Ecuador

Name
Magdalena del Pilar Vicuña Cevallos
Position
Undersecretary of Government Accounting of the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Ecuador
She served as a financial consultant, with experience in IDB and World Bank projects. She is a specialist in budget, accounting and treasury systems, and an expert in design and implementation of integrated financial management systems. She participated as leader for the World Bank in the construction of Ecuadorian public finance regulations and implementation of the country´s first Integrated Financial Management System; For the Ministry of Finance in the implementation of the Organic Code of Planning and Public Finance and in the preparation of various processes for the financial execution of public resources. She has delivered presentations at the UNCTAD - ISAR sessions (sessions 30 and 31) in Geneva, highlighting the progress of the country 's financial and non - financial information, following the evaluation through the application of the ADT tool.
Previous meetings
I Focal Chile 2014
II Focal Colombia 2015
III FOCAL Paraguay 2016
Mission Proposed
FOCAL es un espacio de análisis, estudios e intercambio de experiencias para la implementación de estándares internacionales en la contabilidad gubernamental.
Proposed Vision
FOCAL será un órgano consultivo de las Contadurías Gubernamentales de América Latina, en el que se analizarán las normas internacionales de contabilidad para el sector público y se intercambiarán las experiencias y mejores prácticas de sus países miembros.