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The Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions in the System of National Accounts was prepared in close collaboration between the Center for Civil Society Studies and the Economic Statistics Branch of the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD).  Throughout the development of the Handbook, guidance was provided by a consultative group, which met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York in April 1999, June 2000, and July 2001.  

From November 2000 to July 2001, a draft version of the Handbook was tested in 11 countries, which varied in their level of development.  In many cases, the test built on current or previous work carried out in connection with the Center's Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project (CNP); members of the network of local CNP research associates often provided technical assistance to the statistical offices carrying out the test.  

In July 2001, the UNSD convened a group of SNA experts to review the draft Handbook before its submission to the Inter-Secretariat Working Group on National Accounts.  The final version of the Handbook was published by the United Nations in 2003.

Joint Meeting of the Johns Hopkins Consultative Group and the Test Group, 8-9 July 2001

Agenda

Notes from the Meeting

Documentation

30 November 2000 Draft plus Newly Available Chapters

Issue Memoranda
Memo 1 - Definitions
Memo 2 - Classification  
Memo 3 - The Production Boundary
Memo 4 - Chapter 4 Headings, etc.
Memo 5 - Implementation

Comments and Queries 
Leen Roosendaal (22 March 01)
René Rakotobe (24 May 01)
Sharon Bailey (28 May 01)
Peter van der Neut (11 November 00)
Birgitta Magnusson (14 February 01)

Meeting of the Consultative Group 8-9 June 2000

Agenda

Notes from the Meeting

Documentation

31 May 2000 Draft of the Handbook
Worked Example Files

Meeting of the Consultative Group April 1999

Notes from the Meeting