At the Tirana workshop (December 2009) it was agreed that continued regional dialogue on the issue of policy design and implementation was essential and that there was considerable merit in continuing this series of seminars and workshops going forward.
In addition, while it was important to commence with a broad-based approach to examining the main macro-policy issues that confront countries in the region, it may be appropriate to concentrate on specific themes for further seminars that focus on the most important policy challenges facing policy makers. For this reason a High Level Regional Policy Dialogue was organized back-to-back to the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in April 2010 in Washington.
The program included a number of beneficiary countries’ assessments of domestic anchors to assist with Crisis Exit Strategies followed by a round-table discussion. At the same occasion CEF’s Supervisory Board (beneficiaries) confirmed the importance to further develop the CEF’s BCPDI program.