Ms. Ana Krsmanović, Director General of the DG for Central Harmonization at the Ministry of Finance, Montenegro shared testimony on the importance and quality of Training of Internal Auditors in the Public Sector (TIAPS) in Montenegro. The training for the third generation of Montenegrin public officials was launched with the support of project partners: the German Government, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and the CEF in April 2015.

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…

I have attended the CEF course on Training of Trainers, which gave experts from the line ministries and other relevant budget users, including ministries of finance, a frame of reference for better understanding…

The CEF training events have helped me improve my capacities in budget planning at a budget intensive line ministry, and have given me an opportunity to learn about the best budgeting practices in other…

On December 15–17, 2014 we delivered a workshop on “Managing Spending and Keeping the Budget on Track.” The workshop was funded by the European Commission as part of a joint IMF and EC supported project to improve economic governance of the Western Balkans. Edina Halapi, Program Manager at Delegation of the European Union to Albania and one of the workshop`s lecturers shared with us her opinion about the workshop.

Strengthening capacities at the line ministries would improve budget inputs to the ministries of finance and strategic macro-fiscal documents of the EU (potential) candidate countries.

As a participant, I was involved in the two SPB courses jointly organized by the CEF and JVI at ReSPA facilities in Montenegro; the course on Macroeconomic Policy Analysis in January 2014, and the course…

Continuation and extension of the Strategic Planning and Budgeting (SPB) project could benefit more Turkish officials, and importantly contribute to further develop capacity of Turkish institutions.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently investing efforts into introducing program budgeting. The knowledge and good practice shared at the Strategic Planning and Budgeting (SPB) project helps me and my colleagues…

Montenegro is currently implementing a medium-term budgeting framework; these efforts emphasize the importance of learning from other countries’ good practices. The ministry of finance has an important…