PEM PAL Launch

PEM PAL was formally launched during a conference in Warsaw in April 2006, at a workshop sponsored by the World Bank, OECD, UK DFID, US Treasury Office of Technical Assistance, IMF, WB Institute, National Bank of Poland, and the German aid agencies GTZ and InWent.

The idea for the launch of the network responded to a concern that many governments are not spending their resources as effectively and transparently as they might and that institutional controls on public expenditures have room for improvement. PEM PAL has thus been designed to support the enhancement of domestic capacity in public expenditure and financial management.

PEMPAL brings together a wealth of human capital from the governments of the region to discuss issues and concrete problems that they are facing. The benefits are myriad – from providing just-in time support to planting seeds of ideas that germinate over time. Moreover, knowledge sharing and subtle peer pressure work together to enhance incentives for institution-building and good governance over the longer term.