Regional workshop on statistics of international trade in services

Event

Work area(s)

Statistics

Topic(s)

Economic statistics Balance of payments Trade in goods and services

Teaser

Organized jointly by ECLAC and the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), in cooperation with the World Trade Organization (WTO). The main objective of the workshop is to help countries understand the concepts and definitions of the Manual of Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 (MECIS 2010), especially on selected topics such as digital trade and its applications to selected categories of trade in services.

Event information

Date

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Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Two main objectives of the Workshop include supporting countries in:

  1. Further advancing the implementation of MSITS 2010 recommendations especially for selected categories of trade in services, and
  2. Enhancing capacities to produce high quality data and meet an increased demand for timely and relevant data for policy needs in the Decade of Action and era of Covid-19 pandemic; addressing directly the aims of Goal 17 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The Workshop will include presentations on conceptual and methodological issues, data sources, collection and compilation, country practices, and round-table discussions especially regarding challenging categories like travel, construction services, insurance and pension services, and regarding mode of supply and foreign affiliates statistics.

Primary target beneficiaries of the Workshop include compilers and producers of data and statistics of international trade in services:

  1. Statistical officers for trade in services
  2. Balance of payment statisticians
  3. National accountants
  4. Business statisticians

Secondary target beneficiaries of the Workshop include users of data and statistics of international trade in services:

  1. Ministries (Tourism, Trade, Economy, Finance)
  2. Other industry players (economists, lawyers, etc.)

Programme of work

9am,

Palabras de apertura / Opening remarks

9 December 2020, 9am - 9 December 2020, 9am

Presentation(s)

   ▪ Rolando Ocampo, Director de la División de Estadísticas de la CEPAL

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        » Nota conceptual del Taller regional sobre estadísticas del comercio internacional de servicios

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        » Concept note of the Regional workshop on statistics of international trade in services

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9am,

Recopilación de datos y coordinación institucional: Experiencia de Colombia / Data collection and institutional arrangement: Colombia experience

9 December 2020, 9am - 9 December 2020, 9am

Presentation(s)

Lilian Andrea Guio,DANE de Colombia

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9am,

Estadísticas de servicios de viajes: Experiencia de Republica Dominicana / Travel services statistics: Dominican Republic experience

9 December 2020, 9am - 9 December 2020, 10am

Presentation(s)

Brenda Villanueva, Banco Central de República Dominicana

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10am,

Estadísticas de servicios: Panorama de la CEPAL para los países de la Alianza del Pacífico / Services statistics: Overview of ECLAC for the countries of the Pacific Alliance

9 December 2020, 10am - 9 December 2020, 10am

Presentation(s)

10am,

Ronda de discusión / Round table discussion

9 December 2020, 10am - 9 December 2020, 11am
9am,

Estadísticas de servicios de telecomunicaciones, informática e información: Experiencia de México / Telecommunication, computer and information services statistics: Mexico experience

10 December 2020, 9am - 10 December 2020, 9am

Presentation(s)

Allan Holst, Banco de México

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10am,

Big Data para la medición de la economía digital en Brasil / Big Data for measuring the digital economy in Brazil

10 December 2020, 10am - 10 December 2020, 10am

Presentation(s)

Aline Visconti Rodrigues, IBGE de Brasil

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10am,

Descripción del Acuerdo General sobre el Comercio de Servicios y modos de suministro y el trabajo estadístico de la OMC (TiSMoS) / GATS MoS and statistical work carried out by the WTO in this area (TiSMoS)

10 December 2020, 10am - 10 December 2020, 10am

Presentation(s)

Steen Wettstein, World Trade Organization (WTO)

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10am,

Ronda de discusión / Round table discussion

10 December 2020, 10am - 10 December 2020, 11am
9am,

Comercio digital de servicios / Digital trade in services

11 December 2020, 9am - 11 December 2020, 9am

Presentation(s)

Torbjörn Fredriksson, UNCTAD

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9am,

Exportación de servicios a través de redes de tecnología de la información y comunicaciones / Export of services through information and communication technology networks

11 December 2020, 9am - 11 December 2020, 9am

Presentation(s)

Rigoberto Torres-Mora, Banco Central de Costa Rica

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10am,

Comercio de servicios en cadenas globales de valor / Trade in services in global value chains

11 December 2020, 10am - 11 December 2020, 10am

Presentation(s)

Alejandra Ramírez Vargas, Adriana Sandí Esquivel, Banco Central de Costa Rica

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10am,

Proceso de revisión del Manual de Balanza de Pagos y futuras revisiones de ECIS / Revision process of BPM and future revision of SITS

11 December 2020, 10am - 11 December 2020, 10am

Presentation(s)

Antonio Galicia, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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10am,

Ronda de discusión y conclusión / Round table discussion and conclusion

11 December 2020, 10am - 11 December 2020, 11am

Organizing institution

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

  • https://www.cepal.org
  • 56 222100000
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United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

  • https://unstats.un.org/home/
  • Fax +1 (212) 963-9851
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Organización Mundial del Comercio

  • https://www.wto.org
  • telephone
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Contact

Paula Fuenzalida

  • paula.fuenzalida@cepal.org
  • (56-2) 2210 2634
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