E-Training on the Compilation and Application of Environmentally Extended Supply-Use Tables (EE-SUTs) in Africa

Course

Self-paced e-learning

UN Partner

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Length: 5 weeks
Effort: 2 hours per week
Level: Introductory; Intermediate; Advanced
Language: French; English
Region: Africa
Certificate: No

This training is made training module to strengthening the capacities of national accountants and related staff in Environmentally Extended Supply-Use Tables compilation methods

Sustainable Development Goals: 2030 Agenda; Climate action
Statistics: Economic accounts; Environment; Macroeconomic statistics
Subject: Economics and development
Keywords: macroeconomics

About this course

Content of the course:

Session 1: Course overview and introduction to the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)
Session 2: The theory and practice of Environmentally Extended Supply-Use Tables (EE-SUTs)
Session 3: Water accounts
Session 4: Energy accounts
Session 5: Emission accounts
Session 6: Land accounts
Session 7: Forest accounts
Session 8: Waste accounts
Session 9: Application of EE-SUTs to public policy
Session 10: Application of EE-SUTs to sustainable development and the SDGs

This course was organized in March-May 2018. However, all the presentations, WebEx discussions and exchanges, questions and answers, and quiz are available on the training website.

Target audience

National Accountants

Learning objectives

(a) to acquire a good understanding of the related concepts, definitions, classifications, accounting framework, techniques, and data sources that are important for the compilation and application of EE SUTs;
(b) to reach out and benefit the maximum number of countries and participants on the continent; and
(c) to create a permanent platform and knowledge base that will enable information sharing and learning during and beyond the e-trainings.