Past Events

One of the PEMPAL IACOP working groups is focused on the challenges of Central Harmonization Units (CHU) at different stages of reform.  The CHU Working Group (CHU WG) held its first virtual meeting on October 20, 2020.  It discussed the…

PEMPAL IACOP continues to work on the member countries’ challenges in implementing modern and effective internal audit systems. One of the IACOP working groups is focused on the challenges of Central Harmonization Units (CHU) at different stages of…

On October 13, 2020 the PEMPAL Treasury Community of Practice  held a videoconference of the thematic group on use of information technologies in treasury operations to share new developments in their countries. The meeting…

The objective of the webinar was to present a pilot assessment conducted by the International Budget Partnership’ in collaboration with civil society on budget transparency in health and education sectors, as part of the Open Budget Survey 2019.…

On September 15, 2020 the PEMPAL Treasury Community of Practice (TCOP) held a  videoconference (VC) of the thematic group on evolution of the role and functions of the treasury. The VC was organized as a partial substitute for the TCOP plenary…

The PEMPAL Internal Audit Community of Practice (IACOP) and Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)1 organize a virtual event on Swiss approach to the implementation of public sector…

This thematic meeting was part of the series of meetings with the Swiss authorities for PEMPAL COPs, organized with the help of PEMPAL donor partners from the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). While PEMPAL countries exchange…

Members of the PEMPAL Treasury COP (TCOP) met through videoconference (VC) on June 24, 2020 to learn about functions of the Swiss Federal Treasury (FT) presented by Mr. Adrian Martinez, the Head of the Front Office of the Swiss FT. The meeting was…

Members of the PEMPAL Treasury COP (TCOP) met through videoconference (VC) on June 4, 2020 to discuss the revised draft of the paper on optimization of the CoA design. The VC also provided an opportunity for participants to share how COVID-19…

“What gets measured gets done!” is a favorite saying in many management textbooks. There is much evidence to support this saying and good reasons to assume that it can be applied to the work of Internal Auditors. This PEMPAL Internal Audit Community…

BCOP’s Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group (PPBWG) focuses on design and implementation of program and performance budgeting and spending reviews with the aim of improving spending effectiveness. Reforms in this area have been…

Meeting Topic: Public Participation:  Completion of the draft BLTWG knowledge product; and latest information by the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT).   Meeting…

The videoconference (VC) of the TCOP took place on April 29, 2020 to discuss specifics of the treasury operations in the COVID-19 environment. The meeting was attended by 29 participants from11 PEMPAL countries (Albania, Belarus, Georgia,…