Developing a programme for the
implementation of the
2008 SNA and supporting statistics
Seminar on Developing a programme for the
implementation of the
2008 SNA and supporting statistics
Kampala, Uganda
9 December 2013
Outline
∙ Introduction
∙ 2008 SNA implementation programme
∙ Developing a programme for SNA
implementation and supporting statistics
Introduction
∙ Government, businesses and civil society need to know what
progress is being made with specific economic agenda.
∙ Need to, not only to monitor progress, but also to evaluate
whether or not goals are being achieved.
∙ For this purpose the statistical infrastructure and statistical
operations need to be modernized to compile the required
scope and detail national accounts to inform economic policy.
∙ This presentation provides an overview of the UNSD
approach to developing an implementation programme for the
SNA and supporting statistics to address the institutional
arrangements, the statistical operations and the statistical
infrastructure at country level.
Global 2008 SNA Implementation programme
 Global statistical initiative, mandated by the 40th
UNSC following the adoption of the 2008 SNA,
with dual objective to assist countries to:
• Change over to the 2008 SNA;
• improve scope, detail and quality of the national
accounts and supporting economic statistics
UNSD activities

UNSD, in collaboration with RCs, conducted series of
seminars to align regional and global implementation
programmes

Country visits the next phase – to help countries
develop strategic vision and implementation programme

Lead countries identified to support SNA
implementation at a sub-regional level
• National seminar with lead country
• (Sub) regional seminar with support from lead country
• Follow up with countries by UNSD, RCs and lead country
UNSD activities

The objective to of seminars are to:
• Identify the macro economic policy needs to determine
the scope and detail of the NA that needs to be
compiled
• To prepare for an assessment of the adequacy of the
statistical production process to provide the required
data for the compilation of the NA
• To identify the required actions for implementation
• To develop a statement of strategy
Statement of strategy
 a strategic planning frame work for the development of
an economic statistics programme to meet policy
needs
 set of actions to accomplish statistical and institutional
goals for the sustainable improvement of the economic
statistics programmes
Statement of Strategy – take into account
 Policy documents, NSDS, etc.
 Regional strategic frameworks for statistical
capacity building
 Regulatory and institutional framework
 Statistical infrastructure
 Statistical operations
Consolidation of statistical requirements,
assessments and actions
 Confrontation of
• Goals – as determined by international
recommendations and policy needs – compliance
• Requirements to meet goals – administrative and
survey resources
• Current status – present practices
• Actions – to remedy the shortcomings
Statement of strategy
Required actions to be carried out:
 Regulatory and institutional framework – strengthening
the functioning of NSS, its programming, management
and performance
 Statistical infrastructure – strengthening the use of
standards (2008 SNA), classifications (ISIC Rev 4),
registers and frames
 Statistical operations – strengthening of data
collection, compilation, dissemination and analysis
Examples of actions
 Improve statistical legislation, code of conduct, service
agreements for NSS
 Comply with standards: 2008 SNA, ISIC rev 4, etc.
 Upgrade of business registers and area frames
 Extend use of administrative data
 Increase periodicity and timeliness of data (price
statistics, production and turnover surveys)
 Integrate survey and questionnaire design of
economic activity surveys (structural business
statistics and short term business statistics)
 Integrate survey and questionnaire design of
household surveys (labour and income and
expenditure surveys)
 Extend coverage of enterprises (informal sector
surveys etc.
Action plan
 Indicates the interventions to be carried out with a
timetable to mitigate data gaps.
 Provides an information structure for monitoring
and evaluating the implementation of the SNA.
 Needs to be specific, measurable, relevant and
be executed in a particular time scale.
 Each of the required actions needs to include key
features and key deliverables.
Summary
Statement of strategy:
 requires agreement by the national statistical system
(data producer, provider and user), high political
support and donor consultation
 is basis for formulating a national implementation
programme
 is basis for actively seeking funding for
implementation programmes from own sources and
donors
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/nationalaccount/default.asp
SNA@un.org
Thank You
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