Canceled: International Trade in Services and Digital Trade Statistics

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Officials whose main responsibility is compiling balance of payments, international merchandise trade statistics, and/or international trade in services statistics.
Participants should be familiar with the methodology of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6).

Expected to have a degree in economics or statistics or equivalent experience.
Basic knowledge of balance of payments concepts.
At least one year of experience in compiling balance of payments or in collecting and processing source data on goods and/or services for compiling balance of payments statistics.

Presented by the Statistics Department.
Intended to provide a thorough understanding of international trade in goods and services statistics.
Offers practical advice on data sources and techniques for compiling these statistics.
Mainly based on the BPM6 Compilation Guide and the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 Compilers Guide (MSITS 2010 CG).
Consists of a series of lectures, workshops, and plenary discussions on country practices that cover concepts, sources, and methods for compiling statistics associated with international trade in goods and services.
Includes plenary discussions on country practices.
Emphasizes specific aspects of the treatment and recording in the balance of payments for services categories that pose compilation challenges, such as:
- manufacturing and merchanting,
- insurance,
- financial services,
- construction.
Provides opportunities for participants to discuss compilation problems they have encountered.
Provides insights into the analytical uses of statistics on the international trade in goods and services.

Explain the compilation of international trade in goods and services accounts related to the balance of payments, according to the techniques provided in the BPM6 Compilation Guide and the MSITS 2010 CG.
Identify new data sources that could improve the compilation of statistics on the international trade in goods and services.
Apply appropriate statistical techniques for dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues in compiling statistics on international trade.
Be aware of the discussions on the compilation of digital trade in services under the current revision of BPM6.
Identify data gaps in the compilation of digital trade and set up a strategy for improving its compilation within external sector statistics.