Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised a Training Course on ‘Banking, Insurance and Financial Statistics’ with the attendance of 24 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 8 French speaking OIC countries on 14-16 November 2022 through an online video conferencing platform. 

Ms. Najet Abid, Deputy Director of Accounts of Financial Institutions (Banking and Insurance) at the National Institute of Statistics (INS) of Republic of Tunisia, conducted the course and covered the following topics:

• Introduction to the financial sector in the National Accounting System, SNA 2008
  • Classification of the financial sector
• Introduction of the accounts of the different financial sub-sectors
  • Central Bank account
• Financial intermediary services indirectly measured (FISIM)
  • Method of calculation and distribution
• Introduction of the accounts of the different financial sub-sectors
  • Insurance sector account
  • Account of financial auxiliaries
• Financial accounts in the System of National Accounts 2008
  • Definition
  • Nomenclature of institutional sectors.
• Introduction of the Financial Operations Table (FOT)
  • Preparation of the financial account
  • “From-whom-to-whom” matrices
  • Synthesis
  • Elaboration of the FOT

For more information on SESRIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php