Government Finance Statistics in South East Europe
The workshop on Government Finance Statistics in South East Europe (SEE) was designed and delivered by the experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in cooperation with Eurostat. This regional event, that was funded by the Switzerland State Secretariat on Economic Affairs (SECO), represented the continuation of the project »Improve Capacity for Government Finance Statistics (GFS) in Southeastern European Countries«, and followed on from the Public Sector Classification and Debt Statistics workshop held in March 2015.
The aim of the project is to provide technical assistance to improve GFS in the region. The project involves five countries in the SEE region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia.
The specific objectives of the GFS in SEE workshop were to (i) explain and build capacity in GFS and European Union and IMF requirements in this area; (ii) explain specific methodological issues and guidance in both the IMF Government Financial Statistics Manual 2014 and the Eurostat Manual on Government Deficit and Debt; and (iii) further facilitate sharing of issues arising and best practice among country representatives.
Topics Addressed
During the workshop we discussed the following topics:
- Government Revenue
- Government Expenditure
- Moving from cash to accrual based fiscal data
- Latest developments in methodology
- Public Debt and Contingent Liabilities
Faculty
Philip Stokoe, IMF
Deon Tanzer, IMF
Cecilia Pop, Eurostat
Partners
This learning initiative was supported by:
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