PEFA, a program for public finance assessment has recently collated the results of its 2016 study on Public Financial Management (PFM) assessment tools and published a guide detailing the properties of… Tell me more →

Two years ago the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA) published a strategic framework for the years 2016-2020. The strategic framework outlines the key objectives of ReSPA, an international… Tell me more →

The IMF, the European Commission and high-level representatives of ministries of finance and tax administrations from South East European countries met on June 5, 2018 in Ljubljana, Slovenia at the annual… Tell me more →

On Thursday, May 10, the Ministry of Finance of Macedonia hosted us and line ministry (LM) officials for a 1.5 hour evaluation meeting on our outgoing project “Strengthening Financial Management Functions… Tell me more →

Recently, the second edition of Competitiveness in South East Europe: A Policy Outlook was published by the OECD. Its main goal is to help South East Europe (SEE) policy makers assess progress made towards… Tell me more →

In April 2018, the OECD issued the second edition of the Common Reporting Standard Implementation Handbook. It provides an overview of the legislative, technical and operational issues and a more detailed… Tell me more →

Without a proper financing mechanism, public reforms can easily remain only good intentions, or even worse, produce additional instabilities or crises. The challenge is not only to find good sources of… Tell me more →

International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the report Public Infrastructure in the Western Balkans: A Highway to Higher Income assesses public infrastructure development in the Western Balkans. Albania, Bosnia… Tell me more →

Good. Better. Regional. is the slogan of the recently published report Labor Markets in the Western Balkans: Performance, Causes and Policy Options. The main aim of this report is to present an analysis… Tell me more →

The Public Expenditure and Financial Acountability (PEFA) Performance Assessment Report for Albania was published in February 2018. The results of the assessment indicate mixed performance across the seven… Tell me more →