Requesting entity name
Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (“GCC-Stat”)
Demand Region
Asia
Demand Sub region
Requesting Country
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Requesting entity category
Other
Responsible Division/s
Statistics Division
Areas of Work
Means of implementation
Support/Output provided
Support/Output provided (project, workshop, advisory service, etc.)
Workshop
SDGs
SDG9
SDG12
SDG17
Keywords
statistical standards; statistical development
Status
Under consideration
Notes
Furthermore, the UN Statistical Commission (at the 55th session, Decision 55/116) underscored the importance of capacity development to strengthen the capabilities of the national statistical system for the compilation of business and trade statistics. Resulting from discussions with other trade statistics compilers and statisticians from other countries of the region (ESCWA), in addition to GCC countries, the workshop including the rest of the ESCWA countries will be very effective in fulfilling this request.
Request summary
Countries in the UNESCWA region, including member states of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (GCC) through the Statistical Centre for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf (“GCC-Stat”) have requested UNSD to organize a Regional Workshop on the revised trade statistics manuals: International Merchandise Trade Statistics; Concepts and Definitions (IMTS 2026), the Manual on Statistics on International Trade in Services (MSITS 2026) and the Handbook on Integrating Business and Trade Statistics (HIBTS).
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