On 7 October in Kyiv, EU4PFM held the final session of its internal audit course for State Customs Service specialists. The course was developed at the request of the Service’s Internal Audit Department. The training was practical from start to finish. EU4PFM international experts Manfred van Kesteren and Markus Erlmoser showed how internal audit works…
On 6 October, EU4PFM Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) experts brought together representatives of the Ministry of Justice, the Coordination Centre for Legal Aid Provision (the pilot institution) and the Ministry of Finance to review the pilot project’s results and practical experience. The participants also shared ideas on priorities for further work and discussed how…
On 28 September, a Ukrainian delegation visited Madrid City Council and the University of Alcalá to exchange experience on sustainable public procurement and the review of procurement decisions. The meetings opened a three-day study visit organised within the framework of EU4PFM. At Madrid City Council’s Directorate-General for Procurement and Services, participants explored how public purchasing…
EU4PFM continues to provide systematic support to Ukrainian partner institutions in strengthening their institutional capacity on the path to European integration. Through regular professional discussions and training sessions, partners from the Ministry of Finance and the State Tax Service (STS) have gained a solid understanding of EU Directives and are now able to work alongside…
More than 400 participants from different regions of Ukraine discussed how to strengthen internal control in budget spending units in practice, including in the context of Ukraine’s EU accession. Manfred van Kesteren, EU4PFM expert on Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC), discussed priority areas for strengthening internal control, drawing on assessments such as those by OECD/SIGMA…
EU4PFM experts conducted two one-day training sessions for representatives of the State Tax Service (STS) on competency-based interviewing. Competitive recruitment in the civil service is set to resume soon, and the STS asked for support in preparing future members of selection commissions. In response, Programme experts developed a training focused on EU practices. In the…