The objective of the workshop is to discuss the options outlined in the SIGMA ‘Options Paper on Establishing a more Comprehensive System of Medium Term Planning’, learn from other country experiences on how to set up a medium-term planning system, and agree on the way forward to implement the upgrade of the medium-term planning system in Montenegro.

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Workshop to Discuss SIGMA Options Paper
on Establishing a More Comprehensive System
of Medium-Term Planning
Agenda
30 September 2015
Podgorica

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Montenegro has an objective to bring greater coherence to the medium term planning system in order to
help the Government to achieve its objectives more effectively. With that purpose in mind, SIGMA drafted
the Options Paper on Establishing a more Comprehensive System of Medium Term Planning.
The objective of the workshop is to discuss the options outlined in the SIGMA Options Paper, learn from
other country experiences on how to set up a medium-term planning system, and agree on the way forward
to implement the upgrade of the medium term planning system in Montenegro.
The participants of this working meeting are primarily senior civil servants from the Centre of Government
institutions, such as the General Secretariat, Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
European Integration, and other key ministries.
Agenda
09h45–10h00 Welcome coffee
10h00–10h15 Welcoming Words from the Representative of the Montenegrin government (TBC)
10h15–11h00 Presentation of the Background and Logic of the SIGMA Options Paper
Mr Klas Klaas
OECD/SIGMA, Country Co-ordinator for Montenegro
11h00–12h30 Presentation of the Country Experiences (Lithuania, Serbia)
Ms. Egle Rimkute, Lithuania
Mr. Tibor Draskovics, Hungary
12h30–13h30 Break for lunch
13h30–14h30 Discussion of the options presented
Led by Mr. Juhani Lemmik, SIGMA Senior Policy Adviser
14h30–15h00 Coffee Break
15h00-15h45 Discussion continues
15h45 - 16h00 Presentation of the way forward
The working languages are English and Montenegrin, interpretation will be provided.