About this learning event

Greening national budgets is essential to advancing climate action and green transition. Most countries use green budgeting mainly as a transparency and reporting tool, not yet as a decisive factor in budget allocation. 

This online course will provide an introduction to green budgeting. Participants will learn about the steps that  governments in the Western Balkans are taking in using green budgeting as a bridge between fiscal and environmental policy, complementing their national climate strategies. Participants will also get an overview of how EU countries align their various green workstreams to form a coherent approach in pursuit of improved policy making. 

Participants will have the opportunity to:

• Gain basic knowledge of the principles of green budgeting
• Learn from Western Balkan practitioners of their green budgeting experience and challenges
• Get an overview of EU countries’ approaches in aligning various green workstreams, including green budgeting

Who should attend

This online course is intended for professionals from line ministries from the Western Balkans that are involved in budget planning and climate policies implementation. Officials of finance ministries and other institutions and countries interested in green finance are also invited.

Faulty

This online course will be delivered by:

• Simona Pojar, IMF
• Tbd, European Commission, DG Ecfin
• Tbd, Ministry of Finance, Serbia
• Tbd, Ministry of Finance, Slovenia

Partners

This event is delivered as part of the Greening Human Capital of Public Institutions of the Western Balkans project implemented by the CEF and supported by The Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy and the Climate Change Fund of Slovenia.