Publications

PEMPAL Budget Community of Practice (BCOP) brings together mid- to high-level officials from budgeting or budget methodology/policy departments of national Ministries of Finance from Europe and Central Asia. The Fact Sheet provides a brief overview…

At the level of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), a strong and comprehensive new program and performance budgeting system was designed, with direct alignment to the Government’s strategic planning. The new PPB system, steered by the…

The PEMPAL BCOP’s Budget Literacy and Transparency Working Group has provided extensive advice to member countries on improving budget transparency, accessibility, literacy, and public participation. This work by BCOP has contributed to the…

Informed by the BCOP knowledge, the Ministry of Finance, together with line ministries, conducted a review and prioritization of performance indicators in budget programs and identified Key Performance Indicators to track progress towards…

The PEMPAL BCOP’s Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group (PPBWG) has provided extensive advice to member countries on the design and implementation of program and performance budgeting and spending reviews. Eleven BCOP member countries…

Using the knowledge of the PEFA methodology and criteria taught through PEMPAL BCOP and its cooperation with the PEFA Secretariat, Armenia implemented improvements to its PFM practices; this resulted in higher ratings in the recent PEFA assessment.…

Uzbekistan recently developed and implemented a dozen legislative/regulatory documents to design, implement, and continuously strengthen participatory budgeting. An updated version of the Open Budget Portal was developed with functionality for…

This report was developed in response to demand from the PEMPAL Budget Community of Practice (BCOP) that had identified weak links between strategic planning and budgeting as a key problem affecting the successful implementation of program and…

This document is based on materials and discussions at the December 2023 meeting of the OECD Senior Budget Officials from Central, Eastern, and South-eastern Europe (OECD SBO CESEE) and the PEMPAL Budget Community of Practice (BCOP) workshop on…

Government budgets across the world are under increasing pressure amid the interlinked global crises, fiscal stress, and demands for more effective public services and more open budgeting.The BCOP 2023 Annual Plenary Meeting, held in Ljubljana on…