Tax Administrations: Meeting Taxpayers' Needs through Effective Self-services

Recently we joined more than 180 delegates, heads of tax administrations and their representatives from 46 countries and 11 international organisations, at the 19th General Assembly of the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA). At the event several representatives of revenue authorities…

Meeting of the Steering Group of PA 10 of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region

On June 12, the Steering Group of the Priority Area 10 (PA 10) of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) dealing with institutional capacities and cooperation met at the CEF for the eighth time since its inception in 2011. The Steering Group members discussed the progress of the initiatives and…

SPB Newsfeed: Exciting Learning Journey about Fiscal Institutions Concluding

Follow the trace of the CEF-IMF Seminar on Strengthening Fiscal Institutions on its social media memory. Sami Yläoutinen (Ministry of Finance, Finland), “Having been involved in trainings around the globe, I came to experience CEF seminars as leading examples in engaging participants, especially with…

CEF with Donor Organizations on Sustainable Development

CEF together with other donor agencies and multilateral organizations participated at the 2015 learn4dev network annual meeting. Participants looked ahead to the post-2015 world of development and discussed the new challenges it poses and explored how we can use organizational learning and the learn4dev…

Importance of Economic Governance in the EU Accession Process

The recent crisis in Europe has urged the EU to take further steps in ensuring macro-economic and financial stability, and to improve its economic governance. These adjustments, are further reflected on the requirements of the accession process, which countries are facing on their way to join the European…

CEF at the Frontiers in Leading Change Seminar

The CEF took part in the Frontiers in Leading Change seminar co-hosted and co-organized by WBG’s LLI (Leadership, Learning, Innovation) and the GIZ’s AIZ (Academy for International Cooperation). The aim of a two-day event, taking place on May 27-28, 2015, was to foster joint learning and exchange between…

SPB Newsfeed: Joint IMF-CEF Seminar on Strengthening Fiscal Institutions

On June 15-18, 2015, the CEF will host a high-level seminar on Strengthening Fiscal Institutions. It will examine the role of strong fiscal institutions in improving the quality of fiscal management and helping to ensure fiscal sustainability. The Seminar aims to improve participants' awareness of the…

Fresh Thoughts on Strengthening the Role of Line Ministries in the Budget Process

In his paper, Mr. Dirk-Jan Kraan discusses line ministries’ capacity development needs and priorities in public financial management against the background of a reinforced role of financial directorates of line ministries. The paper is based on interviews with the finance directors of line ministries…

SPB Newsfeed: Join our Online Discussions on Budget Execution

We are launching a new e-learning course on budget execution. This will be the second one in a series of our newly designed online learning solutions. These are aimed at bringing together public financial officials in South East Europe to learn in a digitalized environment using a variety of online applications.…

In Focus: The USA and Slovenia Continue to Support Training for Internal Auditors in Macedonia

Today in Ljubljana, the director of the Center for Excellence in Finance (CEF), Ms. Mira Dobovišek, hosted Mr. Joshua Harris, Political and Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy, Ljubljana and Ms. Irena Mramor, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as they signed the…