Title of the activity
Regional Workshop on Measuring Digital Trade in Services for COMESA member states
Activity Type
Regional course/Workshop
Description
The Workshop will examine the challenges of measuring digital trade in services. Digital technologies have made it increasingly feasible for buyers and sellers to place and receive orders on a global scale. They also enable the instantaneous remote delivery of services directly to businesses and households. Although international trade statistics should, in principle, cover digital trade, compilers face considerable measurement challenges. The involvement of digital intermediation platforms (DIPs) compounds those difficulties. The workshop will introduce officials from central banks, national statistics offices, and other relevant agencies in COMESA Member States to the recommendations of the 2023 IMF-OECD-UNCTAD-WTO Handbook on Measuring Digital Trade. The Handbook clarifies key concepts and definitions, and establishes a foundation for measuring digital trade in a way that is internationally comparable.
Venue
Kenya
City
Nairobi
Trade topic
E-commerce
Start Date
End Date
Duration (days)
4
Activity Level
selection process
The WTO invites governments to submit applications for up to 4 capital-based officials, from which two candidates will be selected to participate in this workshop.
This training is highly specialised, and to ensure that participants can actively engage and fully benefit from it, we kindly request the nomination of suitably qualified candidates, based on the criteria indicated hereinafter. Nominees should be middle to senior government officials from relevant institutions, such as national statistical agencies, ministries/departments responsible for trade, finance, economic planning, or the central bank. Candidates must be directly involved in data collection and compilation, with responsibilities or substantive professional experience in areas directly related to the measurement of digital trade, particularly in trade in goods and services statistics.
This training is highly specialised, and to ensure that participants can actively engage and fully benefit from it, we kindly request the nomination of suitably qualified candidates, based on the criteria indicated hereinafter. Nominees should be middle to senior government officials from relevant institutions, such as national statistical agencies, ministries/departments responsible for trade, finance, economic planning, or the central bank. Candidates must be directly involved in data collection and compilation, with responsibilities or substantive professional experience in areas directly related to the measurement of digital trade, particularly in trade in goods and services statistics.
Target Audience
Government officials
Language
Multilingual
Application Deadline
06/10/2025
Key Result
1. Government officials are implementing WTO Agreements and fully realising Members' rights and obligations
Key Output
1.1: Government officials have enhanced knowledge about WTO Agreements, trade policy formulation and conduct of trade negotiations
Programme
Invited Members and Observers:
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Sudan
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Kenya