CEF Annual report 2021

38 CEF BUSINESS REPORT 2021
LEARNING PROGRAM 39
In 2021, we designed and implemented a series of
learning activities in the area of assessment of countries’
economic impact of structural reforms. It was
targeted at line ministries and ministries of finance, with participants
coming also from other institutions in the EU candidate
countries and potential candidates. We started with a regional
workshop, focusing more on real-life approach examples that
can be taken in light of the various type of reforms, policy areas
and data availability. For this, we implemented country-specific
workshops where participants were encouraged to make qualitative
and quantitative impact estimations of structural reforms
introduced in their countries’ ERPs, supported by a discussion
with an expert.
A very important aspect of DAP is also integrating social learning
principles into our activities. At the event Macroeconomic
Modeling For Open Economies 1, we complemented the training
focused on building the technical skills, required to develop a dynamic
stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) model of an economy,
with a knowledge-sharing consultations session. Participants
presented their ongoing work in DSGE modeling and consulted
with the expert and other participants on a concrete challenge.
This way, we acknowledge participants as experts and provide
them with the platform to learn from each other’s experiences.”
Data and
Analysis
for Designing
Policies
One of the objectives of the
Data and Analysis for Designing
Policies (DAP) learning program
is to promote the importance
of an evidence-informed
approach to policymaking.
It is a cross-cutting thematic
area, addressing finance
officials across all public
institutions dealing with the
compilation and dissemination
of macroeconomic statistics,
or carrying out macro/
microeconomic analysis and
forecasting.
EVENTS
Macroeconomic Modeling for
Open Economies 1
Structural Reforms and
Assessment of Their Economic
Impact
Beyond Fiscal Implications of
Structural Reforms*
Translation of Financial
Statements into Statistics
Economic Analysis and
Forecasting with Micro-Data
* Six events organized for Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and
Serbia, North Macedonia and Turkey
PROGRAM DONORS
• Banka Slovenije
• EU
• Ministry of Finance, Slovenia
OTHER PROGRAM
PARTNERS
• Banque de France
• European Central Bank
• Eurostat
• IMF
• Institute of Macroeconomic
Analysis and Development,
Slovenia
• National Bank of Moldova
Nina Agić
Senior Program Officer and thematic area lead
CEF