Past Events

This virtual workshop of BCOP’s Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group (PPBWG) served to present the outline and the key planned elements/content of the BCOP’s FY25 knowledge product on Usage of Performance Information in Decision-…

On November 4-6, 2024, PEMPAL Treasury Community of Practice (TCOP) held a thematic event on Strengthening and Measuring Treasury Performance in Cash Management and Forecasting in Tirana, Albania. 58 representatives of finance ministries and…

On October 28-30, 2024, PEMPAL IACOP with the Ministry of Finance of Hungary held Central Harmonization Unit Challenges Working Group Meeting in Budapest, Hungary. The meeting explored the impact of the new Global Internal Audit Standards,…

On September 20, 2024, a Smart Interactive Talk (SIT) is planned on the Practical Advice on Implementing the IIA’s new Global Internal Audit Standards in the public sector context. The new Global Internal Audit Standards consist of five key domains…

To prepare for the face-to-face thematic event on Strengthening and Measuring Treasury Performance in Cash Management and Forecasting planned for November 4-6, 2024 in Tirana (Albania), TCOP Thematic Group on Cash Management and Cash…

The leadership of the  PEMPAL network met on July 8-10, 2024 in Vienna, Austria.The objectives of the meeting were to:familiarize and/or update the COPs’ Executive Committees with the PFM practices in Austria,review PEMPAL’s up-to-date progress…

On June 3-6, 2024, PEMPAL Treasury Community of Practice (TCOP) held an annual plenary meeting in Belgrade, Serbia. The main objective of the TCOP plenary meeting in Belgrade was to deepen understanding of the latest trends in treasury modernization…

On May 21-23, 2024, PEMPAL IACOP with the Federal Ministry of Finance of Austria will hold joint Audit in Practice and Central Harmonization Unit Challenges Working Groups Meeting in Salzburg, Austria.The meeting will explore adding value and…

TCOP Working Group on Use of IT in Treasury Operations held its meeting on April 25, 2024. The main item on the agenda was presentation on the approach of the Treasury of Indonesia to using data analytics in treasury operations. Indonesian Treasury…

The Budget Community of Practice (BCOP) of the Public Expenditure Management Peer-Assisted Learning network (PEMPAL) held its annual plenary meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on April 16-17.The meeting objectives were to:learn about…

On March 18, 2024, a Smart Interactive Talk (SIT) is planned on Introduction to Performance Audit for Internal Auditors in the Public Sector. During the SIT, global experts will outline the fundamentals of performance audit and why internal auditors…

TCOP Thematic Group on Cash Management held its meeting on February 27, 2024. The objective of the session was to revisit the topic of cash buffers. COVID pandemic drew attention of governments across the world to liquidity risks and highlighted the…

On February 7, a workshop of BCOP’s Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group (PPBWG) took place in a hybrid format – face-to-face for a small group of BCOP members in Paris, France, and via VC for wider BCOP membership. PPBWG examined the…

On December 7-8, BCOP held a workshop on budget openness, in partnership with the Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency (GIFT). BCOP members selected this topic of budget openness measures targeting different categories of the public (…

BCOP delegation participated and contributed to the meeting of OECD Senior Budget Officials regional network for Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern European Countries (CESEE SBO) that took place on December 5-6. Cooperation with OECD provides an…