Linking the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and the Danube Transnational Programme

The legislative package for the next EU multiannual financial framework for 2014–2020 established a new transnational program for the Danube region as part of the European Territorial Cooperation Programme (ETC). The new Danube Transnational Programme will cover the same regions as the macro-regional…

SPB Newsfeed: CEF Travelling the Region to Introduce Strategic Planning and Budgeting Project

In March 2013, the CEF launched Strategic Planning and Budgeting (SBP), a training and networking project for beneficiaries in South East Europe. The CEF staff recently made visibility tours in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey to meet with around hundred beneficiaries…

CEF at ReSPA 7th Annual Conference

The CEF has been a regular guest at the annual conferences of the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA), a long-standing partner in building capacities of public administration institutions in the region. This time, the two-day conference took place on April 18–19, 2013 at ReSPA in Danilovgrad,…

SPB Newsfeed: Key Training Events on Fiscal Management This Spring at CEF

This spring the CEF will host several key training events on fiscal institutions and their role in improving the quality of fiscal management. These training activities respond to the needs of South East European countries to strengthen fiscal institutions where weaknesses have been identified in recent…

Capacity Development Team from the UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre at the CEF

The CEF invited capacity development experts from the UNDP Bratislava Regional Center to Ljubljana to share their knowledge and experience with around 20 representatives of public administrations, specialized training institutions and other stakeholder organizations from the Danube region that comprise…

SPB Newsfeed: CEF Launches Capacity Development Project on Strategic Planning and Budgeting

The CEF is happy to announce the start of the Strategic Planning and Budgeting (SBP) project for beneficiaries in South East Europe. The SBP covers a series of training and networking activities. Meetings with beneficiaries are underway, with courses to begin in May. The CEF will deliver the SBP project…

CEF Awarded New Contract as PEMPAL Secretariat

For a second time, the World Bank and its donor partners have selected the CEF to serve as secretariat for PEMPAL, a well-regarded network of practitioners in public financial management across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The new contract, through 2015, extends a collaboration that dates from 2008.…

Roundtable Discussion: For a Safer Financial System

The CEF and the Slovenian Banking Association have invited chief executives and deputies of the European Banking Federation and the banking associations of Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Turkey to discuss the role of banking associations in ensuring a safer financial system. The roundtable will…

Collaborating with Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to Address Trends in Property Taxation

The CEF partners with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to bring international experience in taxation of land and real property to public officials in South East Europe. Every spring faculty from Estonia, Poland, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States share their expertise on value-based…

CEF Successfully Concluding Training Program for Macedonian Public Accountants

CEF successfully concluded project activities at the certification training for Macedonian public accountants (PACT Level 1 Cohort 1). Delivery of Certificates is expected to take place in spring 2013. Participants enrolled in the training come from 11 different institutions; most of them from Macedonia-wide…