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RECENT EVENTS

EventDateMaterials           Description
Building Effective, Accountable, and Inclusive Institutions: A Conversation with Europe and Central Asia and Latin America and Caribbean  

2022

May 3

 This session discussed the challenges and opportunities, push points and commonalities for building effective, inclusive, and accountable institutions in Europe and Central Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean region. 
Can Opening Up Government Accelerate Gender Equality?

2022

March 21

RECORDINGThe session explored the complex relationship between gender equality and the core tenets of open government. 
Boosting Public Financial Management Knowledge in Europe and Central Asia through PEMPAL

2021

December 13

This knowledge learning session is part of a series on PEMPAL to help PFM practioners leverage the PEMPAL Network to strengthen PFM in the ECA region.
Catalyzing Public Administration Reform through Surveys - Lessons from Romania and Uruguay

2021

December  8

This knowledge learning session presented the findings from HRM surveys from Romania and Uruguay. 
Measuring Corruption, Advancing Integrity and Using Evidence for Policy Engagement

 2021

November 18

The speakers discussed how policy engagement and research have shaped the focus and methodology for the integrity indicators, and how the indicators are in turn being used for policy discussions and engagement in country by the EU and others. 
Azerbaijan: e-Courts and the Digitization of Justice

2021

June 29

This session presented the findings of the Azerbaijan: e-Courts case study featured in the publication 
Data, Digitalization and Governance ¨C Key Tools for a Resilient Recovery in ECA 

2021

May 25

During this session, the Chief Economist for the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region discussed the chapter on , including policy recommendations, grounded in empirical evidence for harnessing the data revolution to improve governance across ECA.
Sealing the Tax Gap: Improving Tax Compliance in Poland

2021

May 10

During this session, the speakers presented how estimates of tax gaps in Poland, especially in VAT, helped to diagnose the compliance issues, what measures including both changes in the tax policy and tax administration have been introduced and applied to reduce the gaps, and what remains to be done to sustain and further close the gaps. 
Reestablishing Trust in Government in ECA and Beyond: Citizens Assemblies & CivicTech

2021

May 5

 

During this Master Class, George Zarkadakis discussed how citizen assemblies can be an effective citizen engagement tool for regaining public trust, enhancing liberal democracy, and bridging the gap between experts and non-experts.  
THINK EQUAL: How Gender Responsive Budgeting in Albania is Advancing Equality

2021

April 28

During this session, the speakers discussed how Albania has been successfully using gender-responsive budgeting as a basis for policy formulation and presented the findings of the Albania Results Story featured in the publication 
Beyond the Technical Drivers of Justice Reform: Lessons from Moldova

2021

April

21

 

During this interactive session, the speakers shared their experience working in a rapidly changing environment, the need to stay focused yet flexible and adjust approaches to the reality on the ground while remaining engaged.
Two for One: How Leveraging Small Claims Procedures Can Improve Both Judicial Efficiency and Access to Justice

2021

March 

24

During this session, the speakers presented the  Note and the panel discussed how to operationalize the key findings and recommendations
Making Ownership of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Successful: The Case of Lithuania

2021

March

2

This session presented the findings of the Lithuania SOE Case Study featured in the publication 
Mobile Broadband Internet and Confidence in Government

2021

January

20 

RECORDINGDuring this session speakers discussed how mobile broadband internet affects the approval of governments, particularly in the ECA region.
Public Procurement Reforms in ECA: Are They Working? Lessons from Serbia, Georgia and Ukraine

2020

December 10

During this session, speakers provided an overview of the public procurement reforms in Serbia, Georgia, and Ukraine.
Financial Management Use of Technology

2020

December

2

During this session speakers discussed developments in technology and how they can be applied to financial management work.
Improving Public Sector Performance: Performance Management and Performance Pay

2020

November

20

Speakers presented lessons learnt from an in-depth analysis of the staff performance management system in the Romanian public administration interaction of diversity and variation in performance-based bonuses in formal work groups. 
Machines and the Future of Public Service: AI for Public Sector Performance and Service Delivery

2020

October 28

RECORDINGSpeakers discussed how AI can prevent fraud in revenue management and how AI and machine learning is used in the delivery of public services.
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED: Using Scenario Planning for Reopening Schools in Romania

2020 

October 22

Speakers reflected on the experience of using scenario planning to help the Romanian Government get better prepared for reopening and operating schools in the COVID-19 context.
Capable States and Trustworthy Leaders: Supporting Institutions and Collective Action for Economic Recovery

2020

October 1

This discussion with Francis Fukuyama explored how the COVID crisis coincides with the impacts of climate change putting additional stresses on states and societies and how communities can support constructive collective action ¨C locally, nationally, and internationally.
What to Expect from the Post-COVID State?

2020

September 23

RECORDING 

This talk presented a framework for thinking about the social, economic, and political consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and argued for building a new and more expansive welfare state, undergirded not by a more powerful state but more active societal participation in politics.
Legitimacy and Trust in Public Institutions in the time of COVID-19: Implications for ECA

2020

September 14

The session reflected on the implications of the recent publication titled  in the Time of COVID-19 on the ECA region.
Troubling Trends: Insights from a Decade of Tracking Institutional Transformation in ECA

2020

July 9

The BTI team discussed the main findings and trends over time for the ECA region, identified potential challenges or reform drivers in individual countries and sub-regional groups, and presented the various ways to access BTI data and analyses.
Book: ¡°Building Effective, Accountable, and Inclusive Institutions in ECA¡±

2020

July 9

This session presented key takeaways from the   book specifically looking at how institutions play a key role in building economies and delivering quality public services to people across all countries in ECA. 
Improving Budget Transparency: Can Europe and Central Asia Keep Up?

2020

May 12

Speakers from the International Budget Partnership presented an overview of the methodology used by the Open Budget Initiative and provided an aggregate assessment of the performance of countries in Europe and Central Asia in three areas; transparency, public participation and budgetary oversight.
Managing the Public Sector Wage Bill During COVID-19: A Panel Discussion 

2020

May 8

 This session discussed what the appropriate short and medium term policies should be to manage the difficult tradeoffs of the public sector wage bill in the short and medium term in the context of COVID-19.
Democratic Governance in ECA - One Step Forward Two Steps Back?

2020

March 4

The authors of the  report discussed the main findings for Europe.

 

LGBTI Exclusion in Serbia: Measuring its Socioeconomic Dimensions - Data Matters 

 

2020

February 25

 

This session discussed key findings from the report  which is based on an adaptation of the EU¡¯s .
Justice Surveys: Why to do them and how to do them

2020

February  11

This session provided technical guidance on how to do justice surveys, specifically how to decide on the specific survey, how to design it, how to implement it, and how to utilize the data in the reform process. 
Fiscal Decentralization, Local Government & Policy Reversals in Southeastern Europe 

2020

January 28

 

The authors of  book discussed the various decentralization approaches that have been adopted.
    

 

PAST EVENTS

EventDateMaterialsDescription
SOE Employment Practices, Labor Markets, and Firm Performance: The Case of Russia

2019

November 26


The authors presented the findings of the  report.
Building Trust in the Tax System: A New Approach

2019

November 25

The Global Tax Team presented the findings of the  including the operational tools and discussed how they can be leveraged to contribute to better informed tax reforms. 
Bulgaria's Shared Services Journey: Changing the Mindset of the Public Administration

2019

October 3

During this session, a World Bank team and representatives from the Government of Bulgaria presented the shared services approach and model applied in Bulgaria.
Multisectoral P4Rs: Accelerating Service Delivery ¡ª Lessons for ECA

2019 

March 14

During this session, World Bank staff working in the ECA region shared experiences on how to leverage PforR operations to improve service delivery. 
Determinants of Trust in Institutions in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Europe

2018

November 19

Dr. Christos Kallandranis, Senior Lecturer in Finance Regent¡¯s University London, shared the results of a study that uses micro-level data from the Eurobarometer to explore the determinants of trust across countries in Europe.  
Citizen-Centric Local Governance Scorecard Initiative in Turkey

2018

October 22

The speaker from the Arg¨¹den Governance Academy presented the methodology developed and the results obtained for an "open-government' lens exercise in Turkey.
Mystery Shopper Experiments: A Powerful Tool to Measure LGBTI Exclusion

2018

May 7

The lead author of the  report shared the results of the experiments and the development implications for LGBTI people. 
Budget Transparency in Europe and Central Asia: Has the Train Stopped?

2018 

May 2

Speakers from the International Budget Partnership provided an assessment of the performance of countries in ECA in three areas; transparency, public participation and budgetary oversight.