STATISTICS:
GLOBAL FORUM, GENEVA, 2-4 FEBRUARY 2011
Global Forum on Trade Statistics Measuring Global Trade — Do We Have the Right Numbers?
Trade statisticians around the world are working tirelessly in getting the numbers right, but are we measuring the right numbers? This is the overarching theme of this Global Forum “Measuring Global Trade — Do we have the right numbers?” organized jointly by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), and in collaboration with the World Trade Organization (WTO) and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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Programme
Wednesday 2 February 2011
| Morning session: 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Measuring Global Trade — Do we have the right numbers? Chairperson: Mr. Walter Radermacher, Eurostat, European Commission  Audio > help
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9.30-10:30 |
Opening Session Mr. Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director General of the World Trade Organization Video Message Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development of the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs Keynote Speech Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
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| 10.50-12:30 | Panel Discussion
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| Afternoon session 14.30 pm
— 17.30 pm Implementing the improved methodological guidelines Chairperson: Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief of Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division/ DESA |
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14.30-15:45 |
4. Implementation of the new international recommendations (Agenda items 4 a, b and c)
a. New recommendations of international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS 2010) and the compilation guidance |
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| 16.00-17:00 | d. Country perspective on adjusting to the new recommendations
(Agenda item 4d) Ms. Anita Bany, Director of the Foreign Trade Statistics Department, Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Mr. Zainol Jamil, Principal Assistant Director, Balance of Payments Statistics Division, Department of Statistics, Malaysia |
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| 17.00 -17:30 | General Discussion on
implementation of the new recommendations |
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Thursday 3 February 2011
| Morning session: 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Data sources Chairperson: Mr. Andreas Lindner, Head, International Trade in Goods and Services, Trade and Business Statistics Division, Statistics Directorate, OECD |
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| 9.30-10:30 | 5. Compilation of international merchandise trade statistics: Future of customs recording and seizing the potential of non-customs administrative sources and enterprise surveys (Agenda item 5a)
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| 10:30 -10:45 | General Discussion on
IMTS data sources |
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11.00-12:10 |
b. Compilation of statistics of international trade in services: Future of ITRS and enterprise surveys (Agenda item 5b) |
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| 12:10 -12:30 | General Discussion on SITS data sources |
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| Afternoon session 14.30 pm
— 17.30 pm Global Manufacturing and Outsourcing of Business Functions (Agenda item 6) Chairperson: Mr. Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician, World Trade Organization |
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| 14.30-14:45 | Opening remarks Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization |
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14.45-16:00 |
Global Manufacturing and the Global Value Chain approach
International Sourcing of Business Functions
Goods for processing: Iceland experience |
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| 16:15-17:15 | Multi-National
Enterprises and Foreign Affiliates
(Agenda item 6c) Presenters: Mr. Szymon Bielecki, Senior Statistician, Foreign Affiliate Statistics Division, Statistical Office of the European Union, EUROSTAT Mr. René Dell’Mour, Senior Expert, External Statistics and Financial Accounts Division, Austrian Central Bank Ms. Angsupalee Wacharakiat, Team Executive, Balance of Payments Statistics Team, Data Management Department, Bank of Thailand Mr. Michael Hanni, Economist, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD |
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| 17:15 -17:30 | General Discussion on Global Manufacturing, MNEs and Foreign Affiliates |
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Friday 4 February 2011
| Morning session: 9.30 am – 12.30 pm Towards an integrated approach of trade in goods and services and business statistics Chairperson: Mr. Axel Behrens, Head of International Transactions Unit, Statistical Office of the European Union, EUROSTAT |
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| 9.30-10:45 |
Towards an integrated approach of trade in goods and services and business statistics (Agenda item 7) |
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| 11.00-12:15 |
Towards an integrated approach: institutional arrangements and the dissemination of statistics of international trade in goods and services.
(Agenda item 8) Presenters Mr. Bert Kroese, Director of Macro-economic Statistics and Dissemination Division, Statistics Netherlands Mr. Art Ridgeway, Director General, System of National Accounts Division, Statistics Canada Mr. Matthew Haigh, Project Manager, Balance of Payments Statistics, Statistics New Zealand |
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12.15-12:30 |
Towards an integrated approach of trade in goods and services and business statistics: the Way Forward (Agenda item 9) |
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| Afternoon session 14.30 pm
— 16.30 pm Trade in Value-Added: Input-Output Approach and the domestic content of Exports Chairperson: Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief of Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division/ DESA |
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14.30-16:30 |
Trade in Value-Added: Input-Output Approach and the domestic content of Exports. (Agenda item 10) Concluding remarks and closing of the Global Forum |
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