Task Force on Satellite Accounts for Education and Training

Contact person: Ms Tihomira Dimova and Mr Rami Peltola 

Objectives:

• Operationalize the framework for constructing satellite accounts on education and training presented in the Guide on Measuring Human Capital, including the breakdowns of the various expenditures on training and education;
• Recommend a classification to be used for costs and products, and link to the classifications used in the national accounts;
• Identify the key variables, and the main and supplementary tables in the satellite accounts;
• Carry out pilot testing of the satellite accounts to test the methodology, data availability and quality;
• Identify best practices, recommend improvements to methods and data sources for developing cost-based measures of human capital; and
• Develop a compilation guide for satellite accounts for education and training.