Managing Fiscal Risks from State-Owned Enterprises Is Crucial
We are pleased to have been partnering with the International Monetary Fund's Fiscal Affairs Department (IMF FAD) in the delivery of a recent online course that addressed ways of strengthening the fiscal oversight of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the related fiscal risks. In times when countries are and will be facing severe fiscal constraints, it is important to continue comprehensive discussions aimed at improving the management of SOE-related risks.
Discussion Paper on Public Sector Asset Management in North Macedonia
We are pleased to announce the release of the discussion paper which examines how public sector assets are managed in the Republic of North Macedonia. The authors of this paper focus on both the institutional and organizational aspect and the accounting and financial reporting aspect of public asset management reforms. The paper also addresses Public Sector Asset Management perspectives and challenges ahead of the Republic of North Macedonia and a clear need to maintain the momentum for continuous improvement (i.e. capacity development efforts) in this area.
CEF Advisory Board Chair Shares Reflections on Our Successful Cooperation
Ms. Andreja Jerina, the national coordinator for EU macro-regional strategies at the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been involved with the CEF in different capacities. Ms. Jerina is currently chairing the CEF Advisory Board which assists in designing and in coordinating the delivery of our activities. In our anniversary year, we were intrigued to learn what are in her opinion some of the highlights of our long and successful cooperation over the years. Read more...
Valuable Learning Lessons for Better Costing and Budgeting of Structural Reforms
Mr. Milaim Aliu, Head of Division for Central Budget at the Budget Department of Ministry of Finance of Kosovo, has joined us at several learning initiatives
where issues related to the costing of structural reforms in the Economic Reform Programme (ERP) were addressed. We invite you to read his story about the benefits these courses brought to him and why he regards these initaitives as valuable learning experiences.
"My favorite »diagnosis« was that budget people need
to accept the fact that 90% of the budgets are fixed and also that they are selling vegetables to people who want sweets, so it would be utopian to expect they would ever be voted as anyone's favorite pal. Or as one Irish guy put it bluntly: you can't expect a turkey to vote for Christmas." says Saša Jazbecin our latest entry at our learning blog.
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