The assignment was carried out within the Framework Service Contract ECFIN/012/2011 for Operational and PEFA Assessments. The objective was to ensure that the Kyrgyz public finance management system provided sufficient safeguards in view of a future Macro-Financial Assistance programme by DG ECFIN, through an assessment of the following areas:
- PFM system and PFM reforms
- Budget preparation
- Budget execution
- Public internal financial control and internal audit
- External audit
- Public procurement
- Debt management
- National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic
This Operational Assessment took place six months after the election of a new president and the formation of a new Government, in a context of political appeasement and stabilisation.