The African Centre for Statistics (ACS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in collaboration with the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) will organize a virtual second regional thematic seminar on System of National Accounts (SNA) Update Programme from 17 to 18 November 2021.
The regional thematic seminar is part of the follow-up actions recommended by the Global Consultative Group of Experts on National Accounts (AEG) responsible for updating the SNA. This follows the information seminar detailing the new procedure on the 2008 SNA update process held in June 2021.
The main objective of this thematic seminar is to is to provide a forum for all African countries to be engaged and participate directly in the global SNA update programme by discussing and commenting on the guidance notes (GNs) and to foster their participation in the recommendations feasibility assessment and subsequent experimental estimates (AEE). The thematic seminar will be organised into the four themes of globalization, digitization, wellbeing and sustainability and the informal economy
On-line registration to participate in the meeting can be made by using the hyperlink provided below until 15 November 2021:
https://events.uneca.org/registration/register?eventId=a90ed4cb-ce37-ec11-80fa-0050569360fe