CFP presentation at the OECD High-Level Parliamentary Seminar Sweden 2013

The chair of the Portuguese Public Finance Council, Teodora Cardoso, participated on the OECD High-Level Parliamentary Seminar Sweden, at the Swedish Parliament, in Stockholm, Sweden, on the 17-18 of June 2013, dedicated to the theme «From Economic Turbulence to Inclusive Growth: Lessons from the Nordic Model?». Cardoso presented  the Conselho das Finanças Públicas at the panel dedicated to the «Case study: Working with Independent Fiscal Councils».

Both the text, as well as the presentation made deal with the reasons that has motivated the creation of the Council in 2011, the Council’s legal statue, its remit and the more recent developments.

As a new institution, the CFP has been building its credibility by focusing on a number of areas that need to be addressed in order to bring about a durable fiscal consolidation in Portugal. These imply institutional, organisational and managerial reforms leading to greater transparency and accountability, the need for which the Council has been advocating and is helping bring about within its remi

Date of last update: 17/06/2013