BCOP held a workshop on budget literacy on May 20 in Warsaw, Poland which was attended by 10 Europe and Central Asia PEMPAL member countries (Armenia, Belarus, Croatia, Kosovo, Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Turkey, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan).
At the workshop, the results of a pre-workshop survey were presented which showed the status of reforms in budget transparency and budget literacy in 14 of the 15 countries participating in the new Budget Literacy Working Group. County case studies of Canada, UK and Russian Federation were also presented in the workshop which showed diverse approaches of making the government's budget more understandable to citizens through citizen budgets and IT portals, student projects, and development of core curriculum for schools. Materials from the workshop, including the survey results, are available in the links below.
Following the workshop, PEMPAL members had the opportunity to participate in the 11th OECD Senior Budget Officers meeting on May 21-22, also in Warsaw, Poland, which focused on issues such as budgeting for fiscal space, inclusive growth and performance budgeting. These annual meetings give the opportunity for PEMPAL members to share information and benchmark reforms with a wider representation of Ministries of Finance in the Central, Eastern and South-Eastern European (CESEE) countries who are members of this regional OECD network.
Materials from the OECD SBO meeting are available at the following link: