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Research agenda
London Group
(New York, 19 - 21 June 2006)
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Overview
• Background
• General issues
• Scope of the update of the SEEA-2003
• Coverage of the SEEA-2003
• Link with the 1993 SNA and BPM6 –
how close?
• Issues by chapters
• Timeline/calendar of events
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Background
• One of the UNCEEA’s objective is:
To elevate the SEEA to an international
standard by 2010
• Link the release of the SEEA with other
standards (SNA, BPM6, ISIC, CPC, etc.)
• SEEA-2003 major step forward
• But, need more work to harmonize concepts
and methods
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What has been done?
• Develop a preliminary list of issues based on
contributions received from various group active in
environmental-economic accounts and related
statistics:
• Environmental accounts (London Group, MFA)
• national accounts and balance of payments
(AEG, BOPCOM, ISWGNA, OECD National
Accounts meetings, TFHPSA, etc.)
• Environment statistics (ISWGEnv. Stats.)
• Energy statistics (Oslo Group, ISWGEnv.Stats.)
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What has been done? (2)
• Issues are organized according to:
• Cross-cutting issues
• Organized by chapters of the SEEA-2003
• New issues
• Issues are classified according to whether
• Long-term (relevant but agreement cannot be
reached by 2008)
• Short-term (completed by 2008)
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Scope of the handbook
Considering that the SEEA 2010 will be a statistical
standard:
• Should country practices and examples be
included in the SEEA?
• Should compilation and implementation issues
be addressed? If not where should they be
addressed?
• At what level of detail should standard tables
be developed?
• Should performance and impact indicators be
included?
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Links with the 1993 SNA –
how close?
• There exist different approaches than the
SEEA-2003, in particular embraced by
environment and energy statistics
• Main differences in the approaches are:
• Residence vs. presence principle
• Treatment of mobile sources
How should the SEEA-2003 address these
differences?
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Where are we?
• Have already agreed on organizations
/individuals that will lead the research agenda
by chapters/issues
• London Group has discussed most of the
issues in the research agenda, in particular:
• Can the issue be solved by 2008?
• Process for solving the issues (who will do
what, when, with whom, time frame)
• Are there missing issues in the list?
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What next?
• Finalize a detailed list of issues with contributors
and time schedule for solving them
• Prepare a programme of work with time
schedule for addressing the issue and process to
address it
• LG members to prepare issue papers according
to an agreed structure for discussion at next LG
meeting
• Outcome papers summarizing the conclusions of
the Group submitted to UNCEEA
• Submit outcome papers to the UNCEEA
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Timeline
• Revise and finalize the list of issues (end
2006?)
• Identify issues to be resolved between now
and mid 2008
• Revise the handbook mid 2008 to end 2009
• SEEA 2010 submitted to UN Statistical
Commission in March 2010
• SCHEDULE IS VERY TIGHT =>
UNCEEA to evaluate it whether it can be
done
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Calendar of events
• February 2007 ± London Group meeting (South
Africa)
• April 2007 ± Oslo Group (India)
• June 2007 ± UNCEEA meeting
• November 2007 ± London Group meeting
• June 2008 ± London Group and UNCEEA
meeting (back-to-back)
MFA Group?
Eurostat Task Forces?
DIMESA Meetings?
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Additional issues
• Editor ?
• to bring together results of discussion on issues
in a single handbook
• To bring together chapters written by group of
authors
• Characteristics of the editor:
• Knowledgeable of environmental and national
accounts
• Capable of reaching consensus
• Impartial
• Funding for the editor
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Questions to the UNCEEA?
1.
What is the view of the UNCEEA in terms of the scope of the SEEA?
a.
Country practices and examples?
b.
Compilation and implementation practices?
c.
Standard tables ?
d.
Accounting identities and aggregates?
e.
Specific resources?
f.
Sectoral approaches?
2.
What is your view in terms of the linkages between the SEEA and the SNA?
How to address the differences?
3.
How can the UNCEEA cope with the tight time schedule?
4.
Do we need an editor?
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