Upon completion of this seminar/workshop, participants should be able to: appreciate the importance of fiscal transparency and why it matters when managing public resources; understand how to ensure that fiscal reports provide a comprehensive, relevant, timely, and reliable overview of the government's financial position and performance; recognize that budgets and their underlying fiscal forecasts provide a clear statement of the government's budgetary objectives and policy intentions, and credible projections of the evolution of the public finances; identify innovative practices that can facilitate the process of digitalization, as well as common challenges and lessons learnt regarding the role of FMIS; recognize the trends in digital tools/innovations for the publication, communication and reuse of fiscal data to improve the timeliness and quality of fiscal transparency; recognize and prioritize enablers for improving data quality for decision-making and transparency in cases of emergencies such as COVID-19; connect and share experiences with peers who are undertaking various measures and implementing similar processes to improve fiscal reporting and transparency.
