On March 25-26, in the mode of videoconference, the Center for Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training for Islamic Countries SESRIC, together with the Islamic Development Bank, organized a training seminar on data collection and analysis of trade in services between the OIC member states.
Head of the Department of Foreign Economic Activity and Trade Statistics Batir Irgashev took part in the seminar on behalf of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics.
The aim of the workshop was to use new collection methodologies, harmonize and analyze data on trade in services, study markets for service subsectors and exchange reliable data in cooperation with customs administrations and other stakeholders.
At this seminar, presentations were made by representatives of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Center for Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Islamic Trade Development Center.
The audience was presented with the experience of the African Continental Free Trade Area, the experience of the League of Arab States in collecting data on trade services, the practice of the International Trade Center and other international organizations.
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