The debate will address the insufficient level of transparency of public finances. The challenges of future fiscal policy will be discussed. In the first session, speakers will discuss Polish budgetary policy: structure of tax revenues and public expenditure. The fiscal policy response to the global financial crisis will be analysed. The second session will be devoted to weaknesses of public finance transparency in Poland. We will demonstrate tools, such as website applications, that can popularize information on public finances among citizens. Meeting will end with a discussion panel of experts on the future of public finances in Poland.
***Language : Polish Registration: April 15st, Contact: ibs@ibs.org.pl
Leszek Skiba (Ministry of Finance)
Paweł Wojciechowski (The Polish Social Insurance Institution – ZUS)