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

2. 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

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

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

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

6. 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

7. 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)