On Monday 29 November 2021, the Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Rigobert Roger Andely, representing the Congolese government, and the French Ambassador to Congo, François Barateau, for the French government, signed the Third Bilateral Agreement on the suspension of debt servicing with regard to France within the framework of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) decided by the G20 in 2020.
The President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, inaugurated the New Headquarters and the Head Office of the Ecobank Congo Group on Monday, 29 November 2021 in Brazzaville. The ceremony was attended by Anatole Collinet-Makosso, Prime Minister, Head of Government; Rigobert Roger Andely, Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio; and Cheik Travaly, Regional Director of Ecobank Group Central, Eastern and Southern Africa.
The members of the National Public Debt Committee met on Friday 26 November 2021 at the Ministry of Finance in Brazzaville, in accordance with the organic law N°36-2017 of 3 October 2027, relating to finance laws, which provides, in its Section 56 paragraph 3, that the finance law of the year should be accompanied by the public debt strategy. The meeting was chaired by Rigobert Roger Andely, Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, in the presence of Ingrid Olga Ghislaine Ebouka-Babackas (Minister of Economy, Planning, Statistics and Regional Integration), and Vice-president of the CNDP.
Six months after his installation, the New Director General of National Financial Institutions (DGIFN) of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Jean Pierre Nonault, has started meetings with bilateral and multilateral partners represented in Congo.
From Tuesday 26 October to Wednesday 3 November 2021, the Institute of Economics and Finance - Regional Training Centre for Financial Authorities of Central Africa (IEF-PR), based in Libreville (Gabon), organised, by videoconference, the intermediate defences of its finalist auditors from the 6 countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC), including Congo-Brazzaville.
The National Committee of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) of the Republic of Congo met on Thursday 28 October 2021 in Brazzaville, by videoconference. The meeting was presided over by Ludovic Ngatsé, Minister Delegate for the Budget, representing Rigobert Roger Andely, Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Chairman of the Executive Committee.
On Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 October 2021 in Brazzaville, a hundred Congolese candidates participated in the 3rd and 13th editions of the competitive entrance examination and test to the Central African Economic and Monetary Community's Inter-State Customs School (EIED-CEMAC) for the private training of customs agents, controllers and inspectors.
Ludovic Ngatsé, Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget to the Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Rigobert Roger Andely, presented on Friday 22 October 2021 to the National Assembly and then to the Senate, the State Finance Bill for the 2022 financial year. The finance bill provides for a budget of 1935.3 billion CFA francs in revenue and 1735 billion CFA francs in expenditure, with a surplus of 200.3 billion CFA francs.
On Tuesday 19 October 2021, in the conference room of the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Ludovic Ngatsé, Minister Delegate for the Budget, received a delegation of investors from the AACID-REFAI-NGO Foundation (International agency for the refugee environment &family affairs), led by REFAI-NGO board member, Thierry Sengier.
On Tuesday 12 October 2021 in Brazzaville, the Director General of National Financial Institutions (DGIFN) under the Ministry of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Jean-Pierre Nonault, organised the first official meeting with his senior staff and agents, after three months of observation out of the five since his induction.
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