The meeting was attended by the Director of the IMF Regional Capacity Development Center for the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia - Norbert Funke and other officials from the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This center provides capacity development support through technical assistance on a bilateral basis and regional seminars and workshops for economic policy makers and other government departments of the member countries.

The main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the effectiveness of online training courses and trainings organized by the center for employees of relevant ministries and departments. They also discussed the state of ongoing PFM reforms, including the introduction of programmatic budgeting, strengthening macro-fiscal analysis, the transition to IPSAS and the development of elements of green budgeting.

In addition, within the framework of these programs, issues of developing a financial assessment mission, joining the open budget index, and involving international institutions in the implementation of the "green" economy were also discussed.

Following the meeting, the parties agreed to develop cooperation and expand cooperation on the above issues.

For reference: The CTP-CCAM is a joint center of the IMF and its member countries in the region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.