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SDMX-initiative for exchanging national accounts data

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Principal goal:

International exchange of all national accounts data via SDMX,

from 2014 onwards

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Organisation

Group of SDMX Sponsors Mandate to Steering Group SDMX-NA, consisting of

the ECB, Eurostat and the OECD Objective: “… the implementation of SDMX in

national accounts according to SNA 2008 and the development, implementation and maintenance of the respective Data Structure Definitions (DSDs) for global use …”

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Planning Q1, 2012: Inventory of stakeholder needs Q2-Q3, 2012: Development of the DSDs for national

accounts for global use Q3-Q4, 2012: Consultation of NA Expert Groups Q4, 2012 – Q2, 2013: Pilot projects Q4, 2012 – Q2, 2013: Fine tuning of the DSDs Q3, 2013: Release (availability in SDMX registry and

on SDMX website) Q3, 2013 – Q2, 2014: Adaptation of production

systems Q3, 2014: Start regular data transmission

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Points for discussion Suggestion for issues for further consideration? Suggestions for communication to and involvement

of countries? Countries interested in participating in pilot

projects?