Government Finance Statistics and Excessive Deficit Procedure - Part I and Part II, 2025 Online

Government Finance Statistics and Excessive Deficit Procedure - Part I and Part II

Course Leader

Katarzyna BORACZEWSKA

Target Group

Participants from National Statistical Institutes, National Central Banks, and Ministries of Finance in EU Member States and candidate countries, particularly those working on Government Finance Statistics (GFS) and preparing for or supporting the implementation of the Excessive Deficit Procedure (EDP).

Entry Qualifications

• Good command of English. Participants should be able to make short interventions and to actively participate in discussions;

• Some knowledge of and practical experience in national accounts and/or government finance statistics. 

Objective(s)

• To improve the capacity of national statistical services to produce high quality on GFS and EDP-statistics;

• To examine the theoretical basis and structure of the European System of Accounts (ESA 2010) based GFS and EDP-data. 

Contents

• Basic concepts of ESA 2010, tailored toward GFS and EDP;

• Delimitation of general government;

• Transactions/stocks relevant for government;

• Definition EDP-concepts, EDP-tables and the Questionnaire.

Expected Outcome

Improved knowledge of ESA 2010, GFS and EDP-concepts; basis for compilation of EDP tables and questionnaires relating to the EDP notification tables.

Training Methods

• Presentations and lectures by external and Eurostat experts;

• Exchange of views/experiences on national practices and theoretical cases;

• Exercises, examples and case studies.

Required Reading 

The ESA 2010 and the Manual on Government Deficit and Debt (latest version).

Suggested Reading

ESA 2010, chapters 1 – 7, 15, 17 and 20.

Required Preparation

None

Trainer(s)/
Lecturer(s)

Katarzyna BORACZEWSKA (Eurostat);

Eurostat staff

Martin KELLAWAY (private expert)

Helen SHANKS (private expert)