IMF CEF Seminar

Delegates’ positive feedback on the seminar

Urska Zrinski — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:38:27 +0000

The results of the evaluation performed on the last day of the IMF CEF seminar on Building Fiscal Institutions to Meet Post Crisis Challenges have now been compiled. The evaluation provides valuable insights of participants’ reactions to the training event and the degree to which they perceived they acquired new knowledge and [...]

IMF seminar ends after meaningful discussions on the importance of strong fiscal institutions to meet future challenges

Urska Zrinski — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:20:56 +0000

The four day seminar on Building Fiscal Institutions to Meet Post Crisis Challenges has successfully concluded. Two topics were discussed on the last day of the seminar with presentations from Brian Olden from the IMF on fiscal accounting and reporting; and budget implementation and execution.

Based on [...]

Presentation of the results of a questionnaire on fiscal institutions and systems in South East European countries

Urska Zrinski — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:43:40 +0000

On day 3 of the seminar, Duncan Last and Brian Olden from the International Monetary Fund presented the results of a questionnaire on fiscal institutions and systems in South East European countries that delegates were asked to fill-out prior to the commencement of the seminar. The preliminary results, which [...]

Experience with medium-term budgeting reforms shared on day 2

Urska Zrinski — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:34:54 +0000

Medium-term budget frameworks were the main topic of day two of the IMF’s seminar on Building Fiscal Institutions to Meet Post Crisis Challenges. The necessary prerequisites and main elements of medium-term budget frameworks were outlined in the introductory presentation by Duncan Last, Senior Economist at the IMF, together with [...]

Delegates discussed fiscal forecasting and fiscal consolidations on day 1 of the seminar

Urska Zrinski — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:16:37 +0000

Day 1 of the IMF’s seminar on Building Fiscal Institutions to Meet Post Crisis Challenges has been successfully concluded. Twenty delegates from ten countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia – discussed fiscal institutions, macroeconomic and macro-fiscal forecasting, and shared their experiences and ideas [...]

It’s time for the IMF seminar

Urska Zrinski — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:52:18 +0000

The seminar on Building Fiscal Institutions to Meet Post Crisis Challenges starts next Monday, June 20, 2011.

Over the next few days we’ll be posting presentations to be delivered by the experts as well as photos and videos from the event.

We have a number [...]

Why a fiscal institutions seminar and why now?

Brian Olden — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:27:25 +0000

The global crisis has impacted on most countries to a greater or lesser degree, including the economies of South Eastern Europe. To mitigate the effects of the global crisis many countries have designed strategies to facilitate an orderly exit in extremely volatile global economic conditions. In some cases this initially involved the [...]

Experts for the seminar confirmed

Urska Zrinski — Tue, 10 May 2011 14:59:24 +0000

The experts who will deliver the IMF seminar on “Building Fiscal Institutions to Meet Post Crisis Challenges” are now confirmed. They include Duncan Last, Senior Economist from the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, Brian Olden, Regional IMF Public Financial Management Advisor for South East Europe, and Sami Yläoutinen, Director at the Economics Department of [...]

Japanese government to sponsor participation

Urska Zrinski — Tue, 03 May 2011 07:47:56 +0000

Participation at the seminar will be covered through the Fiscal Management Program for South East Europe financed by the Japanese Government through the IMF’s “Japan Subaccount for Selected Fund Activities”. The costs of travel, accommodation and per diem for two participants per country will be covered under the Program.

About this seminar

Urska Zrinski — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:24:32 +0000

The IMF CEF seminar video