In 2009, the first G20 Data Gaps Initiative (DGI-1) was launched when the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G20 economies endorsed a report on The Financial Crisis and Information Gaps prepared by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Secretariat and the IMF staff, which included 20 recommendations to address specific data gaps. In the context of DGI-1, Recommendation 7 on Securities Statistics called for “central banks and, where relevant, statistical offices, particularly those of the G20 economies, to participate in the BIS data collection on securities and contribute to the further development of the BIS-ECB-IMF Handbook [on Securities Statistics].” The WGSD was also called upon “to develop and implement a communication strategy for the Handbook." Following the completion of DGI-1 Recommendation 7, all G20 economies participate – to various degrees – in the BIS data collection and the Handbook on Securities Statistics was published in May 2015, together with an accompanying communication document.