COMOROS DISCOVERS THE SEAL AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT GENDER-RESPONSIVE FISCAL REFORMS

A capacity-building event on public finance and gender equality occurred in Moroni, the capital of the Comoros Islands. The event convened over 20 officers from various public institutions involved in fiscal planning and promoting gender equality, such as the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Banking Sector, national tax administration, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Justice (national women’s machinery), Agency for Commerce and International Cooperation, and the National Statistics Institute. Comoros recently developed a national development financing strategy with support through UNDP’s Integrated National Financing Framework (INFF) facility which includes objectives to better algin development financing with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).