## Virtual: Module 1 Compiling Annual GDP Estimates in FCS Using Limited Source Data

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [Virtual: Module 1 Compiling Annual GDP Estimates in FCS Using Limited Source Data](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gdpce26-22)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: CE 26.22V
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Dates: September 20-24, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: Virtual Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Arabic
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training program overview
- Training Program: Virtual: Module 1 Compiling Annual GDP Estimates in FCS Using Limited Source Data
- Session No.: CE 26.22 V
- Deadline: Deadline passed
- Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Date: September 20-24, 2026 (1 week) New dates
- Delivery Method: Virtual Training

### Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience: compilers of national accounts statistics.
- Qualifications: proficiency in Excel is required.

### Course objectives
- Build knowledge to compile a new national benchmark using scarce source data.

### Course description and methodological focus
- The course will concentrate on statistical methods already tested in FCS to establish a new GDP benchmark when comprehensive and reliable source data are lacking.
- The proposed method uses the supply and uses tables framework, offering a thorough analytical approach to identify and fill data gaps while enhancing the quality and consistency of GDP estimates.

### Language and interpretation
- Primary Language: English
- Interpretation Language: Arabic

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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/ce/2026/gdpce26-22_