¿ Strengthening Public Finance Management in Timor-Leste

About this project

This Action ensures the continuity of the EU support to the government in the field of Public Finance Management reform in Timor-Leste. The Action is included in Priority Area 2 of the Multiannual Indicative Program 2021-2027, "Good Governance for Sustainable Development", which in turn is in line with the government's objectives of the Strategic Development Plan 2011-2030 regarding public sector management and good governance as well as the Economic Recovery Plan 2021-2022 (approved in August 2020).The rationale behind this support stems from the fact that one of the primary constraints to the country's development lies in the weak capacity of its institutions, which are still in a process of development and consolidation, following the post-independence period. This weakness is particularly evident in the field of public finances and is reflected in the limited capacity of the administration of Timor-Leste to manage public resources effectively and efficiently, with a direct negative effect on the state¿s capacity to implement their human rights obligations, in particular, it¿s capacity to deliver quality basic services. The government has affirmed its political will to improve the public finance system, but this has not yet been translated into a concrete action plan. Therefore, this action is based on the project modality, focusing on key reform areas, like the domestic resource mobilization, the consolidation of programme budgeting and the fiscal decentralization, the l…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 1No Poverty
• 5Gender Equality
• 16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Countries

Timor-Leste

Sectors

Public finance management (PFM)

Focus

Disaster risk reduction · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributesGender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesGood governance · Main focus

Places

TL - East Timor

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2023-ACT-60849.

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