Governance, Mandate & Functions November 18, 2008 High Level Forum on SNA Governance, Mandate & Functions November 18, 2008

Outline of Presentation Issues from 2008 update Governance structure Scope of revision Structure and participation on Working Groups Moving Forward Research Agenda Concensus building process Update governance

Balance of Payments Committee Governance Structure Balance of Payments Committee Country Comments

Governance Mixture of roles and responsibilities of countries, international organizations and individuals Difficulty in reaching consensus on issues where importance varies across regions

Mandate SNA update mandate was set by UNSC – but interpretation of the mandate (no fundamental change) was sometimes difficult

Working Groups Structure and participation of Working Groups were largely voluntary and dominated by SNA compilers Success was dependent on individual efforts Resource commitment was dependent on capacity constraints

Moving Forward Establishment of research agenda and priorities Policy and academic views and involvement Commitment by NSOs Consensus Building process (Countries involvement early) Final Governance structure determined at time when countries approve need to change (UNSC)