Six months after his installation, the New Director General of National Financial Institutions (DGIFN) of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Jean Pierre Nonault, has started meetings with bilateral and multilateral partners represented in Congo.
From Tuesday 26 October to Wednesday 3 November 2021, the Institute of Economics and Finance - Regional Training Centre for Financial Authorities of Central Africa (IEF-PR), based in Libreville (Gabon), organised, by videoconference, the intermediate defences of its finalist auditors from the 6 countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), including Congo-Brazzaville.
The National Committee of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) of the Republic of Congo met on Thursday 28 October 2021 in Brazzaville, by videoconference. The meeting was presided over by Ludovic Ngatsé, Minister Delegate for the Budget, representing Rigobert Roger Andely, Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Chairman of the Executive Committee.
On Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October 2021 in Brazzaville, a hundred Congolese candidates participated in the 3rd and 13th editions of the competitive entrance examination and test to the Central African Economic and Monetary Community's Inter-State Customs School (EIED-CEMAC) for the private training of customs agents, controllers and inspectors.
Ludovic Ngatsé, Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget to the Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Rigobert Roger Andely, presented on Friday 22 October 2021 to the National Assembly and then to the Senate, the State Finance Bill for the 2022 financial year. The finance bill provides for a budget of 1935.3 billion CFA francs in revenue and 1735 billion CFA francs in expenditure, with a surplus of 200.3 billion CFA francs.
On Tuesday 19 October 2021, in the conference room of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Ludovic Ngatsé, Minister Delegate for the Budget, received a delegation of investors from the AACID-REFAI-NGO Foundation (International agency for the refugee environment &family affairs), led by REFAI-NGO board member, Thierry Sengier.
On Tuesday 12 October 2021 in Brazzaville, the Director General of National Financial Institutions (DGIFN) under the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Jean-Pierre Nonault, organised the first official meeting with his senior staff and agents, after three months of observation out of the five since his induction.
On Wednesday 22 September 2021, Ludovic Ngatsé, Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget to Rigobert Roger Andely, Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, received in audience Mrs Korotoumou Ouattara, Resident Representative of the World Bank (WB) in Congo and Mrs Carine Clert, Human Development Programme Coordinator for Central Africa.
The Congolese Minister Delegate for the budget, Ludovic Ngatsé, represented on Thursday 30 September 2021, his colleague of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Rigobert Roger Andely, at the biannual meeting between African Ministers of Finance and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), represented by its Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva.
Following the consultation mission on the economic policies implemented by the Congolese government, under the provisions of Article IV of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), conducted from 12 to 24 September 2021, the Executive Board of this institution, held on 24 September 2021 in Washington (United States), examined the mission report and noted with satisfaction that the Congolese economy is in a recovery phase. However, to strengthen this trend, it will need to undertake major additional structural reforms, as described in the final communiqué below.
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