PEFA Secretariat

PEFA is a tool for assessing the status of public financial management performance. A PEFA assessment provides a thorough, consistent and evidence-based analysis of PFM performance at a specific point in time. The PEFA methodology can be reapplied in successive assessments to track changes over time.

In 2001 the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) program was initiated by seven international development partners: The European Commission, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and the governments of France, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

The PEFA Partners jointly establish the objectives and scope of the PEFA Program, define the content of the PEFA brand and criteria for its use, provide institutional support for its implementation and mobilize the necessary resources for its activities.

The PEFA Program is managed and implemented through a structure involving the PEFA Steering Committee composed of PEFA Partners, which directs and monitors the PEFA Program, and the PEFA Secretariat, which implements the program’s activities.