## Virtual : Compilation of Balance of Payment Statistics

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Virtual : Compilation of Balance of Payment Statistics](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/bpscgat24-13v)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: AT 24.13V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Dates: February 5-9, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: French Portuguese
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Program details and logistics
- Session No.: AT 24.13 V
- Location: Ebene, Mauritius
- Date: February 5-9, 2024 (1 week)
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training
- Deadline passed
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: French Portuguese
- Target Audience:
  - Officials whose main responsibility is the compilation of balance of payments and/or international investment position (IIP) statistics.
  - Participants should be familiar with the methodology of the sixth edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual (BPM6).

### Qualifications and participant profile
- Expected qualifications:
  - Degree in economics or statistics or equivalent experience.
  - At least one year of experience in compiling balance of payments and/or IIP.

### Course description and scope
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Provides practical advice on compiling and disseminating the international accounts (balance of payments and IIP) statistics based on the BPM6 Compilation Guide (the Guide).
- Purpose:
  - Demonstrate how the conceptual framework described in the BPM6 may be translated into practice.
- Instructional format:
  - Series of lectures, workshops, and discussions on methods for compiling international accounts.
- Focus areas:
  - Compilation practices, including data sources that international accounts can draw on.
  - Complex methodological and compilation issues related to specific balance of payments and IIP components.
  - Cross-cutting issues across accounts.
- Participant engagement:
  - Opportunity to discuss compilation challenges participants have encountered.
  - Insights into the analytical uses of the international accounts.

### Course objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Compile and disseminate balance of payments and IIP statistics using the techniques provided in the Guide.
- Identify new data sources to be used to improve the compilation of balance of payments and IIP statistics.
- Apply statistical techniques for dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues.
- Deepen their knowledge of the analytical use of balance of payments and IIP statistics.

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## References

- [Virtual Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2024/bpscgat24-13v_