Opening of the Certification Training for Public Accountants in Macedonia

The opening event of the Public Accountants Certification Training (PACT) in Macedonia took place on September 18, 2014 in Skopje. The program aims to train up to 40 students on certificate level in 2014-2015 and up to 40 students on diploma level provided that the project is extended to 2015-2016.…

In Focus: CEF Learning Schedule for 2015 Now Available

We are pleased to announce the release of our brand new 2015 Calendar on Learning and Regional Cooperation in South East Europe (SEE). Our goal in 2015 is to continue being at the forefront of learning and knowledge exchange, offering a wide variety of delivery methods to ensure optimal learning experiences…

14th Annual Meeting of the CEF Supervisory Board

The 14th annual meeting of the CEF Supervisory Board will be held on October 10, 2014 in Washington back-to-back to the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG). The Supervisory Board meets once a year to set guidelines for the CEF’s activities, to adopt…

Joint CEF-IMF High-Level Event during the Annual IMF-WBG Meetings in Washington

The Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF) and the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD) agreed to organize a joint event during the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group (WBG) in Washington DC. The “High-Level Policy Dialogue: Strengthening…

CEF Continues the Implementation of Training for Accountants in Macedonia

CEF has signed a contract with Ministry of Finance of Macedonia for the implementation of second cohort of Public Accountants Certification Training (PACT) in Macedonia. The financing is secured by the World Bank SAFE funding program, Central European Initiative (CEI), CEF and Ministry of finance of…

SPB Newsfeed: Strengthening Budget Submissions of Line Ministries

In line with our efforts to help strengthening beneficiary countries’ capacity to design and implement medium-term macro-fiscal policy, we will deliver on October 15–17 a newly designed workshop to mid-to-senior level officials working at line ministries (and other budget users) to discuss their inputs…

Exploring Capacity Development Needs in CEF Members Countries

In our efforts to effectively support our member countries’ institutions to develop their capacities in public financial management and central banking, our clear understanding of their needs is indispensable. An important channel of communication is the group of our CEF Coordinators who are involved…

Annual Meeting of the CEF Advisory Board to be held in September

As in 2012, the meeting of the CEF Advisory Board will be organized back-to-back with the meeting of CEF Coordinators and other key liaison officers. The Advisory Board that convenes annually comprises our partner institutions that are providing support and guidance to the CEF and our program. This…

Continuation of Training for Internal Auditors in Macedonia

The US Donors Challenge Fund through the USAID and Slovenia’s Development Cooperation through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia decided to extend their financial support for the CEF’s Training of Internal Auditors in the Public Sector (TIAPS) program in Macedonia. The decision to extend financing…

Making it Easy for Taxpayers to Do the Right Thing Boosts Tax Compliance

The CEF joined the heads of revenue administrations from 47 countries and entities at the 18th General Assembly of the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA) to advance efforts in addressing capacity development needs of our member countries in tax modernization The theme of this…