OECD-Eurostat Meeting of Experts in Trade in Services Statistics (TIS), Paris, 18-19 September 2007

Joint 8th International Trade Statistics (ITS) and Trade in Services (TIS) Session

Welcome and opening by E. Giovannini, Chief Statistician of OECD and
Director of the Statistics Directorate

10.

Globalisation and Trade

a)

OECD and Globalisation: Organisational arrangements and horizontal co-operation across Directorates, work of the Reflection Group on Globalisation Statistics and Indicators

STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2007)16

b)

OECDs Trade Indicators Project (TIP): methodological improvements and extended coverage

(The Secretariat invites delegates to advise on further analytical extensions)

STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2007)17

c)

OECD Globalisation Indicators: - OECD (STI and STD)

STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2007)18

d)

Globalisation projects at Eurostat - Eurostat

STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2007)19

e)

The Space sector and International Trade - OECD/SG/AU report

SG/AU(2007)1

f)

The "re-design" of French Enterprise Statistics to better meet globalisation needs - conclusions of the CNIS Working Group - country report France

g)

The way forward: the future role of STDs statistical and analytical work on globalisation and trade in the context of the creation of WPTGS - OECD oral report

(The Secretariat will invite views from delegates (tour de table) on future directions and priorities

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

11.

Revision of the Balance of Payments Manual

a)

Progress report IMF - BPM 6 Chapter 10 Goods and services account

Room document 4

(Delegates are invited to discuss some issues related to treatment of intellectual property transactions)

b)

Goods for Processing
i) Draft chapter of the forthcoming IMTS Compiler Manual
ii) From Goods for processing to Manufacturing services - What needs be done to measure these?
For discussion  - OECD/UNSD/WTO/IMF oral presentation

(The Secretariat invites delegates to express their opinion)

STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2007)21

PPT presentation, OECD

12.

Foreign Affiliates Statistics

FATS and Trade in services - some analytical issues - OECD presentation

13.

Revision of the Benchmark definition of FDI
OECD/DAFFE Oral report

14.

Quality of Balance of Payments Statistics

a)

Reconciliation of foreign trade statistics and balance of payments - Eurostat

STD/NAES/TASS/SERV(2007)9

b)

Austrian methodological changes in Balance of Payments and impact on trade in goods and services statistics - Austrian National Bank - PPT

Room document 2

15.

Balance of payments and the Rest of the World account SNA

a)

Eurostat/ECB Rest of the World Task Force - Eurostat/ECB

b)

Trade in goods and services: A report on differences in two OECD datasets

STD/NAES/TASS/SERV(2007)8

16.

Provisional conclusions and future Programme of Work

Cocktail reception: 18h-20h

OECD-Eurostat Expert Meeting on Trade-in-services Statistics

17.

Opening

a)

Report of 2006 Trade-in-services Meeting 

b)

Eurostat activities in trade in services and related balance of payments areas for information

STD/NAES/TASS/SERV(2007)1

c)

Report of TFSITS - for information

d)

Towards a services trade restrictiveness index - OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate  -  for discussion

TAD/TC(2007)4

(Delegates will be invited to comment on the statistics component of the project and consider any implications for the Revision of the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services)

18.

Revising the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services

a)

Progress report and timetable

STD/NAES/TASS/SERV(2007)3

b)

Outline of Revised Manual with main proposed changes and questions for discussion on:

i)  Chapter 3 and EBOPS 
ii) Chapter 4 and FATS
iii) Chapter on modes of supply
iv) A new analytical annex

STD/NAES/TASS/SERV(2007)4

(The Secretariat will seek delegates advice on questions raised)

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

19.

 OECD Data Collection and Dissemination

a)

OECD Progress in  expansion of  partner country data - OECD presentation

b)

UNSD data collection

20.

Data quality and analysis

a)

Bilateral flows and asymmetries  - OECD
for discussion

STD/NAES/TASS/SERV(2007)5

b)

Methodological improvements in data collection
Inter-institutional cooperation in Spain - Banco de España and INE - PPT

Developing Trade in services Statistics in Vietnam - GSO Vietnam - PPT

21.

Research:

a)

Trade in services by industry
Presentation by Statistics Canada - PPT

b)

Downloaded products and online services - Can we measure cross-border trade?
Presentation by OECD

22.

Remittances

a)

Luxembourg Group on Remittances
Eurostat /IMF/OECD Oral report

b)

OECD Statistics Directorate Work on Remittances
OECD Oral report

23.

Future Programme of Work and Draft Conclusions

24.

Other business and date of next  meeting

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