A conference was held on co-operation with the Twinning light project, to promote the PIFC Policy Paper developed with SIGMA assistance. CHUs from the region participated in this conference.

1. This project is funded by the European Union
The EU funded Twinning light project
“Further improvement of internal control system”
in cooperation with SIGMA
Conference “Challenges of PIFC development”
Thursday, 28 March 2019, at 10:00, Conference Hall on the 9th floor of the Ministry of Finance
of the Republic of North Macedonia, Dame Gruev 12, Skopje
AGENDA
09:30 Registration of participants
10:00 Beginning of ceremony (moderator)
Mr Viktor MITEVSKI, Special Adviser to the
Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance,
Republic of North Macedonia
Welcome addresses
10:10
Mr Dragan TEVDOVSKI, Ph.D., Minister of
Finance of the Republic of North Macedonia
10:20
Mr Freek JANMAAT, Counsellor, Head of
Section Economic issues, Institution-Building,
Cross-Border Cooperation, Delegation of
European Union
Presentations
10:30 PIFC Policy Paper 2019-2021
Mr Trajko SPASOVSKI, Head of PIFC
Department, Ministry of Finance, Republic of
North Macedonia
10:45
Improving public governance: A must not
an option!
Mr Raymond HILL, Team Leader for PIC Task
Force, DG Budget, European Commission
11:10
Key challenges in building efficient PIFC
systems
Ms Miroslawa BORYCZKA, Senior Policy
Advisor, Public Financial Management IPA
Regional Liaison, OECD/SIGMA
11:25 Discussion on PIFC Policy Paper 2019 - 2021 Questions and answers session
11:45 Coffee break
12:00
Overall budgetary reforms and PIFC
challenges in Croatia
Ms Ivana JAKIR-BAJO, Chief State Treasure,
Ministry of Finance, Republic of Croatia
12:30 Implementation of PIFC Policy priorities
Ms Danijela STEPIC, Head of Sector for
Preparation of State Budget Proposals, Ministry
of Finance, Republic of Croatia
13:00
PIFC Policy Papers and its implementation in
countries in region – experiences
Round table discussions
14:00 Lunch
15:00 End of ceremony
Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.