PEMPAL Launch

Warsaw, Poland

PEMPAL 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. PEMPAL 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.

Agenda

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Workshop logistics

workshop-logistics-eng.pdf

Break-out sessions

1-breakoutpublicinvestment.pdf 1-programbudgetinge.pdf 1-macroforecastinge.pdf 1-makingbudgetingmeaningful.pdf 1-cashmgte.pdf 1-itsolutionse.pdf 1-internalcontrolse.pdf

Presentations

capitalbudgetinge.ppt balcerowicz.ppt managingreformse.ppt crediblebudgetse.ppt pempaladvisorygrouptor.pdf conceptnotee.pdf consultationprocesse.ppt pempalideasboardlist.pdf chart2.pdf peerlearning.ppt cherylpresentation. budgetexecutione.ppt

List of participants



		ALBANIA
				Mr. Sherefedin SHEHU, Deputy Minister of Finance shshehu@minfin.gov.al Mr. Nezir HALDEDA, Treasury Director, Ministry of Finance Generaltreasury.director@minfin.gov.al Ms. Geraldina PRODANI, Director of Budget Management and Implementation, Ministry of Finance gducka@minfin.gov.al
		ARMENIA
				Mr. Pavel SAFARYAN, First Deputy Minister Ministry of Finance and Economy Psafaryan@mfe.am, mfe@mfe.am Mr. Zhora ASATRYAN, Head, Division of Financial Planning of Budget Expenditures in the Social Sphere, Deputy Head of Department, Ministry of Finance and Economy lala@mfe.am Mrs. Haykuhi KAMENDATYAN, Chief Specialist Division of Financial Planning of Budget Expenditures in the Social Sphere, Ministry of Finance and Economy lala@mfe.am Mr. Sargis ISRAELYAN, Head of Cash Flow Management Division, Ministry of Finance and Economy S_israelyan@mfe.am Mrs. Anahit HARUTYUNYAN, Head of Financial Division, Ministry of Labor and Social Issues anahit@mss.am Mr. Arsen DAVTYAN, Head of Deparment,Economic and Financial Flows Management Department, State Health Agency skharazyan@yandex.ru
		AZERBAIJAN
				Mr. Heydar ASADOV, Deputy Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance sharimov@gmail.com Mr. Javanshir YUSIFOV, Director, Government Financial Control Department, Ministry of Finance sharimov@gmail.com Mr. Azer BAYRAMOV, Deputy Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance sharimov@gmail.com Mr. Ramiz HUSEYNOV*, Deputy Director, Budget Department, Ministry of Finance sharimov@gmail.com,Ram1963@mail.ru Mr. Shahin SADIGOV, Director, Economic Policy and Forecasting Department, Ministry of Economic Development Sh.sadigov@economy.gov.az Mr Azer ALESKEROV, Head, The Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy Division, The Monetary Policy Department, National Bank of Azerbaijan
		BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA
		(Federation) (Republika Srpska)		Ms. Zada GABELA, Head of Banking and Finance Department, Ministry of Finance fmfjkpQbih@net.bq Ms. Slavica BUNTIC, Advisor, Ministry of Finance Mr. Bozidar PLAVLJANIN, Assistant Minister of Budget, Ministry of Finance Ms. Sanja NJEZIC, Head of Budget Department, Ministry of Finance s.njezic@mf.vladars.net
		CROATIA
				Mrs. Ivana Jakir BAJO, Head of Budget Analyses and Capital Projects Evaluation Department, Ministry of Finance Ivana.jakir@mfin.hr Mr. Boris MARCIUS, Head of Department for Development and Support to the State Treasury System, Ministry of Finance Boris.marcius@mfin.hr
		GEORGIA
				Mr. Grigol GOBEJISHVILI*, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance g.gobejishvili@mof.ge Ms. Nino TCHELISHVILI, Deputy Head, Treasury Service Ministry of Finance n.tchelishvili@mof.ge Mr. Goga GUGAVA, Main Specialist, Budget Department Ministry of Finance g.gugava@mof.ge Mr. Kakhaber DAMENIA, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Development k.damenia@econom.ge
		KOSOVO
				Mr. Bexhet BRAJSHORI*, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance bbrajshori@hotmail.com Mr. Sefedin SEFAJ, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Finance Mr. Lulzim ISMAJLI, Head of the Treasury Mr. Azem REQICA, Budget Department
		KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
				Mr. Saidbek Meirajdinovich ZULPUEV, Deputy Director Central Treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance s.zulpuev@mf.gov.kg Mr. Samat Askerbekovich KYLJYEV, Head of Public Sector Expenditure Policy Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance s.kyljiev@mf.gov.kg Mr. Marat Satygulovich MALATAEV, Adviser to the Minister of Economy and Finance m.malataev@mf.gov.kg Ms. Cholpon Shaakerimovna SAPARBAEVA, Head Department of Methodological and Organizational Activity, Central Treasury, Ministry of Economy and Finance c.saparbaeva@mf.gov.kg Ms. Asia Asamgalievna TYNYBEKOVA, Head, Mid-Term Forecasting Division, Ministry of Economy and Finance a.tynybekova@mf.gov.kg Mr. Azamat DIKAMBAEV, Acting State Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Finance a.dikambaev@mf.gov.kg
		MOLDOVA
				Mr. Ion CHICU, Deputy Minister of Finance ichicu@minfin.moldova.md Mr. Serghei PUSCUTA, Chief of the Main State Tax Inspectorate, Main State Tax Inspectorate mail@fisc.md, puscuta@fisc.md Mr. Mihail RADUCAN*, Deputy Director of Treasury, Ministry of Finance mraducan@minfinmoldova.md Mr. Oleg HIRBU, Project Manager, Public Financial Management Project by the Ministry of Finance ohirbu@gmail.com
		MONTENEGRO
				Mr. Dusan PEROVIC, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance Mrs. Ivana VULETIC*, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Finance ivanav@mn.yu Ms. Ljiljana CRNCEVIC, Head of Public Investment, Planning Unit, Ministry of Finance ija@cg.yu
		POLAND
				Ms. Marta POSTULA, Director, Department of Public Finance Reform, Ministry of Finance Marta.postula@mofnet.gov.pl Ms. Anna ZAWADZKA, Referendary, Ministry of Finance Anna.zawadzka@mofnet.go.pl
		SERBIA
				Mr. Slobodan GAVROVIC*, Head of Internal Audit, Department, Ministry of Finance sgavrovic@hotmail.com Mr. Milorad IVSAN, Advisor to the Budget Sector, Ministry of Finance Budzet-priprema@mfin.sr.gov.yu Mrs. Jelena SEDLACEK, Head of European Integration Department, Ministry of Finance sedlacek@mfin.sr.gov.yu Ms. Mirjana DONCIC-BEATON, Advisor in the International Finance Affair Sector, Ministry of Finance mdbeaton@mfin.sr.gov.yu
		SLOVENIA
				Bojan POGACAR, Under-Secretary, Ministry of Finance Bojan.pogacar@mf-rs.si Ms. Helena JAGOVIC, Program Manager, Ceneter of Excellence in Finance, Ministry of Finance
		TAJIKISTAN
				Mr. Safarali SAIDSHOEV, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance Mr. Nazullo ABIBULLOEV, Head, State Budget Department, Ministry of Finance Mr. Alexandr SAIMANOV, Head, Defense and Law-Enforcement Bodies, Budget Management Department, Ministry of Finance Ms. Gulmira KHAMRAKULOVA, Deputy Head, Treasury Department, Ministry of Finance
		UKRAINE
				Ms. Anatolii MAKSIUTA, First Deputy Minister of Economy, Ministry of Economy maksiuta@me.gov.ua Mr. Oleksii YAKYMOV, Head of Department Expenditure State Budget Yakimov_y@yahoo.com Ms. Inna KNYSHENKO*, Deputy Director, Reforms of Budget System Department, Ministry of Finance kif@minfin.gov.ua Mr. Serhii CHORNUTSKYI, Director, Department of Organizational Operations, Main Control and Revision Office chornutskiy@dkrs.gov.ua
		UZBEKISTAN
				Mr. Alugbek ABRUEV*, First Deputy Head, Department for Methodology and Introduction of Treasury in State, Budget Implementation, Ministry of Finance Uabruev73@yahoo.com Mr. Olim Jahonovich JUMAEV, Division Chief, State Budget Implementation, Main Department for State Budget, Ministry of Finance ojumaev@mf.uz Mr. Akramjon Jumaboevich ADIZOV, Deputy Head, Department for Forecasting and Monitoring of Monetary Indicators and Money Aggregates, Ministry of Economy aadizov@mineconomy.uz, akramjon@aport2000.ru Mr. Utkir Karshibayevich JUMANOV, Lead Specialist General Information and Analytical Department for Economy and Foreign Economic Relations, Cabinet of Ministers ismatov@cm.uzpak.uz
		WORLD BANK STAFF
				Mr. Azamat ABDYMOMUNOV, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Kyrgyz Republic aabdymomunov@worldbank.org Mr. Matthew ANDREWS, Public Sector Management Specialist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C mandrews@worldbank.org Ms. Irina BABICH, Financial Management Specialist, Operations Policy and Services, Ukraine ibabich@worldbank.org Ms. Svetlana BUDAGOVSKAYA, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Ukraine Sbudagovskaya@worldbank.org Mr. Junghun CHO, Young Professional, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. jcho@worldbank.org Mr. Olav Rex CHRISTENSEN, Sr. Financial Management Specialist, Operations Policy and Services, Serbia ochristensen@worldbank.org Mr. Roland CLARKE, Sr. Country Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. rclarke@worldbank.org Mr. Norpulat DANIYAROV, Financial Management Specialist, Operations Policy and Services, Kazakhstan ndaniyarov@worldbank.org Mr. Cem DENER, Sr. Public Sector Management Specialist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. cdener@worldbank.org Ms. Sophie DEVNOSADZE, Portfolio Analyst, Country Unit, Georgia sdevnosadze@worldbank.org Ms. Mariam DOLIDZE, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Georgia mdolidze@worldbank.org Mr. William DOROTINSKY, Lead Public Sector Specialist, Poverty Reduction Management/Public Sector, Washington, D.C. wdorotinsky@worldbank.org Mr. Ranjan GANGULI, Financial Management Specialist, Operations Policy and Services, United Kingdom Rganguli@worldbank.org Mrs. Cheryl GRAY, Sector Director, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. cgray@worldbank.org Ms. Gohar GYULUMYAN, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. ggyulumyan@worldbank.org Mr. John HEGARTY, Manager, Operations Policy and Services, Washington, D.C. jhegarty@worldbank.org Mrs. Gabriela HUFFMAN, Sr. Program Assistant/Conference Coordinator, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. ghuffman@worldbank.org Mrs. Elene IMNADZE, Public Sector Management Specialist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Georgia eimnadze@worldbank.org Mr. Rasim JAFAROV, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Azerbaijan rjafarov@worldbank.org Mr. Felipe JARAMILLO, Sector Manager, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. fjaramillo@worldbank.org Mr. Erik JOHNSON, Knowledge Management Officer, World Bank Institute, Washington, D.C. ejohnson@worldbank.org Mr. Shigeo KATSU, Vice President, Europe and Central Asia Region, Washington, D.C. skatsu@worldbank.org Ms. Pascale KERVYN DE LETTENHOVE, Sr. Financial Management Specialist, Operations Policy and Services, Washington, D.C. Pkervyndelettenh@worldbank.org Mr. Christos KOSTOPOULOS, Sr. Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. ckostopoulos@worldbank.org Mrs. Greta MINXHOZI, Sr. Country Operations Officer, Deputy Country Manager, Albania gminxhozi@worldbank.org Mr. Saumya MITRA, Lead Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. smitra@worldbank.org Mr. Bernard MYERS, Sr. Public Sector Management Specialist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. bmyers@worldbank.org Ms. Elena NIKULINA, Sr. Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Moldova enikulina@worldbank.org Mr. Christian PETERSEN, Lead Economist, South Caucasus Country Department, Washington, D.C. cpetersen@worldbank.org Ms. Natalia PISAREVA, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Kyrgyz Republic npisareva@worldbank.org Ms. Virginia SAPINOSO YATES, Program Assistant, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington DC vyates@worldbank.org Ms. Irina SMIRNOV, Research Analyst, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Bosnia and Herzegovina ismirnov@worldbank.org Mr. Richard TOBIN*, Manager, WBI Evaluation Group, Washington, D.C. rtobin@worldbank.org Ms. Jolanda TREBICKA, Public sector Management Specialist, Poverty reduction and Economic Management UNit, Albania jtrebicka@worldbank.org Mr. Eskender TRUSHIN, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Uzbekistan etrushin@worldbank.org Mr. Utkirdjan UMAROV, Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit,Tajikistan uumarov@worldbank.org Mr. Piet VAN HEESEWIJK, Sr. Public Sector Management Specialist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. pvanheesewijk@worldbank.org Mr. Sanjay VANI, Financial Management Specialist, Operations Policy and Services, Washington, D.C. svani@worldbank.org Mrs. Ekaterine VASHAKMADZE, Country Economist, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit, Washington, D.C. evashakmadze@worldbank.org Mr. Arman VATYAN, Financial Management Specialist, Operations Policy and Services, Armenia avatyan@worldbank.org
		IMF STAFF
				Mr. Eivind TANDBERG, Regional Public Financial Management Advisor, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C. etandberg@imf.org
		DONORS
				Mr. Barry ANDERSON*, Head of Division, Budgeting and Public Expenditures, OECD, FRANCE Barry.anderson@oecd.org Mr. Garth ARMSTRONG, Sr. Economic Adviser, Europe and Central Asia Department, Department for International Development, ENGLAND g-armstrong@dfid.gov.uk Mr. Peter BROOKE, Consultant, Independent, RUSSIA Peter_brooke@hotmail.com Mr. Michael BURR, Budget Team Advisor, Office of Technical Assistance, U.S. Department of the Treasury, WASHINGTON, D.C. maburr@ota.treas.gov Mr. Keith L. CLARK, Resident Budget Advisor, United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Technical Assistance, Budget Policy and Management Team, MONTENEGRO keith@reachone.com Mr. Martin DARCY, Ex-Adviser to U.K. Treasury, ENGLAND mdarcy@ntlworld.com Ms. Linda DECKER, Resident Budget Advisor, OTA US Treasury, AZERBAIJAN ldecker@otatreas.us Mr. Sebastien DUBOST, Advisor, European Commission, Food Security Programme, ARMENIA fspmof@xter.net Mr. Yiannis HADZIYIANNAKIS, Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Armenia, European Commission, GREECE fspyh@xter.net Ms. Judith HOFFMANN, Sr. Project Manager, InWEnt (Capacity Building International), GERMANY Judith.hoffmann@inwent.org Mr. Andrew KEITH, Economist, Department for International Development (DfID), ENGLAND a-keith@dfid.gov.uk Ms. Andjelka LAKOVIC, Program Assistant, United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Technical Assistance, Budget Policy and Management Team, MONTENEGRO alakovic@otatreas.us Ms. Julie LYNN, Sr. Governance Advisor, Financial Accountability and Anti-Corruption Team, Department for International Development (DfID), ENGLAND j-lynn@dfid.gov.uk Ms. Ani MELKUMYAN, Assistant to the Resident Treasury Advisor Armenia, United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Technical Assistance, ARMENIA Melkumyana@otatreas.us Mr. Jason R. ORLANDO, Resident Budget Policy and Management Advisor, U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Technical Assistance, Ministry of Finance, GEORGIA jorlando@otatreas.us Ms. Gail OSTLER, Resident Treasury Advisor Armenia, U.S. Department of Treasury, Office of Technical Assistance, ARMENIA gailostler@aol.com Mr. Gnel SEDRAKYAN, Public Finance Expert, European Commission, Food Security Programme, ARMENIA fspmof@xter.net Ms. Sirpa TULLA, Economist, Desk Officer for Georgia and Ukraine, European Commission, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs, BELGIUM Sirpa.tulla@cec.eu.int Mr. Matthias WITT, Sr. Economist Public Finance, German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), GERMANY Matthias.witt@gtz.de

Press release

Press release

Press Release No:2006/346/ECA

Contact (in Warsaw): Jacek Wojciechowicz, cell: +48 601 821 559

jwojciechowicz@worldbank.org

WARSAW, April 4, 2006 — From April 2-5, treasury officials, budget directors and donors from across the Europe and Central Asia Region are taking part in a Public Expenditure Management workshop in Warsaw. They are launching a ‘Public Expenditure Management – Peer Assisted Learning network’, or PEM-PAL, which will promote cross-country learning among experts.

An outgrowth of two earlier regional Public Expenditure Management events, PEM PAL is the product of the World Bank Group and the UK department for International Development (DFID). The program also enjoys the support of the OECD and the U.S. Treasury. This year’s workshop in Warsaw is being co-sponsored by the National Bank of Poland. It is allowing treasury, banking and budget officials from member countries of the European Union, including Poland, and the USA to share their hard-won lessons on public spending reform with countries such as Albania, The Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova and Tajikistan

Central bank and finance experts in Poland, along with counterparts in Slovenia, Croatia, and other Central European countries, have worked diligently to improve medium term budgeting and introduce mechanisms for better forecasting and monitoring. The three-day workshop is giving them the opportunity to share their experiences and engage with a network of their peers.

“The direction of fiscal policy is absolutely essential for economic growth both from the short and long term perspective. And in this matter there are still many misunderstandings, even though this is an issue that arises repeatedly,” said Poland’s Central Bank President, Professor Leszek Balcerowicz, who delivered a dinner speech on day-one of the workshop.

Public sector experts participating in any PEM-PAL activities must report on actionable commitments as well as progress on a range of 28 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability, or PEFA, indicators. PEFA is a multi-institution project jointly financed by the World Bank, the European Commission and the UK (DFID). It promotes dissemination of good practice in the field of public accountability and was instrumental in creating PEM-PAL.

Organizers hope that within two years PEM-PAL will be wholly run by governments.