Macedonian Internal Auditors and Accountants Awarded with International Certificates

Macedonian internal auditors and accountants that successfully concluded professional qualification training programs for public sector accountants and internal auditors were awarded with the international certificates. The ceremony held in Skopje on October 16, 2015 that celebrated the success of the…

CEF Taking Part in the Shining Stars of Europe Contest

CEF participates in a contest Shining Stars of Europe with a video on the Power of Knowledge Exchange created by Kaja Jurtela, CEF Program Facilitator and Aleksander Nadj, CEF IT Officer. The video expresses an idea of creating symbiosis in development cooperation that is similar to symbiosis that exists…

CEF and U.S. Government Jointly Implementing Development Projects in SEE

The director of the Center for Excellence in Finance (CEF), Ms. Mira Dobovišek, hosted Ms. Elizabeth Mader, Political, Economic and Commercial Chief at the U.S. Embassy, Ljubljana. The CEF and the U.S. Government successfully cooperate in development projects in the region of South East Europe. At the…

Moldova and Montenegro Became Members of the CEF International

Moldova and Montenegro recently ratified the Agreement on Establishing the Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF) as an international organization. Thus far five countries ratified the Agreement: Bulgaria, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, and Slovenia. Countries that ratified the Agreement are full CEF…

Montenegrin Public Accountants Starting International Certification Training

The CEF together with the Ministry of Finance, Montenegro started with the implementation of project activities in the course of the Public Accountants Certification Training (PACT). The internationally recognized, professional qualification program is made possible through funding from the United Nations…

SPB Newsfeed: CEF with EU and IMF Successfully Implemented Project in Support of PFM Reforms in SEE

High-level representatives from ministries of finance, line ministries and central planning authorities in South East Europe attended a High-level Policy Dialogue on Economic Governance in the region. The European Commission has been represented through Director of Strategy and Turkey at DG NEAR, Mr.…

Presentation of the Open Budget Survey 2015 Results: Slovenia

Fiscal transparency is essential for good governance and accountability in public financial management. After the latest crisis we have seen new and strengthened standards and diagnostic tools for measuring how transparently a country manages budgets and fiscal affairs. Within nongovernmental organizations,…

CEF Social Media Photo Contest

We are launching a photo contest on our Social media: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to get feedback from participants of our learning events on the redesign of our lobby. What do you think of our new lobby?The CEF lobby is a gathering spot for our participants: a place to rest during coffee and lunch…

In Focus: We Are Starting the New Learning Season with a Redesigned Lobby

The CEF lobby is a key meeting place in our learning institution and we wanted it to reflect our understanding of learning as creative, future-proofed, supportive, bold, challenging, and fun. We have teamed up with Jure Kotnik Architecture to help us translate our understanding of learning into a physical…

Program Development Committee to Consult on Central Banking Learning Initiatives

The CEF has been delivering learning events on central banking topics for a long time. We wanted however to refresh and widen the scope of our activities in that area. To be able to do that and to keep our activities up to date and relevant, we decided that an additional consulting body would be useful.…