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Office of the IMF Resident Representative
Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
 

PRESS STATEMENT

IMF Technical Assistance Mission Concludes Its Work
on June 15

Mr. Eivind Tandberg, IMF Public Financial Management Advisor based at the Center of Excellence in Finance (CEF), worked in Chisinau during June 11-15, 2007.

The primary goal of the mission was to review progress in the completion of the new budget classification and in the preparations for including the Social Fund and the Health Insurance Corporation in the treasury single account from 2008. He also discussed plans for coordination between the budget process and the National Development Plan for 2008 – 2011. The mission found that the Moldovan authorities have continued to implement public financial management reforms very effectively and that the National Development Plan process provides an important window of opportunity for reconciling and integrating the strategic planning and medium-term budget processes.

Mr. Tandberg met with the First Deputy Prime Minister, the management and staff of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economy and Trade, the Social Fund, the Health Fund, and the World Bank.

Mr. Tandberg will report his findings and recommendations to the IMF management, which will, in turn, share them with the authorities and other relevant parties. The summary of the final aide-memoire will be posted on the CEF website
(http://www.cef-see.org), and will be made available to interested parties at their request.

June 15, 2007