In Focus: Overview of the Year 2013

CEF's Annual Report for the year 2013 is now available. Below please find some of the most important highlights of the year. To read more about the CEF 2013 developments please refer to CEF Annual Report 2013. ˃˃˃ 2013 was marked by an important milestone in the Slovenian Government's effort to change…

CEF at the 3rd Annual Forum of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region

The EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) is well in its third year of implementation. This year’s topic of the Annual Forum of the EUSDR that took place in Vienna from June 26–27 was governance and social inclusion. The Priority Area 10 of the EUSDR, coordinated by the CEF and City of Vienna, contributed…

CEF’s Approach to Learning and Knowledge Sharing Showcased at the HLM2 in Korea

The development achievements over the past decades have relied not only on financial resources and technical assistance, but also on innovative practice-based solutions designed and adapted by national institutions. Knowledge sharing is increasingly recognized to play an important role for domestic scale-up…

SPB Newsfeed: Interview with Dr. Kelly – Policy Evaluations Promote Learning and Improvement

Countries in South East Europe (SEE) have been incorporating performance information into their budget processes to strengthen the relationship between the allocation of public resources and the results achieved from use of these resources. Assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of programs requires…

Learning and Knowledge Sharing Must be High on Development Agenda

The global international development cooperation landscape is changing rapidly. We have been witnessing a proliferation of new development actors, and a shift in the inclusiveness agenda. At the same time, there is a joint understanding among development stakeholders, that learning and knowledge sharing…

Slovenian Parliament Ratified the Agreement on Establishing the CEF

National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia adopted the Act Ratifying the Agreement on Establishing the Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF) on June 12, 2014. The Agreement that is establishing the CEF as an international organization will come into force when additional two countries ratify it,…

Donor Organizations Will Gather in Ljubljana for the Annual Meeting of the learn4dev

More than 20 donor agencies and multilateral organizations will gather at the annual meeting of the learn4dev network. The CEF is organizing this year's annual meeting of the network together with Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). It will take place on June 16-18 at Grand Hotel Union. The…

Study Visit of Young Professionals of the Dutch Ministry of Finance

On their study visit to Slovenia, a group of 30 young employees of the Dutch Ministry of Finance also visited the CEF.  The group just returned from Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the Dutch constituency countries in IMF, the World Bank and EBRD.  In Slovenia, they learned about our financial system and…

Closing Ceremony of TIAPS Montenegro

The Ministry of Finance of Montenegro and the CEF are happy to announce that Training of Internal Auditors in Public Sector (TIAPS) in Montenegro is celebrating the successful completion of its first year. The closing event took place on June 6, 2014 at Podgorica. This training was part of the Montenegrin…

In Focus: Romania Signs the Agreement on Establishing the CEF as an International Organization

Today at the CEF Mr. Dan Manolescu, State Secretary at the Romanian Ministry of Public Finance, signed the Agreement on Establishing the Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF) as an international organization.  Romania is thus the eighth country to join the Agreement. The process of the CEF becoming…