Mr. Dirk-Jan Kraan, CEF Advisor in his paper discusses line ministries’ capacity development needs and priorities in public financial management against the background of a reinforced role of financial…

We are launching a new e-learning course on budget execution. This will be the second one in a series of our newly designed online learning solutions. These are aimed at bringing together public financial…

Ms. Mira Dobovišek, CEF Director hosted Mr. Joshua Harris, Political and Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy, Ljubljana and Ms. Irena Mramor, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign…

Revenue authorities across South East Europe are increasingly introducing new measures to improve tax compliance and to ensure that the full amount of taxes due according to the law is paid. Such modern…

In cooperation with Chartered Institute of Public Finance (CIPFA) we recently successfully delivered training of trainers for the Public Accountants Certification Training (PACT) in Macedonia. Training…

The fourth in the series of Danube Financial Dialogues took place from April 23 – 24 in Zagreb. The financing dialogues bring together small and medium-size enterprises from the Danube countries and regions,…

Countries across the SEE region are starting to realize the importance of understanding the meaning of ‘cost’. Cost is much more than a budgetary allocation or a purchase cost. Different costs have different…

During the recent Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, the CEF met with the Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) Secretariat to discuss future cooperation…

Nedžad Haračić and Samira Tanović from Tax Administration of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina that participated at the CEF workshop on Tackling Tax Evasion and Avoidance shared a case from their…

The Strategic Planning and Budgeting learning experience has helped me extend my professional horizon. Conversations with the CEF staff – like for such interviews – have particularly helped me reflect…