24 January 2012

EU SUPPORTED TAX REFORM PROJECT ENDS

On Wednesday, 25 January 2012, the official closing of the EU-funded project: Support to Tax Reform will be organised at the EU InfoCentre, at 12:00 hrs.
At the conference, welcoming addresses will be delivered by:

Mr. Robert Liddell, Charge d’Affaires a.i., Delegation of the European Union

Mr. Nedim Razimi, Deputy Minister of Finance,

Mr. Muhamet Ameti, Deputy Director General of the Public Revenue Office,

Mr. Patrick Corrigan, Project Director, and Mr. Jesus Gayarre, Project Team Leader.

The EU-funded project: Support to Tax Reform finalises its activities after 21 months duration and available budget of almost 1.3 million EUR. Activities supporting the Tax Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance and most of the Departments and Regional Offices of the the Public Revenue Office were carried out by 16 experts. The project consisted of two components:

Component 1: Further harmonization of legislation

Component 2: Strengthening the Tax Administration Capacity

At the closing event the project’s main activities, the standards it set and the recommendations it proposed will be presented.

Please find enclosed the agenda of the event and the project summary providing detailed information about the project.

The journalists and photographers are kindly invited to cover this event.

For information relating to this Press Release please contact:
Konstantin Jovanovski, Press and Information Officer.
Konstantin.jovanovski@ec.europa.eu
Tel: +389 (0)2 3248 500.

Download the agenda programme here.