Collected story portrays personal learning experience of Marko Bjelica from the Montenegrin Ministry of Economic Development with attending the online course “Beyond Fiscal Implications of Structural Reforms”. It captures Mr. Bjelica’s thoughts on what values from both a personal and professional perspective 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…

Mr. Andrija Aleksoski, national Economic Reform Programme (ERP) coordinator for North Macedonia, shares his thoughts and experiences of his attendance at the learning and knowledge sharing events. All events were delivered as part of the EU funded “Strengthening Line Ministries’ Capacities to Assess Fiscal Implications…

We have been successfully cooperating with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) for a number of years in running internationally recognized professional qualification programs for public sector accountants and internal auditors. This year we also delivered our first joint conference…

We were delighted to talk to Ms. Vanina Kalemi Jakupi, Director of the Public Finance Management Directorate at the Ministry of Finance and Economy in Albania, about the benefits the in-country and regional events have created for her personally and the Ministry she works for. All events were delivered as part…

Ms. Irena Ferkulj, International Organizations Relations Manager at the Ministry of Finance and a long-time friend of our organization, shared her views on the journey we have made so far and the challenges presiding the Council of the European Union brings to the teams working on such project.

Our recent online course explored the safety nets and risks to reform implementation related to anticorruption and fraud approaches. An EC awarded, interactive game-exercise encouraged and motivated participants to develop their ability to recognize the red flags of fraud and corruption by being more attentive…

Talking to Alastair Swarbrick, Senior Policy Adviser at OECD, SIGMA, we touched on the work of Support for Improvement in Governance and Management (SIGMA), what benefits come from institutions working together and how mentoring can work both ways.

The online course »Coordination Schemes in Costing of Structural Reforms: Turkey« brought together officials involved in the design, costing and budgeting of structural reforms outlined in the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) in Turkey. One of the attendees was Ms. Hülya Tekin who works at the Directorate of EU…

Our partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) builds on a long history of effective collaboration. We have been addressing South East Europe’s capacity development challenges since 2001 when the CEF was established. We were delighted to talk to Juan Toro, Deputy Director at the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs…