The Deputy President of the NSI delivered a presentation at the OECD Conference on National Economic and Financial Accounts

The Deputy President of the National Statistical Institute (NSI), Svilen Kolev, PhD took part in a series of expert meetings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) dedicated to the development of macroeconomic and financial statistics, which took place in Paris.

The first event was a meeting of the OECD Working Party on National Accounts (WPNA), where current issues related to price measurement, the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA), as well as advances in compiling of Supply - Use and Input-Output tables were discussed.

Svilen Kolev, PhD participated in the OECD Conference on National Economic and Financial Accounts (CNEFA), which addressed the challenges of implementing the updated System of National Accounts (SNA 2025), measuring the digital economy and the use of artificial intelligence, globalisation processes, and the use of new data sources for statistical purposes.

During the conference, Svilen Kolev, PhD delivered a presentation entitled "Challenges and Opportunities for Recording of Crypto Assets – the case of Bulgaria". The presentation outlined changes in the national regulatory framework arising from the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA), potential data sources, and prospects for accessing information and recording crypto-assets in the national accounts. Particular attention was paid to the challenges associated with data collection and processing, as well as opportunities for inter-institutional cooperation.

The Deputy President of the NSI’s programme also included a meeting of the OECD Working Party on Financial Statistics (WPFS), during which new trends in financial markets, sustainable finance, government finance statistics, and ways to improve the dissemination and communication of statistical information were discussed.