From the eight countries of UEMOA, from Cameroon and Madagascar, the participants of the first West African Forum on The management of public finances led, for two days, reflections on through four major high level panels. In particular, a panel of ministers in charge of finances, who dealt with the issue of transparency and budget management; the panel of supreme audit institutions that has grouped the courts of auditors to deal with analysis issues Situational control and popularization of audit reports.

Panel 3 grouped the commissions of the finances of the National Assemblies, to ask the nagging question of parliamentary control in the evaluation of public policies. The last The panel was that of civil society organizations, organizations of development on the issue of challenges and perspectives for a good citizen participation in budgetary processes. The debates were High quality with the assistance of ministries, national assemblies, courts of auditors, civil society organizations and partners of development, some of which participated online from their headquarters.

According to the program director of IBP, Djibril Badiane, main architect of this conference, the West African forum of public finances was an initiative proposed to States after several years of intervention in the French-speaking African subregion. According to him, it is a platform for discussions, sharing experiences and above all of proposing solutions to meet together the many challenges facing States are facing challenges in implementing community reforms.