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System of EnvironmentalEconomic Accounting for
Material Flows (SEEA-MFA)
Process leading to the publication
Third Meeting of the United Nations
Committee of Experts on
Environmental-Economic Accounting
(New York, 26-27 June 2008)
Background
UNCEEA meeting July 2007:
• UNCEEA discussed the issue of harmonizing the
OECD guidance manuals on Material Flow Accounts
and the SEEA
• UNCEEA recommended that a document SEEA-MFA
harmonized with the SEEA be prepared and
submitted to the UN Statistical Commission for its
adoption
• UNSD has started working on the preparation of the
SEEA-MFA with the assistance of a consultant and in
cooperation with Eurostat and the OECD
Scope and coverage of SEEAMFA
• MFA accounts together with water accounts and energy
accounts make up the three subsystems of the system of
physical flow accounts
• MFA in principle cover all flows of materials including
energy and water measured in mass units i.e. tons
• The 3 subsystems are fully consistent in terms of concepts,
definitions and classifications
• SEEA-MFA covers physical flow accounts, linking them to
the monetary accounts allowing for the development of
hybrid accounts
Draft outline (1)
Chapter 1: Introduction: objectives, target audience and
relevance
Chapter 2: The SEEA-MFA framework: the accounting
framework and basic principles (e.g. material balance);
boundaries between the economy and the environment used in
MFA context
Chapter 3: Physical supply and use table: physical flows by
economic activity from the environment to the economy, within
the economy and from the economy to the environment
Chapter 4: Economy-wide MFA: standard tables for EW-MFA
Draft outline (2)
Chapter 5: MFA sub-accounts for specific materials or groups
of materials: Standard supply and use tables for e.g. water,
agricultural products, wood products, waste etc.
Chapter 6: Applications: indicators, I-O analysis and
decomposition analysis
Chapter 7: Other MFA Accounts: Life Cycle Analysis,
Substance Flow Accounts, SUT for physical service flows (e.g.
land use), regional accounts
Annexes: a) standard tables b) classifications c) list of indicators
Glossary
Process - past
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Issue papers on (a) terminology (b) consumer
durables (c) residence vs. territory principle (d)
waste, and (e) cultivated crops and trees were
discussed at the 12th session of the London
Group on Environmental Accounting (Rome,
Italy, 17-19 December 2007)
The outcomes of the London Group were
subsequently discussed at the Meeting of the
Task Force on MFA (Luxemburg, 6-7 March
2008)
A preliminary draft of chapters 1-4 of the SEEAMFA was discussed with UNSD
Process - future
2008
Q3: Establishment of a drafting-group consisting of members of the Eurostat
Taskforce on MFA, OECD experts as well as other experts in NSOs and
academia;
Drafting of a number of technical papers addressing some of the remaining
issues on the research agenda for the SEEA revision for discussion at the 13th
London Group meeting;
Q4: Draft of Chapters 1-4 circulated to drafting Group
2009
Q1: Draft of Chapters 5-7 circulated to drafting Group
Q2: Organization of an Expert Group Meeting on material flow accounts and
statistics to discuss the complete draft of the SEEA-MFA
Q3: World wide consultation on the SEEA-MFA
Q4: Approval by UNCEEA and recommendation to UNSC for adoption in 2010
Questions to the UNCEEA
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Does the UNCEEA agree with the scope and coverage of the
SEEA-MFA [Section B]?
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Does the UNCEEA agree with the process and timetable for the
preparation of the SEEA-MFA [Section C]?
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Does the UNCEEA agree in principle with the draft Annotated
Outline of the SEEA-MFA [Annex I]?