## IMF-Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center (CCAMTAC) Outreach Seminar — “Updates of Statistical Manuals (BPM7 and SNA 2025)” — January 23-25, 2024

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### Event overview
- Event: Outreach Seminar on “Updates of Statistical Manuals (BPM7 and SNA 2025)”.
- Organizer: IMF-CCAMTAC (IMF-Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia Regional Capacity Development Center).
- Dates and time reference: January 23-25, 2024. Times listed in Almaty Time.

### Day 1: Tuesday, 23 January 2024 — Core objectives and new BPM/SNA building blocks
- 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. — Opening remarks
  - Presenters: Norbert Funke, Jim Tebrake
- 11:15 a.m. – 12:30 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
  - Presenter: Jim Tebrake
- 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. — JL-2: Building Blocks: Integrated Framework, Accounting Principles, Economic Territory, Institutional Sectors, and Residence
  - Presenter: Mher Barseghyan
- 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. — Break
- 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. — JL-3: New Chapters (I): Digitalization
  - Presenter: Topias Leino

### Day 2: Wednesday, 24 January 2024 — New chapters covering informal activity, globalization, Islamic finance, and dissemination
- 11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. — JL-4: New Chapters (II): Informal Activities
  - Presenter: Thomas Alexander
- 11:45 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. — JL-5: New Chapters (III): Globalization
  - Presenter: Thomas Alexander
- 12:20 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. — JL-6: New Chapters (IV): Islamic Finance
  - Presenter: Malik Bani Hani
- 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. — Break
- 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. — JL-7: New Chapters (V): Communicating and Disseminating Economic Statistics
  - Presenter: Francien Berry

### Day 3 (BPM stream): Thursday, 25 January 2024 — BPM7 main features and accounts
- 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. — BL-1: BPM7: Main Features and Outline
  - Presenter: Mher Barseghyan
- 11:15 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. — BL-2: Goods and Services Accounts
  - Presenter: Nataliya Ivanyk
- 11:55 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — BL-3: Income and Capital Accounts
  - Presenter: Nataliya Ivanyk
- 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. — Break
- 12:45 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. — BL-4: Classifications of Financial Assets and Liabilities
  - Presenter: Topias Leino
- 1:20 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. — BL-5: International Investment Position, Financial Account, and Other Changes in Financial Assets and Liabilities Account
  - Presenter: Topias Leino
- 2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. — Break
- 2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. — BL-6: Preliminary Data Breakdowns
  - Presenter: Mher Barseghyan

### Day 3 (SNA stream): Thursday, 25 January 2024 — SNA 2025 overview and thematic accounts
- 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. — SL-1: Overview of the Main Changes
  - Presenter: Peter Harper
- 11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. — SL-2: Financial Issues
  - Presenter: Francien Berry
- 12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m. — Break
- 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. — SL-3: Labor Accounts
  - Presenter: Emmanuel Manolikakis
- 12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. — SL-4: Wellbeing
  - Presenter: Emmanuel Manolikakis
- 1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. — Break
- 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. — SL-5: Elaborating the Accounts, Thematic and Extended Accounts
  - Presenter: Francien Berry

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