Time

Topic and Reporter

Wednesday, 29 April 2009

09:30-10:00

Registration of participants

Block A – Introduction & Background Information

This part will give an overview of the project; explain the background of the project and why this theme was chosen by the organizers.

10:00-10:20

Welcoming speech:

- from the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine – Mr. Vadym Pischeiko

- from the European Free Trade Association – Mr. Gabriel Gamez

10:20-10:35

Background of this project, technical and political issues

Ms. Nataliia Vlasenko, SSCU

10:35-10:50

EFTA-project between SSCU and Statistics Norway

Mr. Ann Lisbet Brathaug, SSB Norway

10:50-11:10

Coffee break

Block B - Price Statistics in General and Their Uses

This block will be dedicated to several price indices that are used as deflators in national accounts calculations and other uses (CPI, HICP, Producer Price Index (e.g. Agricultural Price Index), Export and Import Prices).

11:10-11:30

System of indicators of price statistics produced by the SSCU (for example consumer price index, producer price index, agricultural price index, export and import price indices and others)

Ms. Olena Dragovoz, SSCU

11:30-11:50

Question and answer session (Q&A hereinafter)

11:50-12:10

The Price Project (Price Statistics as priority area for Statistics Norway)

Mr. Lasse Sandberg, SSB Norway

12:10-12:30

Q&A

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:20

CPI Compilation

Mr. Carsten Hansen, UNECE

14:20-14:40

Q&A

Block C – CPI vs. Deflator for HCE in the National Accounts

This block aims to explain the conceptual differences between the CPI and the deflator derived from the household consumption expenditure (HCE) in National Accounts. International recommendations regarding weights in the CPI will be discussed and Eurostat’s experience based on the work with the new Regulation on HICP weights will be presented.

14:40-15:00

Modern practice of estimating the deflator of the household consumption expenditure.

Household consumption: methodology and practice of the SNA in Ukraine

Ms. Iryna Nikitina, SSCU

15:00-15:20

Q&A

15:20-15:40

Coffee break

15:40-16:00

Relation between the CPI and household final consumption expenditure deflator in National Accounts

Ms. Ann Lisbet Brathaug, SSB Norway

16:00-16:20

Q&A

16:20-16:40

EU-regulation on the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) weights

Mr. Jan Walschots, Eurostat

16:40-17:00

Q&A

17:00

Closing of the First day of the Seminar

17:30

Stand-up reception

Thursday, 30 April 2009

10:00

Opening of the Second day of the Seminar

10:10-10:30

National Accounts as primary weight source (Simulations of the Norwegian CPI)

Ms. Randi Johannessen, SSB Norway

10:30-10:50

Q&A

10:50-11:10

Coffee break

11:10-11:30

Experiences of an EU member country: Romania – CPI and Deflator for Household Consumption Expenditure

Mr. Mihai Gheorghe, INS, Romania

11:30-11:50

Q&A

Block D – The Use and the Main Users of the CPI

This block will address methodologies used in the compilations of CPI and several other indicators derived from CPI, such as CPI-ATE and the core inflation, with respect to users, as well as the international standards used.

Statistics Norway’s experiences with the users of various CPI data and the users' perspective will be presented

11:50-12:10

Decomposition of the CPI (Who and What…)

Mr. Lasse Sandberg, SSB Norway

12:10-12:30

Q&A

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:20

CPI calculations of the SSCU - external users. Actuality, quality issues as well as different products derived from the same basis calculations (Regional price indices, core inflation etc.)

Ms. Oksana Zavorotko, Ministry of Economy of Ukraine

14:20-14:40

Q&A

14:40-15:00

The use of price statistics in the conduct of ECB monetary policy:  An overview.

Mr. Andrew Kanutin, the European Central Bank

15:00-15:20

Q&A

15:20-15:40

Coffee break

15:40-16:40

Round table / Panel debate of the “User perspective” (including important users from Ukraine)

16:40-17:00

Summing-up the Seminar results

- European Free Trade Association

- State Statistics Committee of Ukraine

17:00

Closing of the Seminar