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This successful capacity-building initiative is thanks to a partnership between [ESAN University](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ue.edu.pe\u002F) in the Peruvian capital Lima and the [Subnational Public Finance Management program](http:\u002F\u002Fgfpsubnacional.pe\u002F) funded by SECO and implemented by the Basel Institute on Governance.\n\nThe diploma course included classes on public procurement, public budget processes, asset management, strategic planning, accountability and internal financial control, among other topics. Out of the 186 students that have graduated, 46 percent are  women and 54 percent are men. Around 70 percent of them were working in the public sector as of July 2018. We are confident that the graduated students will henceforward use the acquired skills and knowledge to further the goals of the Subnational PFM program under which this course was delivered, namely to increase transparency, integrity, efficiency and effectiveness in public sector service delivery at subnational level.","2018-12-06",[10],"186-graduates-through-basel-institute-esan-partnership-in-peru-2",[10],2,[],[],null,[21],"Main page",{"id":23,"storage":24,"filename_disk":25,"filename_download":26,"title":9,"type":27,"created_on":28,"modified_on":28,"charset":19,"filesize":29,"width":30,"height":31,"duration":19,"embed":19,"description":19,"location":19,"tags":19,"metadata":32,"focal_point_x":19,"focal_point_y":19,"tus_id":19,"tus_data":19,"uploaded_on":28},"934214b9-dd00-488e-b18c-9ef285cd95e5","local","934214b9-dd00-488e-b18c-9ef285cd95e5.webp","tmp.webp","image\u002Fwebp","2025-05-12T21:23:19.000Z",64584,1400,1050,{},[],[35],{"id":36,"news_id":37,"tags_id":51},5988,{"id":5,"status":6,"user_created":38,"date_created":7,"user_updated":39,"date_updated":8,"title":9,"type":10,"body":11,"image":23,"date":12,"topic":40,"slug":14,"activity":41,"nid":16,"topics":42,"activities":43,"programme":19,"area":19,"websites":44,"translation_of":19,"language":19,"countries":45,"tags":46,"authors":47,"images":48,"translations":49,"content":50},"03bebfd8-0b40-4a2a-820d-b9d9c13b9de6","b0662e2a-864d-4888-a1b7-4342b7570b30",[10],[10],[],[],[21],[],[36],[],[],[],[],{"id":52,"name":53},1372,"Training",[],[],[],[],[59,86,111],{"id":60,"body":61,"status":6,"type":62,"date":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"image":66,"countries":67,"topic":69,"activity":71,"tags":74,"nid":75,"topics":76,"activities":77,"authors":78,"images":79,"websites":80,"area":19,"programme":19,"language":19,"translations":81,"translation_of":19,"user_created":38,"date_created":82,"user_updated":39,"date_updated":83,"content":84,"link":85},9884,"The newly established Public Finance Management Experts Network (PFM Experts Network) in Peru met in the capital Lima this week, in yet another demonstration of bottom-up momentum in improving long-term Public Finance Management capacity in Peru.\n\nThe Network is an initiative of the [graduates who completed the Diploma in Management and Public Finances in 2018](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002F186-graduates-through-basel-institute-esan-partnership-peru) with financial support from Switzerland. It is hoped that it will foster dialogue in the management of public finances at the three levels of government, academia and civil society. The initiative, which already has 200 members across Peru, is supported by the [Swiss Cooperation - SECO](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.cooperacionsuizaenperu.org.pe\u002Fseco) in Peru and [Basel Institute on Governance - Peru](http:\u002F\u002Fgfpsubnacional.pe\u002F).\n\nIn the words of its members, the Network seeks to be a space for reflection on the challenges and progress made in improving resource allocation and macro-processes around public sector spending. It also seeks to promote concrete and sustained change based on international best practices.\n\nThe meeting brought together the Network’s regional coordinators and experts from the Peruvian regions of Apurímac, Cusco, San Martín, La Libertad, Lambayeque and Piura. The discussion was enhanced by the presence of international experts such as Bruno Giussanni, who participated in the production of 43 [Public Expenditure and Accountability (PEFA) evaluation reports](http:\u002F\u002Fgfpsubnacional.pe\u002Fportfolio\u002Fgfp-en-el-peru\u002F), and the director of the PEFA Secretariat, James Kromann, who flew in from the USA.\n\nBruno Giussani expressed his appreciation for the way in which the subnational PEFA assessments, undertaken in 2017, are now being utilised to prepare and execute action plans for Public Finance Management reform in the regions and municipalities in which they were applied. He also – and perhaps more importantly – praised the progress being made to include civil society organisations and other relevant actors to support PFM capacity building at the local level. He sees great potential for this initiative to be replicated in countries around the world.  \n\nFor his part, James Kromann congratulated the vision of the Subnational PFM Programme, which has focused the attention of PFM experts on the specific reforms needed in each region. _\"Knowledge management and innovation are undoubtedly key factors in ensuring strategic resource management and operational efficiency. I congratulate the Swiss Cooperation - SECO forr continuing to emphasise PFM reform as a means to ensure better provision of services to the population,\"_ he said.\n\nThe delegation also held meetings at the Swiss Embassy with the Swiss Cooperation – SECO’s National Programme Officer Jenny Valencia, who praised the initiative. She commented: _“There is so much experience to share in this group of people. The aim is to debate and analyse PFM issues, and ground them in concrete procedures for improving the management of public finances. At SECO, we praise these fine professionals who make up the Network, who are willing to contribute a significant amount of their time and experience for the sustainable development of Peru.”_\n\nThe event was also attended by the Director of the Subnational PFM Program and Manager of the Basel Institute on Governance’s Peru office, Oscar Solórzano. Dr. Solórzano commented on the importance of promoting such a “bottom-up” knowledge network, in which development is focused on people with initiatives to bring real change in decisions and priorities and who have real involvement with the problems in their regions. The activities in Lima were coordinated by the Leader of the Sustainability component of the Subnational PFM Programme, Limberg Chero, who is helping to guide the initiative.\n\nSee the [original news item (in Spanish)](http:\u002F\u002Fgfpsubnacional.pe\u002F2019\u002F03\u002F19\u002Fsuiza-apoya-la-consolidacion-de-red-de-expertos-publicos-en-el-peru\u002F?fbclid=IwAR1o4-6TVvFnyqE1dl8Pfwz_nF5YG3zf4Zt8UlEPeEhksiraLQVRPfTvqEk) and photos from the Network's meeting in Lima.","News","2019-03-20","swiss-support-for-public-finance-management-experts-network-in-peru-859","Swiss support for Public Finance Management Experts Network in Peru","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fa4d117bd-df31-4681-be63-9212f03bbb25?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[68],7496,[70],"Public Finance Management",[72,73],"Partnerships","International cooperation",[],859,[70],[72,73],[],[],[21],[],"2022-05-26T22:57:04.000Z","2025-08-31T23:14:59.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fswiss-support-for-public-finance-management-experts-network-in-peru-859",{"id":87,"body":88,"status":6,"type":62,"date":89,"slug":90,"title":91,"image":92,"countries":93,"topic":95,"activity":96,"tags":98,"nid":99,"topics":100,"activities":101,"authors":102,"images":103,"websites":104,"area":19,"programme":19,"language":19,"translations":105,"translation_of":19,"user_created":38,"date_created":106,"user_updated":107,"date_updated":108,"content":109,"link":110},9860,"Peru's pioneering [Public Finance Management Experts Network](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fswiss-support-public-finance-management-experts-network-peru) has continued to expand, with the Andean city of Cusco being the latest to join.\n\nLaunched earlier this year, the Experts Network already has more than 200 members across six regions in Peru. It is an initiative of graduates of the [Diploma in Management and Public Finances](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002F186-graduates-through-basel-institute-esan-partnership-peru), offered by ESAN University as part of the Subnational Public Finance Management programme funded by SECO and implemented by the Basel Institute on Governance.\n\nNumerous high-ranking representatives of Cusco's regional government and city hall attended, as well as the local offices of the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), State Supervisory Body for Procurement (OSCE) and Comptroller's Office. They joined representatives of civil society, professional organisations, associations and the main regional universities.\n\nThe purpose of the Experts Network, especially in Cusco, is to strengthen coordination between different areas and institutions involved in public finance management, as well as to encourage the use of [tools developed through the Subnational PFM programme](http:\u002F\u002Fgfpsubnacional.pe\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F29\u002Fel-programa-gfp-subnacional-lanzo-curso-virtual-para-impulsar-el-control-social\u002F) to improve public spending processes and the integrity of public institutions.\n\n[See the original article in Spanish on the PFM programme website.](http:\u002F\u002Fgfpsubnacional.pe\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F29\u002Fel-programa-gfp-subnacional-lanzo-curso-virtual-para-impulsar-el-control-social\u002F)","2019-05-15","cusco-joins-peru039s-growing-public-finance-management-experts-network-915","Cusco joins Peru's growing Public Finance Management Experts Network ","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F28cc59d4-ca3d-44d2-9f8a-748533c6a676?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[94],7483,[70],[97,72,73],"Events",[],915,[70],[97,72,73],[],[],[21],[],"2022-05-26T22:56:44.000Z","3d9ff205-1640-4f34-b5b6-86977f51bbd6","2026-04-15T22:28:46.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fcusco-joins-peru039s-growing-public-finance-management-experts-network-915",{"id":112,"body":113,"status":6,"type":114,"date":115,"slug":116,"title":117,"image":118,"countries":119,"topic":121,"activity":122,"tags":123,"nid":124,"topics":125,"activities":126,"authors":127,"images":129,"websites":130,"area":19,"programme":19,"language":19,"translations":131,"translation_of":19,"user_created":38,"date_created":132,"user_updated":39,"date_updated":83,"content":133,"link":134},9865,"The story of José Velásquez, former student of the Public Finance Management Diploma of our SECO-funded Subnational Public Finance Management Programme in Peru, offers an insight into how smart initiatives to build capacity among public servants can have a real impact. José has won a scholarship to continue his studies at the University of Chile. He plans to return afterwards to his home country in order to apply his new skills and knowledge to improve public financial management processes in Peru.\n\n### How does your story begin?\n\nI’m from the countryside originally. I was born in Tamborapa village in Tabaconas in the province of San Ignacio in Cajamarca. I studied there until high school and then my family moved to the San Martín region. I did my university studies in Moyobamba. Currently, I work in the legal advisory area of the Regional Government of San Martin.\n\n### How did the Subnational PFM Programme support you on this path?\n\nIn 2017 I learned about scholarships offered by the SECO-funded [Subnational PFM Programme](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fpublic-finance-peru) to study the [Diploma in Management and Public Finances](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002F186-graduates-through-basel-institute-esan-partnership-peru). I applied and won one of the scholarships. The programme gave me the opportunity to study and understand public finance management, strategic planning, results-based management and internal control management. These were all concepts that I had not mastered before.\n\nI also established strong bonds with the Diploma teachers, who encouraged me to continue studying. That is why in 2018 I applied for the EXCELLENCE CHALLENGE of SERVIR, which funds postgraduate studies in the 400 best universities in the world. It is a dream for me to have obtained this scholarship and to be able to go to the University of Chile to do my master's degree in management and public policies.\n\n### How do you see this new challenge?\n\nI'll be away for two years to study for my master's degree at the University of Chile. My commitment is to return to my country and work in the public sector to apply what I have learned. My dream is that applying these studies could contribute in some way to Peru joining the OECD.\n\n### What public sector problems do you identify in Peru?\n\nWe still have a lot of deficits in education, health and infrastructure. I believe that the country's political agenda should mainly promote the issues of health, education, regulatory quality and boost investments. Public budgeting and procurement should be made more dynamic so we can improve public spending processes.\n\n### How do you see the work of a public servant?\n\nAs a public servant, we must give the best treatment to the citizens. It is through each one of us that the State provides quality services. Administrative procedures need to be simplified. In the Diploma, my proposal was the creation of a citizens’ assistance office. This office still does not exist and it is clearly necessary to help guide citizens in their administrative matters.\n\n### What message do you want to give to your colleagues?\n\nTo my colleagues, with whom I studied the PFM Diploma, I want to encourage them to apply for postgraduate studies, to continue developing their knowledge and to seek funding for their studies abroad. Politics is like medicine, in other words, we have to keep ourselves continuously up to date. The State is in a process of transformation, and in order to understand these changes it is necessary to study, update and apply new models and knowledge. I am very motivated because my master’s classmates will be officials from the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Central Reserve Bank of Peru.\n\n### About José Velasquez \n\nA graduate in Law from Universidad Alas Peruanas, José Velasquez was born on 15 May 1989 in the Department of Cajamarca in Peru. In 2015, he joined the Regional Legal Advisory Office of the Regional Government of San Martín, working until now as a legal specialist. In 2017, he was awarded a scholarship by the Subnational PFM Program of the Swiss Cooperation - SECO to take the Diploma in Finance and Public Management delivered by ESAN University Graduate School of Business and covering public finance management, administrative law and government contracts. in December 2018, he was awarded the RETO EXCELENCIA scholarship by the National Civil Service Authority to pursue a Master's Degree in Management and Public Policies at the University of Chile.\n\n### About the Diploma in Management and Public Finances\n\nThe Diploma in Management and Public Finances was launched in 2017 with the aim of contributing to public financial management training and specialisation among civil servants and public servants in Peruvian regional and local governments. The training was provided to 246 students from six departments of the country, including civil servants, public officials, academics and PFM professionals. \n\nThe Diploma is over for now, but a recent ground-up initiative of the graduates is currently taking off: the [Public Finance Management Experts Network](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fswiss-support-public-finance-management-experts-network-peru), with 200 members and growing.\n\n_[View the original interview in Spanish on the official website of the PFM programme](http:\u002F\u002Fgfpsubnacional.pe\u002F2019\u002F04\u002F29\u002Fentrevista-experto-gfp-formado-por-suiza-obtiene-beca-para-hacer-estudios-en-chile\u002F)._","Blog","2019-05-05","graduate-in-public-finance-management-diploma-awarded-scholarship-for-further-study-911","Graduate in Public Finance Management diploma awarded scholarship for further study","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F752bf1a8-892d-4607-83a3-a63dcf759e08?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[120],7487,[70],[53],[],911,[70],[53],[128],1275,[],[21],[],"2022-05-26T22:56:48.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fgraduate-in-public-finance-management-diploma-awarded-scholarship-for-further-study-911",{"left":136,"top":136,"width":137,"height":137,"rotate":136,"vFlip":138,"hFlip":138,"body":139},0,20,false,"\u003Cpath fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M17 10a.75.75 0 0 1-.75.75H5.612l4.158 3.96a.75.75 0 1 1-1.04 1.08l-5.5-5.25a.75.75 0 0 1 0-1.08l5.5-5.25a.75.75 0 1 1 1.04 1.08L5.612 9.25H16.25A.75.75 0 0 1 17 10\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\u002F>",1780676418212]