Jonida Qira from the Albanian General Directorate of Taxation shares her thoughts on why she found the recent workshop “Transforming Public Institutions into Learning Organizations” meaningful, motivational, and inspiring. The event was delivered as part of the EU-funded multi-beneficiary project “Structural Reforms…

We have been successfully cooperating with the Charted Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) in offering a professional qualification training program for public sector internal auditors (TIAPS) to several countries across South East Europe. We are happy to share some thoughts by Sara Breen, Head…

Ms. Evelina Visoçi from the Albanian State Agency of Strategic Programming and Aid Coordination (SASPAC ) joined us at the learning event where participants received an overview of institution/sector-specific qualitative and quantitative risk assessment methods for the design of structural reforms and integration…

We are happy to share some insights our associate fellow, Ms. Gorana Roje, provided about the nature of our successful cooperation in advancing public asset management in South East Europe (SEE). Ms. Roje is a Head of the Unit for State Asset Management Strategic Planning Coordination at the Croatian Ministry…

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…