
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17. Activities – International and Regional organizations
UN / UNECE
EU / Eurostat
EFTA
CISSTAT
IMF
World Bank
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18. Points to consider during the discussion
Coordination of capacity building activities in the field of National Accounts provided by international donors on
Regional level (DISA),
National level .
Coordination of SNA implementation activities in the countries on a regional level.
DISA, Paris21
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