## IMF Statistics Department Virtual Seminar on BPM7 and 2025 SNA for Arab Region — Arab Monetary Fund — December 12-14, 2023

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### Overview
- The seminar was held December 12-14, 2023, organized by the IMF Statistics Department in collaboration with the Arab Monetary Fund.
- Sessions were scheduled in Abu Dhabi time with a Washington DC time equivalence noted as "2:00am-5:30/6:00 am".
- Participants were split on December 14 into two groups based on their main workstream: external sector statistics or national accounts.

### Joint BPM7 / 2025 SNA sessions (Tuesday, December 12 and Wednesday, December 13)
- Tuesday, December 12, 2023 — Joint BPM7 / 2025 SNA Agenda (Abu Dhabi time)
  - 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
    - Opening remarks: Dr. Mohamed Adawi, Director, Training and capacity Building Institute, AMF; Mr. Jim Tebrake, Deputy Director, Statistics Department, IMF
  - Session 1: Moderator: Thomas Alexander
    - 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. JL-1: Main Objectives, Priorities, and Procedures for Updating the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual and the System of National Accounts — Jim Tebrake
    - 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. JL-2: Building Blocks: Flows, Stocks, Accounting Rules, Residence, Institutional Units, and Sectors — Venkat Josyula
    - 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Break
    - 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. JL-3: New Chapters (I): Digitalization — Malik Bani Hani
    - 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Q&A Session — Thomas Alexander
- Wednesday, December 13, 2023 — Joint BPM7 / 2025 SNA Agenda (Abu Dhabi time)
  - Session 2: Moderator: Malik Bani Hani
    - 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. JL-4: New Chapters (II): Informal Activities — Thomas Alexander
    - 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. JL-5: New Chapters (III): Globalization — Jannick Damgaard
    - 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. JL-6: New Chapters (IV): Islamic Finance — Malik Bani Hani
    - 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Break
    - 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. JL-7: New Chapters (V): Communicating and Disseminating Economic Statistics — Francien Berry
    - 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Q&A Session — Malik Bani Hani

### BPM7 program highlights (Thursday, December 14 — BPM7 Agenda)
- Session 3 (BP): Moderator: Malik Bani Hani
  - 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. BL-1: BPM7: Main Features and Outline — Jannick Damgaard
  - 11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. BL-2: Goods and Services Accounts — Malik Bani Hani
  - 11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. BL-3: Income and Capital Accounts — Patrick Quill
  - 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Break
  - 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. BL-4: Classifications of Financial Assets and Liabilities and Functional Categories — Malik Bani Hani
  - 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. BL-5: International Investment Position, Financial Account, and Other Changes in Financial Assets and Liabilities Account — Jannick Damgaard
  - 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Break
  - 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. BL-6: New Data Breakdowns — Jannick Damgaard
  - 2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Q&A Session — Malik Bani Hani

### 2025 SNA program highlights (Thursday, December 14 — 2025 SNA Agenda)
- Session 3 (NA): Moderator: Francien Berry
  - 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. SL-1: Overview of the Main Changes — Peter Harper
  - 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. SL-2: Wellbeing — Emmanuel Manolikakis
  - 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Break
  - 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. SL-3: Financial Issues — Emmanuel Manolikakis
  - 1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. SL-4: Labor Accounts — Thomas Alexander
  - 1:50 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Break
  - 2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. SL-5: Elaborating the Accounts, Thematic and Extended Accounts — Francien Berry
  - 2:20 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Q&A Session — Francien Berry

### Key logistical and programmatic notes
- Session coding used in the program:
  - JL = Joint Lecture
  - BL = BPM7 Lecture
  - SL = 2025 SNA Lecture
- Note on participant grouping: On December 14, participants were split into two groups based on their main workstream (external sector statistics or national accounts).
- Time-zone note: Abu Dhabi times listed with Washington DC time equivalence "2:00am-5:30/6:00 am".

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/data/statistics/bmp7/events/arab-monetary-fund-agenda-eng.pdf_