1. OECD WORKING PARTY ON NATIONAL ACCOUNTS Paris, 14 to 16 October 2008
ITEM 4: ACCESSION PROCESS REVIEW OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS
David Roberts, Statistics Directorate

2. STATISTICAL REVIEW
Examine the legal and institutional framework for statistics in candidate countries and their conformity with the principles applied in OECD countries
Assess the quality of the data in candidate countries and their comparability with data available in OECD countries
Ensure that candidate countries can be integrated into the OECD’s reporting and information systems upon accession

3. NA REVIEW: OBJECTIVES
Assess the quality of the annual and quarterly national accounts estimates of candidate countries
Inclusion of candidate countries in the annual and quarterly national account databases
Limit the response burden on candidate countries

4. QUALITY OF NATIONAL ACCOUNTS ESTIMATES
Coverage: Meeting ECO and STD requirements
Compliance with SNA 93 (or ESA 95)
Exhaustiveness: Inclusion of the “non-observed economy ”
Quality of price and volume measures

5. INCLUSION IN DATABASE
Completion of OECD’s annual and quarterly national accounts questionnaires
Integration into OECD collections of annual and quarterly data

6. STEPS IN 2009
January/February: Draft reports on national accounts reviews
March/April: Country visits as required to discuss draft reports
May/June: Finalise national accounts reviews, incorporation into first draft of assessment report

7. STEPS IN 2009 (contd.)
July/August: Review of draft assessment reports with countries
September: Prepare final drafts of assessment reports
October: Discussion of the assessment reports by CSTAT
November: Finalise the assessment reports

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