In cooperation with Ministry of Finance and Planning (MoFP), PFI concluded a 24-hour training course on “Governmental Bisan System”. It targeted the employees of the financial departments at the line ministries. This training aims at giving a comprehensive understanding of the financial system features and enabling participants to extract financial reports and build them properly while using this system, in addition to equipping them with the skills of auditing transactions.
Mena Economic and financial news
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08/24/2018Reform momentum remains strong under Vision 2030. New reform initiatives are being rolled-out under the Vision Realization Programs (VRPs). Oil prices have risen over the past year and are positively affecting fiscal and external balances. Higher oil prices provide both an opportunity and a risk to the fiscal reforms. -
08/21/2018The finance ministry of Egypt has started the implementation of a new system to monitor state agencies’ financial transactions.
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04/22/2018Minister of Finance and Planning Shukri Bishara Sunday stressed the importance of supporting the budget of the State of Palestine so that the government can meet its financial obligations and achieve economic growth.
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12/13/2017An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Mr. Chris Jarvis visited Beirut from December 6 to 13, 2017 to take stock of recent economic and financial developments in Lebanon, assess the economic outlook, and discuss policy priorities.
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11/15/2017The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) underscored its support for economies in the southern and eastern Mediterranean (SEMED) at a regional business forum in Cairo that saw a flurry of new investment across a number of economic sectors.
It was the EBRD’s second SEMED Business Forum since the Bank started investment in the region in 2012. It provided a forum for discussion about the challenges and the opportunities in the EBRD’s Arab economies and saw project signings worth over €300 million.
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11/21/2017PwC’s latest report says that the region has the lowest time for compliance, but that may change
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10/11/2017New World Bank report identifies factors influencing the region’s medium to long term growth -
10/17/2017The European Commission, on behalf of the European Union (EU), has today approved the disbursement of a €100 million loan to Jordan under its Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) programme.
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08/23/2017DAMMAM — The privatization of ministries, which come under 10 targeted sectors, does not mean transferring their ownership to the private sector, said Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid, chairman of the Economic and Energy Committee at the Shoura Council.
