1. Towards an implementation strategy on national accounts and economic statistics
Adriaan Bloem and Kim Zieschang (IMF) and
Ivo Havinga (UNSD)
Fifth Meeting of Advisory Expert Group
March, 19-23, 2007

2. Four element implementation strategy
Publication of a series of manuals and handbooks
Research to support the conceptual development of national and satellite accounting
Organization of meetings, training seminars, and workshops in national accounts
Technical cooperation in individual countries

3. Statistical publications
Eurostat (ESA, quarterly institutional sector accounts, input-output table, PPP)
IMF (real sector (mainly on prices), monetary and finance, balance of payments, government finance)
OECD (intellectual property products, capital stock, benchmark definition of direct investment)
UNSD (handbook on national accounts, SEEA, structural and short term business statistics, classifications and units, business register, economic surveys)

4. Methodological research
Presentation by UN ECE

5. Technical cooperation program
User/policy perspective (relevance of national accounts)
Institutional perspective (coordinating role of NSI, NSCP/PRSP, impeding factors, training, management)
Statistical perspective (macro and intermediate level integrated frameworks, tools (business registers), basic data (economic surveys, data processing), quality frameworks
Donor perspective (planning, coordination and monitoring, impact and outcome indicators, funding)

6. Tentative schedule
Series of preparatory workshops led by ISWGNA members
Series of regional and sub-regional consultations
Implementation Strategy to Statistical Commission 2008 in December 2007
Conference on Action Plan for National Accounts and Economic Statistics – 2007 or 2008

7. Questions
Are the main elements of the implementation strategy adequately addressed?
What contributions could be made by AEG members in the formulation and execution of the implementation strategy?