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A PEFA Flagship Training jointly organized by Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and Expertise France and led by PEFA Secretariat took place in Abidjan from September 30 to October 4, 2024. Delivered entirely in French, the session was attended by 32 participants. It was launched with opening remarks by Adrien Haye, Director of the AFD office in Ivory Coast, Cassilde Brenière, Deputy CEO in charge of Operations at Expertise France, Marc Buchmann, Head of the Cooperation of the European Union in Ivory Coast, as well as a video message from Srinivas Gurazada, Head of PEFA Secretariat. All those distinguished speakers highlighted the importance of the francophone world in promoting sound public financial management (PFM) reforms.
The four-day program was attended by 32 French-speaking participants from various countries across francophone Africa, all of whom had a background in PFM. Following an introduction by our AFD partners, PEFA Secretariat member Jean-Philippe Vion and PEFA Secretariat expert Jean-Marc Philip gave a detailed overview of the wide range of PEFA products and processes available to date, including the PEFA 2016 Flagship framework and the Gender and Climate supplementary frameworks, and led practical exercises and interactive discussions.
Many French-speaking countries have conducted PEFA assessments over the past few years, including Morocco, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, and more. In his message, Srinivas Gurazada, Head of PEFA Secretariat, welcomed this strong activity in the francophone world and emphasized the importance of training more assessors to keep up with demand in these countries.
This seminar was a useful addition to the wide range of francophone PEFA products and resources already available on the PEFA website, which includes French versions of our flagship framework and guidance manuals, as well as a newly introduced online self-paced training session open to all French-speaking PFM practitioners.
PEFA Secretariat would like to thank all participants for coming to Abidjan to follow the PEFA Training, as well as the AFD and Expertise France teams, including the organizing team in Abidjan, for hosting this important event.
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Adrien Haye, AFD Director, Ivory Coast
“With 815 assessments carried out in 155 countries, PEFA is now an international benchmark for diagnosing public financial management systems. AFD is delighted to support the deployment of the PEFA framework throughout the world, with a view to continuously strengthening the use of public resources. AFD is also delighted to contribute to increasing the number of French-speaking PEFA experts through its financing, and in particular through this training.”
Cassilde Brenière, Deputy CEO in charge of Operations at Expertise France
“We are delighted to host this training course at Expertise France's country headquarters, which reflects the concrete implementation of our decentralization strategy and its relevance. This brings our projects closer to their beneficiaries.”
Srinivas Gurazada, Head of PEFA Secretariat
“French-speaking African countries are increasingly carrying out PEFA assessments and taking the right measures to strengthen public financial management systems, leading to greater well-being for their citizens.”
Marc Buchmann, Head of the Cooperation of the European Union in Ivory Coast
“PEFA is an essential tool for improving public financial management, fostering transparency, and supporting good governance.”
“By supporting PEFA assessments and contributing to the improvement of public financial management, we seek to improve transparency and accountability, which are essential for improving citizens’ and investors’ confidence.”
