This evaluation provides an independent assessment of the performance of EU support to Public Finance Management (PFM) system implemented through the CMSB approach during the period 2015-2020. In 2015, in the content of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the EU launched the EU’s Collect More Spend Better framework (CMSB), acknowledging the essential role of domestic public finance systems in achieving the overall objectives of sustainable development. This framework adopted an holistic perspective recognising the need to simultaneously intensifying domestic resource mobilisation, strengthening public spending and debt management, while promoting more transparency and accountability. The evaluation includes forward-looking elements, drawing lessons on ‘what has worked and what has not’ in past and ongoing EU support, and provides recommendations on how to strengthen the EU’s continued support to the transformation of public finance management systems in developing and emerging countries.
- the EU's international role | international cooperation
- Friday 30 June 2023, 10:00 - 11:30 (CEST)
Practical information
- When
- Friday 30 June 2023, 10:00 - 11:30 (CEST)
- Where
- InfoPoint and Webex Meetings
- Languages
- English, French
- Organisers
- International Partnerships InfoPoint
Description
The EU launched the “Collect More Spend Better” (CMSB) approach as a contribution to the discussions on domestic public finance held in Addis Ababa in 2015 and the Post-2015 Development Agenda. This approach aimed at providing a holistic perspective regarding domestic resource mobilisation and public finance, covering the full spectrum of possible actions. These ranged from mobilising and using domestic revenue (“Collect More”) to the management of public finance and debt (“Spend Better”), all within a strong focus on transparency and accountability to be promoted for both the “Collect” and “Spend” strands (“Global Public Finance”).
This independent evaluation assesses the contribution of the EU’s Collect More Spend Better framework to the improvement of beneficiary countries’ Public Financial Management systems and, consequently, of their development strategies for the period 2015-2020.
It draws on mixed data collection methods, including the analysis of 12 beneficiary case studies: Cambodia, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Georgia, Ghana, Malawi, Mongolia, Niger, and Rwanda (field missions) and Bangladesh, Kosovo* and Timor Leste (desk level) ; and four of the many international partnerships to which the EU contributes in this field (the Debt Management Facility, the IMF Regional Technical Assistance Centers, the international partnership with the OECD and the UN).
*Kosovo is considered as a beneficiary, and this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
Speakers
- Antti KARHUNEN, INTPA - Director E- Economy that works for the People Sustainable Finance, Investment and Jobs
- Mary VAN OVERBEKE, Evaluation Team Leader, ADE s.a
- Virginie MORILLON – Deputy Team Leader, ADE s.a
- Nathalie BRAJARD VOM STEIN, Acting Head of Unit INTPA E1, Macro-economic Analysis, Fiscal Policies and Budget Support
- Benedikt MADL, Team Leader - Head of Sector - Fiscal policies- INTPA E1.
- Eric DESCHOENMAEKER, Policy Officer, INTPA E1
Language of conference: English
Language of Q&A session: English/French
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