Training Program

Compilers of national accounts, including financial accounts and balance sheet statistics; and users interested in understanding key concepts and compilation issues related to ISA.

Some knowledge of economics and statistics or equivalent experience in national accounts statistics is helpful. Access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

This online course, presented by Statistics Department, introduces participants to the theoretical and practical issues of compiling ISA: current accounts, capital accounts, financial accounts, other changes in volume of assets accounts, revaluation accounts and balance sheets by institutional sectors. The course is based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts, 2008 (2008 SNA); and aims to provide participants with the necessary skills to compile the accounts by institutional sector.  The course covers the following topics:  the methodological framework, concepts, and definitions relating to ISA, including accounting rules, valuation, institutional units and sectors, financial instruments, and non-financial flows and stocks; consistency and balancing issues;  potential data sources for compiling the ISA; and interlinkages between institutional sectors.