Inter-regional Coordinating Meeting

Inter-regional Coordinating Meeting
26 October 2011
Inter-regional Coordinating Meeting

Inter-regional Coordinating Meeting on Implementation of Performance Program Budgeting Method

   IBSER and the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine have launched the next series of Performance Program Budgeting training seminars supported by USAID. On 26 October 2011 they held an inter-regional coordinating meeting at the Kyiv Oblast State Administration building on implementing PPB for planning and executing local budgets.

   The event was chaired by the Deputy Director of the Department of Local Budgets and Investments at the Ministry of Finance, H.B. Markovych, and the Director of the Principal Finance Directorate of the Kyiv Oblast State Administration, L.I. Karamushko.
    It was attended by specialists from the Ministry of Finance, Kyiv Oblast State Administration, and directors of Finance Directorates from Kyiv,
Sumy, and Chernihiv oblasts. 


   The meeting is the starting point for implementing the PPB method for the budget of the city of
Sevastopol, all budgets of oblast-significant cities, all oblast budgets of Ukraine, as well as district budgets in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Vinnytsya oblasts starting in 2012. Throughout November-December 2011, a series of such seminars will be held in Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Khmelnytskyi, and Vinnytsya, and will engage local-level officials from all oblasts. 


    After completing a series of coordinating meetings in the first half of 2012, IBSER will organize trainings and consultations on PPB implementation in oblast centers for specialists of the structural units of Finance Directorates responsible for formulating the departmental parameters of their respective budgets. 


   The trainings and consultations will cover all budget sectors, which will enable municipalities to formulate their budgets in the PPB format in all areas of budget spending and ensure the transparent and efficient use of budget funds.