Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC organised an Online Training Course on ‘Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics’ with the attendance of 27 participants from the National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of 13 OIC countries and the OIC General Secretariat on 7-8 March 2022.

Ms. Nuray Karaibrahim, Mr. Erhan Duman, Mr. Murat Ekşi, and Ms. Leyla Bayrak, experts at the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), conducted the course and covered the following topics:

• Government Finance, Fiscal and Public Sector Statistics in Türkiye
• General Government Delimitation
• Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP) Statistics
• Taxes

The course was conducted through a video conferencing platform by following synchronous learning and instruction approaches designed in line with the virtual training solutions undertaken by SESRIC in order to better serve the Centre’s training activities and keep participants motivated and engaged during this time of global crisis due to COVID-19.

The presentations of the training course are available at this link.

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