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ECLAC delivers “strong answer” to the budgeting process needs of Caribbean public administrations

3 October 2016 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has provided a “strong answer” to what senior public officials across the Caribbean have been searching for in order to improve the budgeting process of public administrations, according to the participants of a week-long regional training workshop that provided officials with robust tools and techniques necessary for more effective management of public finances. Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) are intended to align public sector expenditure with the priorities of national governments. They also promote increased savings, ei…

ECLAC budget training beneficial to policy makers in Barbados

5 September 2016 | News

The budgeting process is set to greatly improve in Barbados as a result of ECLAC Caribbean’s training for public finance managers on Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs), according to Mr. Seibert Frederick, Permanent Secretary in the Barbados Ministry of Economic Affairs. Speaking at the high-level briefing that concluded the training workshop, on 26 August 2016, Mr. Frederick emphasized the value and potential of the techniques imparted, in bolstering the efficiency of the budgeting exercise, and noted that the training would have definitely benefitted permanent secretaries. The participan…

Improved budgeting process on the horizon in Saint Kitts and Nevis, as ECLAC wraps-up training

9 August 2016 | News

A recent training workshop facilitated by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has “opened the eyes” of the Ministry of Finance of Saint Kitts and Nevis on how budgeting can be done “better”, according to Mr. Calvin Edwards, Deputy Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. The objective of the workshop was to build the capacity of public officials to conduct Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) with applications to their respective sectors. PERs are intended to align expenditures with government’s pri…

Antigua and Barbuda Permanent Secretary praises ECLAC training of public finance managers

4 August 2016 | News

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health in Antigua and Barbuda, Mr. Walter Christopher, emphasized the value and potential of the techniques imparted to bolster the efficiency of the budgeting exercise. He was attending the high level briefing seminar following a week-long training workshop hosted by the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean. The objective of the workshop was to build the capacity of public officials to conduct Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) with appropriate applications for their respective sectors. The initiative complemented the recently launched ECLAC d…

ECLAC team trains Belize public finance managers

21 July 2016 | News

Twenty Government officials from Belize benefited from a one week workshop to build capacity in Conducting Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs), focusing on Applications for Education, Health, Agriculture and Social Protection. PERs are intended to align expenditures with government’s priorities. They are also intended to provide savings, either from expenditure reallocation or by reducing unproductive expenditures. In addition they improve fiscal management and can provide fiscal space especially when a country is experiencing high debt levels. The workshop conducted by ECLAC Caribbean, wh…

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