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…

The 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…

Many 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…

Deon 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…

We 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…

Since 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…

Sedat 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,…

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…

We 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.

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.