VAT Management

Improving the harmonization of VAT management and coordination within the region

Tax Expenditures Management

Managing and controlling tax expenditures, contributing to the transparency of exemptions

Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation

Strengthening the system of coordination, monitoring, and evaluation of fiscal transition programs within both Commissions and each Member State

Other areas of Intervention

Strengthening the participation of civil society in citizen monitoring

The Fiscal Transition Support Program

What is PATF?

The Fiscal Transition Support Program in West Africa, PATF, is funded by the European Union (EU) under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) for the ECOWAS and WAEMU Commissions with the LINPICO SARL-ADAM ŚMITH Consortium as implementing agency.

PATF runs through 2020-2022 and covers the 15 ECOWAS Member States and the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

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Overall objective

The overall objective of the project is to support the implementation of fiscal transition programs in West Africa [Détails]

Specific objectives

To improve domestic tax management and ensure better tax coordination within the ECOWAS and WAEMU area [détails]

Expected results

Domestic tax management within Member States is improved and better coordinated within the region [détails]

Intervention logic

The organizational framework combines the resourcefulness of a steering committee with high-level monitoring of the program [détails]

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For harmonized tax within an integrated area

For a well-controlled VAT, source of local development

Tax expenditure control, a tool for good governance

To improve the performance of Member States’ tax and customs administrations

For transparency in financial flows management

Supporting fiscal transition means:

Harmonized tax within an integrated area
Well-controlled VAT, a source of local development
Tax expenditure control, a tool for good governance!
Improvement in the performance of the member States’ tax and customs administrations
Transparency in the management of financial flows
NEWS & EVENTS

Fiscalité internationale : L’OCDE organise à Accra un atelier régional de renforcement des capacités sur les prix de transfert pour les pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest

Dans le cadre du Programme d’Appui à la Transition Fiscale en Afrique de l’Ouest (PATF), l’OCDE organise un atelier de renforcement des capacités sur les prix de transfert du 5 au 7 mars 2024 à Accra (Ghana), auquel participent des représentants des administrations fiscales de 13 pays d’Afrique de l’Ouest et des Commissions de la…

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4 ème SESSIONDU COMITE DE PILOTAGE DU PROGRAMME D’APPUI A LA TRANSITION FISCALE, 11 mars 2024 Abuja, Nigéria

Le 11 mars 2024, les Commissions de la CEDEAO et de l’UEMOA, les représentants des États membres de la CEDEAO et de la République islamique de Mauritanie, ainsi que les agences d’exécution (LINPICO SARL/Groupe Adam Smith, l’OCDE et DT GLOBAL) se retrouvent à Abuja au Nigéria pour la tenue de la la quatrième et dernière…

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ATELIER DE CLOTURE DES PROGRAMMES FINANCES PAR LE FONDS EUROPEEN DE DEVELOPPEMENT AU PROFIT DE LA COMMISSION DE L’UEMOA

Du 18 au 20 décembre 2023 s’est tenu à Ouagadougou, l’atelier de clôture de trois (03) programmes financés par le 11ème Fonds européen de développement au profit de la Commission de l’UEMOA. Bénéficiant de cet accompagnement, le Programme d’appui à la transition fiscale en Afrique de l’Ouest (PATF, composantes 1 et 3) a travers ses…

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FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL PARTNERS

Along with the EU, which funds PATF, the LINPICO SA – ADAMS SMITH Consortium is the implementing agency for the program’s outcomes 1 and 3 The main partners are the OECD (the implementing agency for outcome 2), etc.