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United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
African Centre for
Statistics
Session 2: Work Programme of UNECA
Related to National Accounts
Seminar on the Implementation of the 2008 SNA
in Africa
11-15 April 2011
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Technical Resources and Capacity of
UNECA in National Accounts
• Senior Regional Advisor specialized in the area of NSDS,
a key planning tool for the implementation of SNA in
countries.
• Senior Regional Advisor working on Informal Sector
Satellite Accounts & Employment Matrix to improve
calculation and compilation of basic data for SNA.
• ECA-ACS Economic Statistics and National Accounts
Section.
• ECA-ACS Data Management Team ready to support data
collection, compilation, and dissemination for National
Accounts and supporting economic statistics.
African Centre for
Statistics
The Role as an UN Regional Arm
• Coordinating, monitoring, and reporting the implementation of
the 2008 SNA on the continent and regional level with a network
with other UN agencies and partnership with member countries.
• Making assessment of the country situation and statistical
development and evaluation of the impacts from moving to SNA
2008.
• Coordinating the development of statistical standards and
settings; and
• Provide capacity building and technical assistance to Member
States in the 2008 SNA and ICP-Africa 2011 National Accounts
components.
African Centre for
Statistics
Work Programme: National
Accounts
• For the year of 2011, the Work Programme
includes three areas:
– Normative work
– Meetings and missions
– Publications and dissemination
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Statistics
Normative Work: ICP 2011
• Reviewing related methodology and work procedure
through
– Internal “Informal Seminar Series” and
– “Training for Trainers” Seminar on ICP National Accounts in
May 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• Studying GDP-expenditure approach, SUT, commodity
flow technique, and related data sources by
contributing paper to the “ICP in Africa” Session in the
IARIW-SSA Conference in Africa, September 28-October
1, 2011 Cape Town, South Africa.
• Participating and contributing to the ICP National
Accounts Working Group (INAG) organized by the ICP
Global Office.
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Statistics
Normative Work: Regional Strategy &
ProDoc
• Identifying and clarifying the roles and
responsibilities of ECA-ACS in various
components of the strategic lines.
• Designing and promoting ProDoc for organizing
the implementation of SNA 2008 in Africa as a
regional project.
• Establishing and applying a system/framework
for evaluation/assessment of the current stage
of developments in National Accounts and
supporting statistics in African countries.
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Statistics
Normative Work: Monitoring, Coordinating,
& Reporting
• Establishing and applying a system/framework for
monitoring, coordinating, and reporting of the
implementation of SNA 2008 at the global, regional, and
sub-regional levels.
• An evaluation study of the impacts on GDP, other major
indicators, and related accounts from moving to SNA
2008.
• Preparatory activities for third session of the StatComAfrica
– AGNA of the StatCom-Africa
– Steering committee Informal sector Group (StatCom-Africa)
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Statistics
Meetings and Missions (I)
• Organizing Workshop on Environmental Statistics and
Accounts (March 2011)
• Organizing Seminar on Implementation of SNA 2008:
Strategic Framework and Implementation Programmes
(April 2011)
• Organizing Workshop on Applying Supply and Use Table
for Compiling GDP in Support of ICP-Africa 2011 (May
2011)
• Organizing Expert Group Meeting on Harmonization of
Price Indices for Regional Integration (June 2011)
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Statistics
Meetings and Missions (II)
• Organizing Workshop on the Use of Intra-African and
Related Foreign Trade Statistics for Regional Integration
(July 2011)
• Organizing Workshop on Classifications and Data
Sources in Support of ICP-Africa 2011 (September 2011)
• Seminar on Implementation of SNA 2008:
Classifications, Data Sources, and IT Infrastructure
(November 2011)
• Workshop on the use of Labor input matrix for building
satellite accounts on informal sector
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Statistics
Meetings and Missions (III)
• Steering committee Development Accounts project on
Informal sector (Inter-regional)
• Workshop for the Implementation of SEEA-Water and
IRWS in Southern Africa
• AFCAS Meeting in November 2011, Addis Ababa
• Advisory services under Development Accounts for
informal sector
• Participating in ICP-Africa 2011 Workshops
• Participating in ICP-Africa 2011 Joint Missions
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Statistics
Publications & Dissemination
• Joint ECA/AfDB African Statistical Yearbook
• Compiling Compendium of Intra-African and
Related Foreign Trade Statistics
• Disseminating information and organizing
discussion through regularly updating the ACS
website on the Economic Statistics and National
Accounts domain
• Joint statistical pocketbook
• African Statistical Newsletter
• African Statistics Day
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Statistics
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
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Statistics
Thank you
Seminar on the Implementation of the 2008 SNA in Africa
11-15 April 2011
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia