National Accounts Statistics-Advanced

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Title: National Accounts Statistics-Advanced (NAS-A).
Session No.: JV 26.09.
Location: Vienna, Austria.
Date: March 30, 2026 - April 10, 2026 (2 weeks).
Delivery Method: In-person Training.
Primary Language: English.
Interpretation Language: Russian.
Target audience: Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by the agencies responsible for compiling the data.
Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, or statistics; or equivalent experience.

Based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA).
Combines lectures on advanced methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA with workshops of practical exercises.
Main aim: Train participants in developing and using advanced compilation techniques in areas including supply and use tables (SUT), input-output tables, and price and volume measures of the SNA.
Coverage includes how the SNA can be extended to address specific user needs using thematic and extended accounts.
Main lectures and workshops cover:
- Conceptual framework of the SNA;
- Estimating output of specific activities;
- SUT and input-output tables;
- Price and volume measurement, including chain linking;
- Inventory valuation adjustment, work-in-progress, and consumption of fixed capital;
- Thematic and extended accounts.
Participants are encouraged to share their country's experience in data collection and compilation.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

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.
Apply the appropriate techniques to derive volume measures of value added and chain linking.
Understand the principles and practice of estimating consumption of fixed capital.
Understand the key features of thematic and extended accounts and their use in economic analysis.