September 28, 2013 – The Global Movement for Budget Transparency, Accountability and Participation (BTAP) organized a Day of Action to raise awareness on the need to advance budget transparency, accountability and participation across the world. Over 55 civil society organizations -which have been working on budget transparency for decades-, from more than 40 countries have organized numerous actions to demand from governments and legislators a stronger commitment to the fulfilment of their right to access budget information, to participate in relevant decision making processes and to, ultimately, hold their governments to account.

The members of Management Board of the Economic Research Center and experts of the National Budget Group GubadIbadoglu and FuatRasulov visited to Bishkek from September 12 to 15 with invitation of United Nations Development Program in order to support the reforms in the field of management of Kyrgyz state budget. The main aim of the visit was to conduct trainings on design and methodology of program budget for local experts specialized in budgetary areas. The first training was attended by state agencies, parliamentarians and representatives from chamber of accounts of Kyrgyzstan, including 55 individuals from diverse ministries of the country. Along with the head of budgetary department of the Ministry of Finance there were chief of departments, auditors from the Chamber of Accounts, head of financial departments of different ministries, including the members of budgetary committee of Parliament among training participants. At the training they were trained about the conceptual, methodological and technical sides of classification of program budget.