Digital Horizons-Transforming Public Financial Management for Tomorrow High-Level Forum
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Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 25.50
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Dates: November 6-7, 2025
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
Target audience
- High-level officials from Ministries of Finance, including vice-minister/permanent secretary level representatives responsible for PFM functions (treasury, budget, fiscal policy).
- High-level officials in charge of digitalization efforts within the Ministry such as Vice-ministers, Directors General of Information Technology, or Chief Digital Officers.
Scope and purpose
- The forum will facilitate strategic discussion at a senior policymaking level on sustainable approaches to PFM digitalization and capacity development in Southeast and South Asia.
- It will address challenges and opportunities in anchoring digital PFM reforms within broader public sector modernization strategies.
- It will provide a platform for peer learning and strategic engagement among senior leaders.
Core themes and program focus
- Anchoring digital PFM reforms within broader public sector modernization strategies.
- Institutional coordination and reform sequencing for digital PFM.
- Aligning leadership across technical and policy domains.
- Strategic engagement among policymakers, academia, professional organizations, civil society, and the private sector to shape PFM digitalization direction.
Course objectives
- Provide a platform for senior leaders from Ministries of Finance and related IT support functions to learn from peers and engage with seasoned PFM and digitalization experts.
- Facilitate strategic dialogue among policymakers, academia and leaders from professional organizations, civil society, and private sector to shape the direction of PFM digitalization.
- Discuss strategies for positioning PFM digitalization as an enabler of fiscal governance and advancing national priorities such as inclusion, climate resilience, or transparency.
- Identify approaches to foster institutional coordination, long-term planning, and leadership development across ministries and levels of government.
- Reflect on addressing key challenges such as the political economy of change, talent retention, stakeholder alignment, and reform sequencing.
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