Regional Training Workshop on Economic Statistics SDMX
24-28 February 2020, Manila, Philippines
Provisional Agenda
ADB Auditorium D
Monday, 24 February 2020
Registration (8:00-9:00 am)
Opening Session, Chair: ADB (9:00-9:30 am)

Opening remarks
Joseph E. Zveglich, Deputy Chief Economist,   ADB
Ms. Eden Lumilan, Head of UN Resident Coordinator’s Office
Mr. Sueka Putra, Senior Officer, Statistics Division, ASEAN

Adoption of provisional agenda and administrative matters
Overview on activities of International/Regional Organization in the area of SNA, IMTS, and SDMX (UNSD, ASEAN, ADB) (9:30-9:45 am)
Group photo and coffee break (9:45-10:15 am)
Country Presentations (10:15-11:45 am)

Country Presentations on SDMX activities

       
Open forum   (11:45 am-12:15 pm)
Lunch break (12:15-1:30 pm)
Overview of SDMX, Chair: ADB (1:30-5:15 pm) 1

SDMX Core concepts and definition
  • Information Model
  • Content-Oriented Guidelines
  • IT architecture

SDMX Artifacts
  • Concept Scheme
  • Code lists
  • Data structure definition

General discussions on SDMX


                                             

Tuesday, 25 February (9:00 am-5:15 pm)1
About the breakout sessions: ADB Secretariat can explain the mechanics, venue, and other logistics
SNA Group: Global Data Structure Definition on SNA

Introduction
Explanation on SNA DSD Artifacts: concept scheme, code lists, dimensions, attributes
Maintenance on   SNA DSD
Mapping exercise: From generic codes to SDMX codes
Group discussions
Trade Group: Global Data Structure Definition on IMTS

Introduction
Explanation on IMTS DSD Artifacts: concept scheme, code lists, dimensions, attributes
Maintenance on Trade DSD
Mapping exercise: From generic codes to SDMX codes
Group discussions
IT Group: Data warehousing concept and Generic SDMX tools

Introduction: questionnaire results
Data warehousing concept

SDMX IT tools: RI and Smart +SDMX Converter?
  • Background
  • Demo
Exercises
  • Installation
  • Using tools on synthetic DSD and/or Data
Group discussions
                                                                                     


                                

 Wednesday, 26 February (9:00 am-5:15 pm)1
Demo on Smart Tool
Demo follow up: Transferring knowledge on SDMX tools

IT Group to assist SNA/Trade groups on using SDMX tools
Self-Paced Hands-on Exercise (Generic Data 2)

Converting Generic Data to SDMX

Group discussions at end of the day

               

 Thursday, 27 February (9:00 am-17:15 pm) 1
Self-Paced Hands-On Exercise (National Data)

Each country applies acquired knowledge to convert own data to SDMX

Group discussions at end of the day
  

                                                 

Friday, 28 February (9:00 am-12:00 pm)1
Trade Review  (9:00- 9:20 am)
SNA Review (9:20- 9:40 am)
SDMX  loader and browser and visualization (9:40- 10:30 am)
Coffee Break (10:30- 10:45 am)
Round table and concluding remarks, Chair: ADB (10:45- 12:00 pm)

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Note: Location of breakout sessions

Room 71038 NW
Room 41018 NW
Room 21038 NW


1 With 20-minute coffee break each in the morning and afternoon and one-hour lunch break.