Past Events

The BCOP, led by the BCOP Executive Committee, organizes plenary meetings of its community of practice on an annual basis to discuss public finance reform issues. For the plenary of 2015, fiscal consolidation was chosen to be the theme given…

Normal 0 21 false false false BS-LATN-BA X-NONE AR-SA The Western Balkans countries expressed the interest in this Study Visit given the fact that all of them are in the process of EU integration (candidates or…

Ukrainian budget officials visited Estonia on October 2-3, 2014. 15 participants attended meetings at various public institutions and local government associations in Tallinn,  with the aim to gain  knowledge on fiscal policy in Estonia…

17 participants from seven countries were discussing wage bill forecasting model, the World Bank experts apply providing technical assistance to client governments. Topics covered: Overview of knowledge activities for PEMPAL wage bill group until…

BCOP representatives attended the 10th annual meeting of OECD-CESEE Senior Budget Officials (SBO), which includes countries in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe who meet annually to discuss common public finance challenges. This year's…

The CROSS-COP Plenary Meeting brought together around 200 participants including PEMPAL network members from 18 countries; representatives of key donors; and speakers from different international and national organizations, such as the International…

The PEMPAL Budget Community of Practice (BCOP) successfully organized  plenary meeting in Antalya, Turkey, on March 3-6 2014.    65 participants from 20 PEMPAL member countries have gathered to discuss various aspects to results-…

The PEMPAL Budget Community of Practice (BCOP) successfully organized  plenary meeting in Antalya, Turkey, on March 3-6 2014.    65 participants from 20 PEMPAL member countries have gathered to discuss various aspects to…

The Study Visit to Austrian parliament was organized from January 30 to February 1, 2014.   Twelve participants from five PEMPAL member countries were  familiarized with the budget planning process in Austria and the role of…

The PEMPAL Budget Community of Practice (BCOP) successfully organized a study visit for BCOP participants from eight countries to Cracow, Poland on December 9–12, 2013.   The main objective of the visit was to get an overview of the entire…

The PEMPAL Budget Community of Practice (BCOP) successfully organized a study visit for its Executive Committee members from eight countries to Dublin, Ireland on November 11–14, 2013. The main objective of the visit was to acquaint BCOP government…

Cross COP Executive and Steering Committee meetings brought together 36 participants: 17 members of Executive Committees of all three Communities of Practice (COP), 12 experts of the World Bank, OECD Sigma, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian…