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INSTITUTE FOR BUDGETARY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH (IBSER)

   The Institute for Budgetary and Socio-Economic Research (IBSER) is an all-Ukrainian public nonprofit organization established in June 2007 by a group of leading Ukrainian experts with years of experience in the financial area. It aims to facilitate the comprehensive and stable socio-economic development of Ukraine via analytical and applied research, the dissemination of information on budget and economic situation, and the implementation of training programs.

IBSER Mission 

• fostering trends toward increasing the transparency of the budget process and fighting corruption via the    implementation of advanced methods of budgeting and strategic planning at the central and local levels; facilitating public access to information;
  
• promoting public awareness of fiscal and economic processes in the country by disseminating information and    implementing educational programs, and performing other applied research activities in support of socio-economic reforms in Ukraine;
  
• contributing to international integration, in particular via the organization of training trips to foreign countries aimed at studying the best international experiences; holding international events; 
  
• assisting on its market and democratic reforms paths by conducting research and analytical studies of budget and socio-economic processes and observing taxation and budgetary trends to identify the impact of fiscal and financial policy on sectors of the economy. 
  

       Starting October 1, 2008, IBSER began the implementation of the new project “Municipal Finance Strengthening Initiative” (MFSI) provided by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The main project’s purpose is to develop a municipal capacity to plan and finance
the development of municipal utility companies through fiscal decentralization, improved intergovernmental transfers and public finance management.    
        IBSER’s activity within the new project is a logical continuation of the Institute’s previous work aimed at implementation of tasks pursuant to a grant provided by the Municipal Budget Reform (MBR) project funded by the USAID. The MBR project’s 3-year successful implementation facilitated Program Performance Budgeting (PPB) at the national and local levels aimed at ensuring the rational use of budget funds, the improvement of the quality of public service provision and transparency in resource distribution and decision-making.