The Budget Watch returned this year with the analysis of the State Budget for 2017. A  Conference The presentation of the results of the eighth edition of this project took place at ISEG, on November 23, and included a debate in which participated João Leão (Secretary of State for Budget),  António Leitão Amaro , and Jamila Madeira (deputies of the Assembly of the Republic), Jorge Marrão (Partner at Deloitte), and  Francesco Franco (Professor at NOVA SBE), with Rui Peres Jorge (Jornal de Negócios) as moderator.

See the photo reportage  here

Documents under analysis in the debate, which was conducted by economists and researchers from the IPP (Institute of Public Policy Thomas Jefferson-Correia da Serra)  Miguel St. Aubyn, Joana Vicente , and Luís Teles Morais:
 –  Report Budget Watch STATE BUDGET 2017with the main conclusions regarding the budgetary rigour and transparency presented in the State Budget for 2017; 
– Policy paper IPP/ISEG Budget Index - resultswith the results of the Questionnaire made to the members of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Budget Watch. 

More information is available at  site of the IPP, where the slides presented in the session will soon be available, containing a summary of the conclusions and elaboration process of this project.