Sustainable Development Goals
Our activities support the realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are part of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. The CEF activities support particularly Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals.
As part of the EU-funded multi-beneficiary project “Structural Reforms Better Integrated Within Fiscal Frameworks” (FISR2), we offer to the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) Coordinators and their team members coaching sessions. These structured one-on-one sessions are an opportunity to reflect on their professional…
All Voices from the RegionThe CEF currently hosts two International Monetary Fund’s Fiscal Affairs Department (IMF FAD) technical assistance advisors, covering public financial management (PFM) and revenue administration (RA). We were happy to talk to Yasemin Hurcan and Jim Sørensen. They provide capacity development (CD) support to the…
All Voices from PartnersMany countries are in the process of preparing, implementing, or amending reforms in their public administration, civil service, public financial management (PFM), and economic governance. Central Harmonization Units (CHUs) play an important role in PFM reforms. To open the discussion about the role and challenges…
All Voices from the RegionDeon Tanzer has been involved in the delivery of several learning events where we discussed the relationship between government finance statistics (GFS) and the fiscal cycle, while underlining the importance of timely, accurate, and comprehensive data. Deon advises compilers in various national institutions on…
All Voices from PartnersWe enjoyed talking to Vesna Cvetanova about her experience attending available learning opportunities within the multi-beneficiary capacity development project “Structural Reforms Better Integrated Within Fiscal Frameworks” (FISR2) funded by the European Union. Ms. Cvetanova, Head of the Macroeconomic Policy Department…
All Voices from the RegionSince 2008, Paul McClure has been regularly lecturing at the CEF workshops on communication topics. He has helped many public officials upgrade the effectiveness of their written communications in English, working with course participants from all CEF member countries and several adjoining EU member states. We…
All Voices from PartnersSedat Shehu, Manager of the IT Infrastructure Division at the Ministry of Finance, Labor and Transfers (MFLT), Kosovo has been participating in several CEF learning events since 2010. Just this year, he attended four on IT auditing, knowledge sharing and presentation skills, online learning methodologies and tools,…
All Voices from the RegionNoel 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…
All Voices from PartnersWe were pleased to talk to colleagues at the Public Revenue Office (PRO) from North Macedonia to learn about their institutional learning needs and explore opportunities to jointly advance our cooperation. We are happy to share some of their thoughts about the benefits learning with us brings to the PRO staff.
All Voices from the RegionAs 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.
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