## National Accounts Statistics-Advanced

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [National Accounts Statistics-Advanced](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2025/nas-ace25-09)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 25.09
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Dates: February 17-28, 2025 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Logistics and Participants
- Event: National Accounts Statistics-Advanced (NAS-A), Training Program delivered by the Statistics Department, IMF.
- Session No.: CE 25.09
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Date: February 17-28, 2025 (2 weeks)
- Delivery Method: In-person Training
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Arabic
- Target audience: Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by agencies responsible for official national accounts statistics.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, or statistics; or equivalent experience.

### Course Description and Emphases
- The course covers theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA).
- Structure:
  - Lectures on advanced methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA.
  - Workshops with practical exercises in compiling the accounts.
- Main aim: Train participants in developing and using more advanced compilation techniques in areas including supply and use tables (SUTs), input-output tables, price and volume measures, and thematic satellite accounts.
- Emphasis on:
  - Extensions of the SNA framework to address specific user needs.
  - Sharing country experiences among participants.
  - Topics covered in the update of the 2008 SNA (e.g., informal economy, labor accounts).

### Main Topics and Workshops
- Conceptual framework of the SNA.
- Output of specific industries.
- SUTs and input-output tables.
- Price and volume measurement, including chain linking.
- Estimating consumption of fixed capital.
- Thematic satellite accounts.

### Course Objectives (Competencies on Completion)
- Describe the conceptual framework of the SNA.
- Apply specific techniques to derive value added in special cases.
- Apply the techniques used to balance SUTs.
- Understand the process of converting SUTs to input-output tables.
- Explain the price and volume measurement techniques, including chain linking.
- Apply appropriate techniques to estimate volume estimates of value added and GDP by expenditure in constant prices.
- Understand the principles and practice of estimating consumption of fixed capital using perpetual inventory models.
- Understand the key features of satellite accounts and their use for policy-relevant economic analysis.

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## References

- [In-person 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/ce/2025/nas-ace25-09_