Annual National Accounts
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- Annual National Accounts
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Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 26.47
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Dates: November 16-20, 2026 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Apply online by October 6, 2026 Deadline extended
Program overview and logistics
- Training Program: Annual National Accounts (NAS), Session No.: SA 26.47.
- Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Date: November 16-20, 2026 (1 week).
- Delivery Method: In-person Training.
- Primary Language: English.
- Target Audience: Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by agencies responsible for official national accounts statistics and main users.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics or statistics; or equivalent experience.
Course description — scope and pedagogy
- 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).
- Emphasis on:
- National accounts concepts, methods, and framework.
- Estimating Gross Domestic Product using the production, expenditure and income approach.
- Price and volume measures.
- An overview of GDP rebasing and backcasting.
- Fundamental principles of state and regional economic accounts.
- Key topics in the update of the 2008 SNA (2025 SNA).
- Pedagogical format:
- Interactive lectures and hands-on exercises designed to enable participants to operationalize learning.
- Emphasis on sharing country experiences among participants.
Main lectures and workshops (content modules)
- (i) Overview of the System of National Accounts.
- (ii) Gross Domestic Product by Production, Expenditure and Income approach.
- (iii) Price and Volume measures.
- (iv) An overview of GDP rebasing and Backcasting.
- (v) Measuring economic activities at the regional level — Conceptual principles and compilation issues.
- (vi) Update of SNA 2008 — Recommendations for conceptual changes.
Course objectives — participant competencies on completion
- Describe the conceptual framework of the 2008 SNA and the main changes included in the 2025 SNA.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the three approaches to estimating gross domestic product (GDP): production, expenditure and income.
- Apply specific techniques to derive value added in special cases.
- Explain the price and volume measurement techniques, including the compilation of chain-linked volume measures.
- Apply appropriate techniques to compile volume estimates of value added and expenditure components.
- Understand the concepts and critical issues in measuring economic activities at the regional level.
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