We were happy to talk to Ms. Irnesa Hašimbegović from the Tax Administration of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ms. Hašimbegović shared her personal learning takeaways from our recent hybrid event that explored how to plan and conduct tax audits by using indirect audit methods.

Noel Hepworth is the former Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). Since retiring, he has been supporting reform processes and advising on the development of financial management and control (FMC) in many countries across South East Europe (SEE). After realizing that…

Davor Kozina, Head of Service for Coordination of Internal Control System Development at the Croatian Ministry of finance, shares his impressions and main learning takeaways from the recent workshop that looked into the practical implementation of risk management in the public sector.

As the project "Strengthening Line Ministries’ Capacities to Assess Fiscal Implications of Structural Reforms (FISR)" successfully came to an end, we are happy to share joint reflections by Vasyl Zubaka from the European Commission and Natasha Ilijeva Acevska from the CEF on the FISR project milestones.

Macroeconomic models are an essential part of a policymaker’s toolkit. The online course on Macroeconomic Modeling for Open Economies 2 allowed participants to learn how to enhance the integration of financial frictions and non-linear effects in DSGE models as well as how to assess the effects of unconventional…

We are honored to have been partnering with the European Central Bank (ECB) for a number of years to jointly advance our Learning and Knowledge Sharing Program for Central Banks and Financial Supervisory Authorities in South East Europe (SEE). We were happy to talk to Ms. Katrin Arnold, Head of the International…

Sasha Sashek Gosheva, Director of Sector for Financial Affairs at the Customs Administration, shares her experience as a Junior Tutor of the Public Acoountants Certification Training (PACT) program in North Macedonia, highlighting the benefits and effects on her further work.

The Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands has been one of the CEF’s most important partners since our early days. Today, the ministry still contributes to the CEF by providing expertise and participation grants for our learning and networking program in the areas of tax policy and administration and auditing.…

We talked to Melahat Kutlu, a local consultant in the EU-funded “Strengthening Line Ministries’ Capacities to Assess Fiscal Implications of Structural Reforms” (FISR) project. She shared her experience with the project, and how it has benefited her and other officials in Turkey. She concluded her thoughts on (the…

Recognizing valuable synergies in our work with the independent, global think tank ODI, we were pleased to talk to Sierd Hadley, a Research Fellow at the ODI’s Development and Public Finance Programme. This Programme offers research and advisory work on how governing bodies can best use their scarce resources…