Following the Governing Board meeting, the CEF hosted the Forum titled Governing in Uncertainty and Building Resilient Public Institutions. Senior policymakers, central bankers, public administration leaders,…

Ministers of finance, central bank governors, and senior public officials from Southeast and Eastern Europe gathered today in Skopje for the Annual Meeting of the Governing Board of the CEF, reaffirming…

Central banks are no longer operating in a world defined by stable rules and predictable risks. They are confronting rapid technological change, climate-related threats, geopolitical uncertainty, and increasingly…

As part of the EU-funded Structural Reforms Better Integrated within Fiscal Frameworks (FISR2) project, Bahri Gündüz from the General Directorate of Plant Production at the Ministry of Agriculture and…

This week, we are bringing together public officials and policy practitioners from the Western Balkans for the three-day regional workshop “Greening the Policy Cycle: Planning, Coordinating and Reporting”,…

On 14 May 2026, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Finance of Armenia, we officially launched the “Institutional Transformation into an Effective Learning Organization (LearnOrgLab Armenia)” project.…

Danijela Pejović, Head of the Division for Tax System and Tax Policy at the Ministry of Finance of Montenegro, reflects on her experience at the regional workshop on Green Taxation with a focus on the…

We were pleased to welcome Gordana Dimitrieska-Kochoska, Minister of Finance of the Republic of North Macedonia and current Chair of the CEF Governing Board, to the CEF for a working visit focused on strengthening…

Shanoela Berisha reflects on her experience within the WeCoach component of the EU-funded “WeLead: EU Scheme for Young Professionals in the Western Balkans” project. In her reflection, she shares how the…

In this interview, Anna Blackman reflects on the long-standing partnership between the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and the CEF, which has been strengthening public financial…