Mr. Holger van Eden has been the IMF Regional Public Financial Management (PFM) Advisor for Southeast Asia since November 2016. He is based in Bangkok at the IMF’s Capacity Development Office in Thailand (CDOT). In his function he coordinates and provides IMF technical assistance and training in the PFM area in eight countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. His main focus areas are budget preparation, fiscal risk management, public investment management, budget and fiscal responsibility law, treasury management, and financial management information systems. Previously he was Deputy Division Chief in the Public Financial Management II Division of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the IMF. He has worked extensively with Ministries of Finance in Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Mr. Van Eden has led and participated in more than 50 IMF technical assistance missions, including to China, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Mongolia, Mozambique, Colombia, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium and Bhutan. Within the IMF he has had a leadership role in developing IMF research and board papers on reform of budget institutions, public investment management, and fiscal transparency. Before joining the IMF, Holger worked as team leader/project director in international consultancy, as an economic journalist and editor, and as a financial consultant for a global accounting firm. He started his career in the Treasury of the Dutch Ministry of Finance.

DATE	TIME	SESSION	SESSION TITLE
1 FEB, 2020	09:00-10-00 hrs.	PL2	Making Health Financing for UHC SAFE