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…

CEF's Annual Report for the year 2013 is now available. Please find some of the most important highlights of the year here. To read more about the CEF 2013 developments please refer to CEF Annual Report…

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…

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…

Continuation and extension of the Strategic Planning and Budgeting (SPB) project could benefit more Turkish officials, and importantly contribute to further develop capacity of Turkish institutions.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is currently investing efforts into introducing program budgeting. The knowledge and good practice shared at the Strategic Planning and Budgeting (SPB) project helps me and my colleagues…

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…

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,…

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…

Montenegro is currently implementing a medium-term budgeting framework; these efforts emphasize the importance of learning from other countries’ good practices. The ministry of finance has an important…