We are aware that there is room for improvement, and together with all of you, using the PEFA assessment report in 2013, will draft an action plan to improve all those areas that have been identified by the report as areas of opportunity for improvement in the future, "said Minister Beqaj.
He stressed that this ministry with the support of USAID would be very open to reflect comments and recommendations that will take so that the Action Plan for the management of public finances, comprehensive and enforceable. "As I believe you are aware, this report is the third in a row since 2007, while the process for preparation of the PEFA 2013, for the first time addressed by the Government, with the support of USAID.
By decision of the Government of Kosovo has initiated review of public spending, aiming to measure the progress of reforms applied since 2009, when it last PEFA assessment, and policy developments, practices and systems of the Public Finance Management (PFM) by that time.
Also, another purpose is to contribute to the preparation of an updated action plan on the reform of the Public Finance Management, and identify areas that require further improvement, and serve as a platform for dialogue with donors, with the aim of channeling foreign aid "Beqaj said.
Ministry of Finance, based on the decision of the Government has established the PEFA Secretariat, which has conducted evaluation indicators based on internationally applicable methodology and assessment of these indicators for 2013 is made on the basis of the findings in the field through meetings, documents available, and data systems.
Compared with PEFA report in 2009, the report for 2013 shows that the Government has had a fairly good progress in improving the practice of public finance management. "Therefore, taken as a whole, we can say that as a result of continuing substantial reforms, this report reflects a significant improvement in many areas of public financial management of the Government," said Minister Beqaj. Finance Minister Besim Beqaj, informative meeting today with the Ambassador of the Republic of Macedonia to the Republic of Kosovo, Ilija Strashevski, and in this case have estimated that political and economic relations between the two countries are good with the possibility of expansion and Further deepening.
Beqaj Minister informed Ambassador Strashevski that our country has high durability and stability of macro fiscal budget and has good preconditions for economic development and foreign investment.