Regional Workshop on Statistics of International Trade in Services
The regional workshop is a result of the mutual cooperation between ESCWA, the World Trade Organization (WTO), The League of Arab States, the World Bank Institute and the Ministry of National Economy of Oman. It comes as part of the organizers' global and regional capacity building programs in statistics of international trade in services. It aims at increasing the participants’ knowledge in the area of collecting and compiling SITS. Participants will have an opportunity to learn new skills and knowledge of the relevant statistical systems, international classifications and methodologies used in collect international trade in services data. High on the agenda of this workshop is the introduction of international recommendations pertaining to the balance of payments (ver.6), compiling foreign affiliates statistics (FATS) and the new SITS manual (ver. 2010) in addition to the different trade classifications.
The agenda will cover, among other things, the following items:
(i) GATS agreement and the need to improve SITS;
(ii) International recommendations on balance of payments (BPM 6) and services
trade statistics (MSITS ver. 2010);
(iii) Foreign Affiliates Statistics (FATS) (EU regulation and OECD handbook);
(iv) Statistics of the international supply of services by modes; and
(v) Trade classifications (W/120, CPC Version 2.0, BPM6, EBOPS, ICFA/ISIC)