## WORKING GROUP ON SECURITIES DATABASES — RECOMMENDATION 4 ON CLIMATE FINANCE (DGI-3)

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Thematic Workshop on Securities Statistics and Recommendation 4 on Climate Finance, 5-7 October 2023. Hosted by the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) with the support of the Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC) at the Table Bay Hotel, Quay 6, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.

### Event structure and timings
- Registration: 08:00 (Table Bay Hotel, Ballroom Foyer) on Thursday, 5 October 2023.
- Workshop start times:
  - 09:00 Start of the first day of the Workshop (Thursday, 5 October 2023).
  - 08:30 Start of the second day of the Workshop (Friday, 6 October 2023).
- Social event: 07:30 Start of social event (Saturday, 7 October 2023) — full day Franschhoek Wine Tram Tour; departure from the Table Bay Hotel at 7:30.

### I. Introduction (¾h)
- Opening remarks
  - Speaker: Dr Rashad Cassim, South African Reserve Bank (SARB).
  - Role: Dr Rashad Cassim, Deputy Governor of the SARB, will open the Workshop and welcome participants.
- Introduction
  - Speaker: Bruno Tissot, Chairperson, Working Group on Securities Databases (WGSD), Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
  - Role: Presentation of the overall objectives of the Workshop.
- Documentation noted: Presentation – Item 1.2 – Introduction.
- Lunch: Lunch will be kindly offered by the South African Reserve Bank.

### II. Recommendation 4 project plan: Reporting framework and methodology (4h)
- 2.1 Recommendation 4: State of play (For information)
  - Presenter: Remigio Echeverría, European Central Bank (ECB).
  - Content: Presentation of the state of play of the Recommendation 4 project plan and main outcomes of the stock-taking survey on ongoing work on securities data and climate finance statistics across the G20/FSB economies (conducted in June-July 2023).
  - Interaction: Task Team members invited to provide feedback regarding implementation aspects of planned work items.
  - Documentation:
    - Presentation – Item 2.1 – Recommendation 4: State of play
    - Results of stock-taking survey on ongoing work on securities data and climate finance statistics across the G20/FSB economies
- 2.2 Reporting templates for Recommendation 4 (For discussion)
  - Presenter: Johannes Kleibl, European Central Bank (ECB), WGSD Secretary.
  - Content: Presentation of updated Recommendation 4 reporting templates, fine-tuned based on feedback from G20/FSB economies in the written consultation conducted in June-July 2023. Templates based on those used for DGI-2 Recommendation 7.
  - Process: Task Team members to provide feedback and agree on templates; agreed version to be shared for fatal flaw review before final distribution for information to DGI contact persons.
  - Documentation:
    - Presentation – Item 2.2 – Reporting templates for Recommendation 4
    - Explanatory note on DGI-3 Recommendation 4 reporting templates
- 2.3 SNA methodology for green securities and its use in the Recommendation 4 context (For discussion)
  - Presenters:
    - Jim Tebrake, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
    - Johannes Kleibl, European Central Bank (ECB).
  - Content:
    - Presentation of draft definitions for green securities developed by the Advisory Expert Group (AEG) of the Intersecretariat Working Group on National Accounts (ISWGNA) in the context of the System of National Accounts (SNA) Manual update.
    - Links between the draft SNA definitions and the securities covered by Recommendation 4 and a proposal for draft feedback from the Recommendation 4 Task Team.
  - Interaction: Task Team members invited to provide feedback on current draft definitions developed by the AEG and their use in the context of Recommendation 4.
  - Documentation:
    - Presentation – Item 2.3 – SNA methodology for green securities and its use in the Recommendation 4 context
    - Presentation – Item 2.3 – Collection of Task Team input on draft SNA definitions for green securities

### III. Exchange of experiences with climate finance statistics — Part 1 (1h)
- 3.1 Ongoing and planned work on climate finance statistics (For discussion)
  - Format: Three economies present ongoing and planned work, including data sources, data collection aspects, compilation of statistics, and user needs.
  - Interaction: Task Team members invited to share views.
  - Documentation:
    - Presentation – Item 3.1 – Climate finance statistics at the South African Reserve Bank
    - Presentation – Item 3.1 – Climate finance statistics at the Banco Central do Brasil
- Dinner: 18:00 Dinner at Beyond Restaurant, Buitenverwachting Wine Estate, Constantia; participants depart Table Bay Hotel at 18:00; transfer kindly provided by SARB. The BIS/IFC will invite participants for dinner.

### IV. Recommendation 4 project plan: Next steps and links to other DGI recommendations (3h)
- 4.1 Conclusion and follow-up on Recommendation 4 (For discussion)
  - Presenter: Bruno Tissot, Chairperson.
  - Objective: Agree on conclusions of the first day of the Workshop; conclusions to serve as input to the G20 DGI Global Conference in mid-2024.
  - Documentation: None
  - Lunch: Lunch will be kindly offered by the South African Reserve Bank.
- 4.2 Recommendation 4: Next steps and provision of self-commitments (For discussion)
  - Presenter: Remigio Echeverría, European Central Bank (ECB).
  - Content: Presentation of planned next steps with focus on the upcoming written consultation in which G20/FSB economies will be invited to provide their self-commitments for the reporting templates on green debt securities.
  - Documentation:
    - Presentation – Item 4.2 – Recommendation 4: Next steps and provisions of self-commitments
- 4.3 Recommendation 4 and its links to the other DGI Recommendations (For information)
  - Presenter: Artak Harutyunyan, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
  - Content: Presentation of linkages of Recommendation 4 and the outcomes of DGI-1 Recommendation 7 and DGI-2 Recommendation 7 on Securities Statistics; overview of interactions between Recommendation 4 and other DGI-3 Recommendations.
  - Documentation:
    - Presentation – Item 4.3 – Recommendation 4 and its links to the other DGI Recommendations
- 4.4 Status of current reporting on securities statistics (For discussion)
  - Presenter: Tracy Chan, Bank for International Settlements (BIS).
  - Content: Presentation of current status of reporting on securities statistics, with focus on new data reported in the context of DGI-2 Recommendation 7.
  - Interaction: Task Team members invited to provide feedback on their reporting in a tour de table.
  - Documentation:
    - Presentation – Item 4.4 – Status of current reporting on securities statistics

### V. Exchange of experiences with climate finance statistics — Part 2 (2½h)
- 5.1 Experiences with using security-by-security data for compiling climate finance statistics (For discussion)
  - Format: Three economies plus the BIS and the ECB present experiences using security-by-security (s-b-s) databases for climate finance analysis and compilation of climate finance statistics.
  - Focus: User perspective and derivation of macro statistics from micro data.
  - Interaction: Task Team members invited to share views.
  - Documentation:
    - Presentation – Item 5.1 – Use of s-b-s data on climate finance at the Deutsche Bundesbank
    - Presentation – Item 5.1 – Use of s-b-s data for climate finance statistics at the Banco de México
    - Presentation – Item 5.1 – Use of s-b-s data for climate finance statistics at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey
    - Presentation – Item 5.1 – Use of s-b-s data on climate finance at the Bank for International Settlements
    - Presentation – Item 5.1 – Use of s-b-s data for climate finance statistics at the European Central Bank

### VI. Closure of the Workshop (½h)
- 6.1 Closing remarks and way forward
  - Speakers: Bruno Tissot, Chairperson, and Michael Manamela, SARB.
  - Role: Chairperson of the WGSD and Michael Manamela, Head of the Economic Statistics Department of the SARB, will conclude the Workshop.
  - Documentation: None

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