About this event

The online course Coordination Schemes in Costing of Structural Reforms will enable expanding knowledge on policy coordination and importance of inclusive policy-making processes. This discussion will be brought forward in the context of the process of development and budgeting of the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) of candidate and potential candidate countries for membership in the European Union.

Developing the ERP, including the structural reforms (SRs) it foresees is a highly collaborative process. It is led by a Coordinator for the Economic Reform Programme (ERPC) who, with their close teams make sure collaborators from line ministries and other institutions understand the ERP development process, communicate effectively during the development of the document, review the intermediary results (drafts), follow and support the costing and budgeting of the structural reforms.

Extended policy coordination can contribute to timely development of the ERP, relevance of the proposed measures, sector-specific and financial information exchanged in the process, etc. It can improve the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the process.

These effects are even more needed at the current moment of COVID-19 pandemic where the ERP teams work in virtual environments and circumstances of physical and social distancing.

At the same time, ERP teams are faced with revisiting the substance of the structural reforms and the overall ERP’s from the perspective of the short and medium term anti-shock and recovery measures for health, economic, social consolidation from COVID-19 effects.

How will participants benefit?

This online course will enable participants to:

• Expand the knowledge on what is policy coordination, its forms, benefits and challenges;
• Discuss existing coordination practices in the development of the ERP and especially under the current COVID-19 working environments;
• Identify gaps in coordination, information flow, authorisations, collaborations etc.
• Hear examples of coordination in public sector (Ministry of Finance – Line Ministries) from other countries
• Collaborate with peers from line ministries and Ministry of Finance
• Discuss the information flow on costing and financing SR: a) within one line ministry, b) several line ministries and c) line ministries and ministry of finance.

Who should attend?

Invited to participate are the officials from Montenegro and Serbia involved in the design, costing and budgeting of structural reforms outlined in the ERP, which include: 

• National ERP Coordinator and Coordinator for the ERP Chapter 3 on Structural Reforms
• Members of the working group for the ERP preparation
• Officials working at finance and policy departments of line ministries
• Officials working at the budget department of Ministry of Finance
• Policy planning experts from the government’s policy coordination body and/or Prime Ministers’ office.

Place and Time

This online course will be delivered at the CEF Online Learning Campus, between November 16 — 30, 2020. It will include materials for self-paced learning that registered participants will be able to access anytime during this period.  

Faculty

• B. Guy Peters — Maurice Falk Professor of Government, Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh; President, International Public Policy Association

• Saša Jazbec — CEF Expert and former State Secretary, Ministry of finance of Slovenia

• Irena Drmaž — CEF Expert and Director of Budget Directorate, Ministry of finance of Slovenia 

• Janez Šušteršič — CEF Associate Fellow, Professor of Economic Policy; former Minister of Finance of Slovenia

 

Practical information

This online course is implemented as part of the CEF’s regional project “Strengthening Line Ministries’ Capacities to Assess Fiscal Implications of Structural Reforms”.

To join this event, please submit your application by November 12, 2020 via online application form. 

• This course will be delivered online
• It will feature self-paced study of learning resources which participants can access anytime during the event period 
• To participate at it, the basic information technology is needed (internet connection and computer)
• The course will be delivered in Serbian language
• Upon successful completion of this online course you will receive a certificate
• No participation fee will be charged.

Partners

This learning initiative was supported by: