Public and Private Finance for Development

Public Finance for Development is the fruit of a long-running cooperation between the UNDP and the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic. It was launched in 2009 as part of Slovakia’s official development assistance effort. Its objective is to facilitate the sharing of Slovak knowledge and experience in public finance management with partner countries: Moldova, Montenegro, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Public Finance for Development (PFD) responds to capacity gaps in public finance management in the Western Balkans and Eastern Partnership countries, in support to their EU accession path and sustainable development. The programme is implemented in close partnership between UNDP and the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic (MF SR). PFD builds on Slovak Republic´s unique reform and post-reform experience. We work hand-in-hand with partners to deliver tailor-made and programmatic solutions to strategic challenges in public finance management. Experts provide technical assistance in designing and implementing public finance reforms to central and local level institutions. Since its launch in September 2009, PFD has been contributing to public finance reform efforts of the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Ukraine, Macedonia and Serbia. Based on the experience from the PFD programme, Ministry of Finance of Slovakia jointly with World Bank Group Open Learning Campus, prepared a unique self-paced e-course Public Finance Management Reform: Case Study Slovakia.