High Level Seminar on the Future of Economic Statistics for the Arab region

21-22 January 2020Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Standards setting and implementation at the regional level

UNSD

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Global Consultations on

standards and

methodologies on Economic

Statistics by UNSD

Countries Implementation and

Customization

Countries Sharing Experience

and knowledge Material

Regional Perspectives

Coordination with League of

Arab States, SESRIC, GCC

Stat and AITRS

• Members of

Advisory groups

• Task Force

• City Groups

• Contribute to

research agendas

• Liaise with

member

country/ies

• Provides and

Reviews Arabic

Content

• Extra Projects to

tackle specific

Standards

Processes and Mechanisms on different Standards

NEW: On-Line

Trainings in Arabic

Preceding the Physical

Workshops

ESCWAEglossary

in Arabic

PCBS

ESCWA

SBR

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2008 SNA

System of National Accounts (SNA)

Contribute to the regional coordinateddevelopment National Strategy for the

Implementation of the 2008 SNA in Arab

Countries

Arabic Translation of the 2008 SNA(White Cover)

Methodological research agenda onspecific issues i.e. Task Force on IslamicFinances in National Accounts

Advisory Expert Group (AEG)

Intersecretariat Working Group onNational Accounts (ISWGNA)

Methodological study on economic

statistics: Islamic Finance in the

National Accounts

E/ESCWA/SD/2017/TECHNICAL

PAPER.4

Supply and Use Tables in ESCWA Member States: Constructing Tables and Data sourcesE/ESCWA/SD/2014/Technical Paper.2

Study on Short-Term Economic Indicators for the Arab RegionE/ESCWA/SD/2013/10

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External Trade Statistics• Standard International Trade Classification

(SITC) Revision 4

• International Merchandise Trade Statistics:

Concepts and Definitions 2010 (IMTS2010)

• Manual on Statistics of International Trade in

Services 2010 (MSITS 2010)• ESCWA feeding Trade data into COMTRADE

• Comtrade Labs features ESCWA Trade

Profiles

• Several Workshops on Compilation of Trade

in Services Statistics AMF WTO UNSD

UNCTAD ESCWA

• Workshop on Trade SDMX

Industry StatisticsInternational Standard

Industrial Classifications of

All Economic Activities (ISIC)

Rev.4

Sharing between Countries

ISIC CPC and HS National

Classification (Palestine)

Statistical Business Registers

Industry and Trade Statistics

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ESCWA provided the Arabic version of

the E-learning course on the System of

Environmental-Economic Accounting

2012 - Central Framework (SEEA CF)

The Arabic version of The International

Recommendations for Energy Statistics

الدولية لإحصاءات الطاقةالتوصيات

Standard International Energy Product

Classification (SIEC)

Energy Statistics Compilers Manual

Climate Change-

Related Statistics in

the Arab Region: A

Proposed Set of

Indicators

Energy and Environment Statistics

Global Work ESCWA Region Specifics

Training manual on

methodologies for data

collection on energy

use by the transport

sector

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Price Statistics ICP with WBRegional CPI and HCPI

External Sector Statistics with IMF METAC on Remittances

New: Government Finance Statistics: ESCWA Regional Framework to Monitor Government Expenditures to Social Purposes

Price Statistics, External Sector Statistics

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ESCWA E-Glossaries of Economic Statistics Domains in Arabic

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يةالدليل الإلكتروني لإطار أهداف التنمية المستدامة والبيانات الوصف