The Public Expenditure Management Network in Asia

The objective of PEMNA is to support formation and operationalization of a sustainable peer learning networks for public financialmanagement (PFM) practitioners from EAP countries, in which officials can share professional experiences and learn from each other,thereby improving own country PFM systems. More specifically, the program supports the operationalization of communities of practice (CoPs), a steering committee, and the PEMNA secretariat that facilitate member countries to: (a) exchange experience on specific, high priority PFM reforms and their implementation; (b) analyze common challenges faced; and (c) benchmark their own performance to one another. The program operationalizes the network where members have sense of belonging, with formal and informal contact, with positive results with regard to learning and the application of learning, and with a knowledge resource base for members.