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PEFA is a tool for assessing the status of public financial management. PEFA is a tool for assessing the status of public financial management performance.

A PEFA assessment provides a thorough, consistent and evidence-based analysis of PFM performance at a specific point in time. The PEFA methodology can be reapplied in successive assessments to track changes over time. PEFA is a partnership program managed by eight international development partners: the European Commission, International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, French Ministry of Foreign Af

fairs, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovak Ministry of Finance, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, and the UK's Department for International Development. The PEFA Partners jointly establish the objectives and scope of the PEFA Program, define the content of the PEFA brand and criteria for its use, provide institutional support for its implementation and mobilize the necessary resources for its activities. The PEFA Program is managed and implemented through a structure involving the PEFA Steering Committee composed of PEFA Partners, which directs and monitors the PEFA Program, and the PEFA Secretariat, which implements the program’s activities.

08/21/2026

🎆Celebrating the PEFA 25th Anniversary, PEFA Secretariat now published: "A Short History" Booklet! ➡️ https://www.pefa.org/resources/pefa-25th-anniversary-short-history-booklet

💭Curious about how a global initiative for strengthening public financial accountability was built, sustained, and evolved over a quarter century? ❔Interested to know how it was established and what the goals and challenges were? 🙋‍♀️Eager to learn who was involved and how it became a golden standard for PFM?

👉Read the PEFA Secretariat publication, that reveals the journey of PEFA through each of its six phases, using series of anecdotes and event summaries, presenting the achievements and concluding with a forward look.

📖The booklet was prepared on the occasion of PEFA 25 years celebration, with contributions from Richard Allen, first Head of PEFA Secretariat, Silvia Kirova, PEFA Secretariat and several other key PEFA experts, who shared their insights during the development of the booklet!

08/19/2026

📰 Just published on the PEFA website!

🎉 During the week of the PEFA 25th Anniversary celebration in Manila, the PEFA Secretariat team delivered a PEFA Flagship Training session at Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters, welcoming assessors, government representatives, development partners, academia, NGOs, and PFM professionals from around the world.

🌏 Want to know how it went and what participants took away from this unique learning experience? Read the full story on the PEFA website!

🔗 Read the full story here: https://www.pefa.org/news/celebrating-25-years-pefa-flagship-training-june-23-26-2026-asian-development-bank

08/14/2026

💬PEFA at 25: Voices of Leadership

08/10/2026

💬PEFA at 25: Voices of Leadership

08/05/2026

📢 The Tanzania PEFA Gender-responsive Public Financial Management Assessment Report 2026 is now published on PEFA Website. This is the first PEFA Gender report for the country.

👏Congratulations to the assessment team on the report being awarded PEFA Check!

Tanzania PEFA Gender 2026 Report ➡ https://www.pefa.org/node/5423

Summary of scores for the GRPFM Assessment ➡ https://www.pefa.org/assessments/summary/5423

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