1. Round Table Donors Experience with PEFA Assessments in Latin America Workshop PEFA in Latin America: Seven Years of Implementation Brussels, 4th December 2012 Chairperson: Jose Correia Nunes - EUROPEAID - UNIT A2: Budget Support, Public Finance and Macroeconomic Analysis 1

2. Panelists  Mrs Falkner-Olmedo – Inter-American Development Bank – Chief of the Operations Financial Management and Procurement Services Office  Mr Balakrishnan – World Bank – Latin America and Caribbean Manager at Financial Management Sector  Mr Pessoa - IMF – Deputy Division Chief at the PFM Division of the Fiscal Affairs Department.  Mr Salinas – EuropeAid – Coordinator Budget Support Operations at Latin America and Caribbean Directorate 2

3. Discussions of this round table will cover two topics  Development partners' experience from PEFA assessments to PFM reforms.  How the experience on PEFA repeat assessments has been used to measure progress and support PFM reforms? 3

4. 12 countries in LAC region have seen changes in CPIA ratings for PFM for the period 2001-2011. Source: World Bank 4

5. Out of 75 PEFA assessments in the region since 2006 the EU has been involved in 40 assessments 5 Country Contributing agenciesStatus Date on the cover of report/Planned for completionCountry Contributing agenciesStatus Date on the cover of report/Planned for completion Anguilla (UK)FinalSep-08Jamaica IDB, WB, DFID, IMFPlanned/Ongoing2012 Aruba (Neth) FinalOct-08JamaicaWB, DFIDPublicMay-07 BarbadosDraftOct-06Montserrat (UK)DFIDFinalSep-08 BarbadosIDBFinalOct-10ParaguayIDB, WBPublicDec-11 BelizeIDB, WBFinalJan-09PeruWB, IDBPublicApr-09 Dominica FinalApr-07Peru – Chiclayo Municipality SECO, WB, IDBDraftSep-12 DominicaFinalJun-10 Peru – Gobierno Regional Amazonas SECO, WB, IDBDraftSep-12 Dominican Republic DraftSep-12St. Kitts & Nevis FinalApr-07 Dominican RepublicWBPublicNov-07St. Kitts & NevisFinalDec-09 Dominican Republic PublicNov-10St. Lucia FinalOct-06 EcuadorWBDraftMar-10St. LuciaFinalFeb-10 El SalvadorWB, IDBPublicMay-09St. Vincent and Grenadines FinalSep-06 GrenadaFinalSep-06Trinidad and TobagoFinalJun-06 Grenada PublicMar-10Trinidad and Tobago PublicDec-08 HaitiPublicJan-12Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)DraftFeb-12 HondurasWB, IDBPublicApr-09UruguayIDB, WBDraftAug-11

6. EU heavily involved in supporting PFM reforms in the region CountryFocus of support BoliviaExpenditure Management Colombia (pipeline)Fight against corruption Costa RicaCivil society oversight of the budget Dominican RepublicPublic procurement EcuadorInformation Management Systems El SalvadorFiscal Management GuatemalaBudget Management HondurasBudget Management Nicaragua (pipeline)Tax reforms ParaguayTax reforms PeruSupport to reform programme 6