Peru's pioneering Public Finance Management Experts Network has continued to expand, with the Andean city of Cusco being the latest to join.
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.
The regional government of La Libertad in Peru has published a Code of Conduct for staff, civil society and the media in the region. The Code was co-created by regional government officials and the Subnational PFM Programme of the Swiss SECO Cooperation, implemented by the Basel Institute in Peru.
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.
We congratulate Paola Bustamante on her recent appointment to the position of Minister for Development and Social Inclusion in the Peruvian Government. Having first-hand experience of her personal and professional qualities, we are convinced she will perform excellently in this important role.
Peru’s Ministry of Economy and Finance has approved a new Code of Ethics and Conduct as part of its efforts to combat corruption and promote ethical principles and moral values.
The Code was co-developed by ministry officials with technical assistance from SECO-funded Public Finance Management programme implemented by the Basel Institute on Governance in Peru.
Peru’s Ministry of Economy and Finance co-developed a new Code of Ethics and Conduct as part of its efforts to combat corruption and promote ethical principles and moral values.
The Code was collaboratively developed by ministry officials with technical assistance from SECO-funded Public Finance Management programme implemented by the Basel Institute on Governance in Peru.
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Resulta – video instructivo
This video explains how to use the RESULTA online tool.
RESULTA is a digital tool provided by the Ministry of Economy and Finance that provides information on key performance indicators of budget programmes, as well as complementary information on goals and budget amounts.
The video was produced by the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru in collaboration with the Subnational Public Finance Management Strengthening Programme in Peru and Basel Institute on Governance through its Peru office.
Protocol for monitoring annual budget execution in Peru
The purpose of these guidelines is to set out good practices that have helped to improve budget execution monitoring procedures in Peruvian regional and municipal governments.
The publication was developed in the context of the Subnational Public Finance Management Strengthening Programme in Peru, funded by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland (SECO) and implemented by the Basel Institute on Governance through its Peru office.
The Subnational Public Finance Management Programme in Peru, in collaboration with the government of Peru’s La Libertad region and local government of the city of Trujillo, held an international seminar in February 2019 on “Sewing prosperity: Public Finance Management challenges in the north Peruvian macro-region.”
The seminar was an opportunity for reflection and exchange for the subnational governments of Peru's northern macro-region that underwent Public Finance Management evaluations in 2016–2018.