Time | Subject | Speakers |
December 18, 2023, Monday | |
9:30-10:00 | Introductory speeches and welcome | Jasmin Chakeri, Practice Manager, Western Balkans Martin Selmayr, Head of Representation of the European Commission, Austria |
10:00-10:45 | The EU Fiscal Governance Framework and Implications on National Fiscal Frameworks | Christian Weise, Head of the National Fiscal Frameworks and Institutions Unit, EC DG ECFIN |
10:45-11:00 | Coffee break |
11:00-12:00 | Fiscal Rules and Fiscal Sustainability Assessment: Evidence from the Western Balkans | Charl Jooste, Senior Economist, and Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster, Senior Economist, World Bank |
12:00-12:45 | Fiscal Rules and Fiscal Councils in the Western Balkans: EU Scorecard | Branimir Jovanovic and Philipp Heimberger, wiiw |
12:45-13:15 | Discussion | |
13:15-14:15 | Lunch Break |
14:15-15:00 | Preconditions for Effective Fiscal Rules - Reliable Data | Laura Wahrig, Team Leader for Government Finance Statistics, Eurostat |
15:00-15:45 | EC’s assessment of candidate countries compliance with the EU budgetary directive | Sarah Jurreit, Economist, DG ECFIN |
15:45-16:00 | Coffee break |
16:00-17:00 | Panel on Fiscal Rules in the Western Balkans - Aleksandra Nakeva Ruzin, Special Advisor, MOF, North Macedonia
- Goran Mirascic, Fiscal Council Advisory Group, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Fatlinda Gashi, Department for Macroeconomic Policy and International Finance Cooperation, MOF, Kosovo
- Katarina Zivkovic, Head of Debt Management and International Relations Unit, MOF, Montenegro
| Panel with Ministries of Finance Chair: Jasmin Chakeri, Practice Manager, World Bank |
17:00 | Discussion and Day 1 recap | World Bank |
December 19, 2023, Tuesday | |
9:15-10:00 | Effective Independent Fiscal institutions | Bianca Brétéché, Deputy Head of SIGMA, OECD |
10:00-10:45 | Fiscal Rules in EU, their monitoring and enforcement through the Fiscal Councils | Martin Larch, Head of Secretariat, European Fiscal Board |
10:45-11:15 | Perception Survey on Fiscal Rules and Councils in the Western Balkans | Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster, Senior Economist, World Bank and Tim Pionteck, Research Analyst, World Bank |
11:15-11:30 | Discussion | |
11:30-11:45 | Coffee break |
11:45-12:45 | Practical Challenges in Establishing and Maintaining Fiscal Councils: | Christoph Badelt, President of the Austrian Fiscal Advisory Council Esther Gordo Mora, Director, the Spanish Independent Fiscal Authority for Fiscal responsibility Dr. Davorin Kracun, President, Slovenia Fiscal Council Prof. Michael McMahon, Chairperson, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Chair: Richard Record, World Bank |
12:45-13:00 | Discussion | |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch Break |
14:00-15:00 | Fiscal Councils in the Western Balkans- Gligor Bishev, Chair, Fiscal Council, North Macedonia
- Nikola Altiparmakov, Member, Fiscal Council, Serbia
- Biljana Srdic-Gojkovic, Member, Fiscal Council, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Panel with Fiscal Councils Chair: Sanja Madzarevic-Sujster, Senior Economist, World Bank |
15:00-15:30 | Discussion | |
15:30-15:45 | Coffee break |
15:45-16:30 | Building Bridges: The Role and Impact of the EU IFIs Network | Bogdan Capraru, ViceChair, Network of EUIFIs |
16:30 | Discussion and Day 2 recap | World Bank |
December 20, 2023, Wednesday – workshop for the Western Balkan Fiscal Councils only |
9:30-10:45 | Discussing the technical assistance with the Western Balkans Fiscal Councils | World Bank and the FCs Bernhard Grossmann, Head of Office of the Fiscal Advisory Council, Austria Fiskalrat |
10:45-11:00 | Coffee break |
11:00-11:45 | Macroeconomic projections and debt sustainability analysis – the Spanish example | Andrés Martínez, Senior Economist, AIReF |
11:45-12:00 | Discussion | |
12:00 | Conclusions of the Workshop | World Bank |
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