We had the honor of speaking with the former National Aid Coordinator for Slovenia during its pre-accession to the European Union, Ms. Andreja Jerina. Ms. Jerina offers valuable advice to candidate countries…

The Economic Reform Programme (ERP) serves as a vital document in the economic dialogue between the EC and candidates and potential candidates. It has been prepared annually since 2014 and plays a crucial…

The Western Balkans and Türkiye are embarking on a new 2024-2026 ERP cycle, and significant progress has been made in the past month. The CEF team has been collaborating with officials from the Western…

The “WeLead: EU Scheme for Young Professionals in the Western Balkans” (WeLead) project, a four-year initiative funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the CEF, was officially launched today…

We are delighted to announce that the Republic of Croatia has ratified the “Agreement on Establishing the Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF)” and has thus become a member of the CEF. By taking this…

CEF Director Jana Repanšek joined the panelists at the CIPFA’s annual conference, Public Finance Live, and discussed how the current political and economic landscape is challenging the governance systems…

Members of the CEF Governing Board convened in Tirana on June 22, 2023, for the annual meeting. The meeting was hosted by Gent Sejko, Governor of the Bank of Albania, who has chaired the CEF Governing…

As Albania prepares to hand over the chairing of the CEF Governing Board to Moldova, we were happy to talk to Gent Sejko, Governor of the Bank of Albania, about the strong partnership between the Bank…

The National Bank of Moldova (NBM) and CEF have successfully launched the NBM LearnOrgLab project, aiming to transform the NBM into a learning organization over the course of three years. This project…

Mr. Česlavs Gržibovskis from the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Latvia participated in the online course “Digital communication for public officials” where he acknowledged that people are telephones…