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May 2003 The Netherlands


Combined workshop for the Ethiopian and the Curaçao project in which Drs. Runy Calmera explained the use of a Macroabc model in practice.

From left to right: Drs. Runy Calmera (The MMC Consultant in this workshop, Former coördinator of the Curalyse project on Curaçao), Dr. Marein van Schaaijk (director of MMC), Drs. Henk van Maanen (New coördinator Curalyse) and Mr. Ato Getachew Adem (Director Economic Planning & Policy Department (EPPD) in MOFED Ethiopia).

 

April 2003 Ethiopia


Kick off meeting Macro Model Project Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED), Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, 3 April 2003 From left to right: Jonse Gedefu, Dawit Woldeyesus, Mezgebu Amha (economists in MOFED), Dr. Marein van Schaaijk (MMC), Dr. Alemayehu Geda (University Addis Ababa), Mr. Ato Getachew Adem, Director Economic Planning & Policy Department (EPPD) in MOFED, Dr. Free Huizinga (MMC-consultant in this project), Animaw Ebeye head macro division , Amin Abdella (econonomist in MOFED). (Also involved in this project, not in photo: Demeraw Getachew, MOFED)

 
March 2003 The Netherlands

In this period 3 economists from the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia visited MMC headquarters to discuss the Macroabc MODFI model and to receive additional training. The following picture was taken during one of the workshops that took place in this two-week period.



From left to right: Dr. Andin Hadiyanto (MoF Indonesia), Mr. Purwanto (MoF Indonesia), Dr. Marein van Schaaijk (MMC), Dr. Anggito Abimanyu (deputy minister MoF Indonesia), Dr. Johan Verbruggen (The MMC-Consultant in this workshop).

 
February 2003 Curaçao

Students on a secondary school use the Macroabc model Curalyse in their economy lessons.

 
November 2002 Kenya

In this period 2 economists from KIPPRA in Kenya visited MMC headquarters to discuss the Macroabc KTMM model and to receive additional training. The following pictures were taken during some of the workshops that took place in this week.

November 6th 2002.

From left to right: Drs. Rogier Reierse (Economic Affairs Curacao), Dr. Marein van Schaaijk (MMC), Drs. Bas van Tuijl (MMC) Maureen Were MA (KIPPRA), Dr. Stephen Karingi (KIPPRA).

November 5th 2002.

From left to right: Maureen Were MA (KIPPRA), Dr. Stephen Karingi (KIPPRA), Drs. Bas van Tuijl (MMC).
In this workshop Drs. Bas van Tuijl presented MicromacroSimDemo to the participants. Bas van Tuijl joined MMC in 2001. Since then he has worked on a broad range of projects, including monitoring, MicromacroSim, updating Macroabc-NL, a research for branche organisations in the Netherlands, Antiltax and a Macroabc Study module.


November 4th 2002.

From left to right: Maureen Were MA (KIPPRA), Dr. Stephen Karingi (KIPPRA), Dr. Free Huizinga (the MMC consultant in this workshop).
Dr. Free Huizinga is the former head of the Model Constructing Division and is now head of the Sectoral Analysis at the CPB. He joined two MMC visits to KIPPRA, Nairobi, Kenya as MMC consultant. In this workshop Dr. Free Huizinga discussed the nature of the work, including forecasting, at the CPB in the Netherlands and the KIPPRA participants were able to correlate with the nature of research and modeling experience at the institute. It emerged that there were several similarities between the kind of work done by the two institutions.

August 2002 Curaçao


 Photo: Ramon Chong (Economic Affairs Curaçao), presents Outlook + Curalyse Manual +disc with model to the Prince Heir Willem Alexander of the Netherlands and says: "Your royal highness. I know you have a broad interest in all aspects of our society. However, I do not want to overfeed you with all kinds of economic information. On the other hand, In case it becomes to much for you, perhaps you can get some support from your wife, because for her this economic materials will be a 'piece of cake'."

 
July 2002 Indonesia

In this period 4 economists from the Ministry of Finance in Indonesia visited MMC headquarters to discuss the Macroabc MODFI model and to receive additional training. The following pictures were taken during some of the workshops that took place in this two-week period.

July 12th 2002.

From left to right: Dr. Maurin Sitorus (MoF Indonesia), Drs. Barthold Kuipers (the MMC consultant in this workshop), Atta Mara As SSI (MoF Indonesia), Noor Iskandarsyah SE (MoF Indonesia), Rudy Novianto SE (MoF Indonesia).
This workshop by Drs. Barthold Kuipers, Short Term Division of the CPB, focused on the actualization of macro models with preliminary actual figures.

July 11th 2002.

From left to right: Drs. Bas van Tuijl (MMC), Dr. Maurin Sitorus (MoF Indonesia), Noor Iskandarsyah SE (MoF Indonesia), Drs. Gerard van Welzenis (the MMC consultant in this workshop), Atta Mara As SSI (MoF Indonesia), Rudy Novianto SE (MoF Indonesia).
Drs. Gerard van Welzenis, an expert in international monitoring and long term analyses of the CPB, used this workshop to explore the long term properties of MODFI together with the participants.

July 10th 2002.

From left to right: Dr. Marein van Schaaijk (MMC), Dr. Maurin Sitorus (MoF Indonesia), Noor Iskandarsyah SE (MoF Indonesia), Dr. Andrzej Tabeau (the MMC consultant in this workshop), Rudy Novianto SE (MoF Indonesia), Atta Mara As SSI (MoF Indonesia).
In this workshop Dr. Andrzej Tabeau, a former MMC consultant in the Polish Macroabc project, introduced some alternative closure rules for macro-economic models.

July 8th 2002, afternoon session.

From left to right: Dr. Maurin Sitorus (MoF Indonesia), Dr. Herman Stolwijk (the MMC consultant in this workshop), Atta Mara As SSI (MoF Indonesia), Noor Iskandarsyah SE (MoF Indonesia), Rudy Novianto SE (MoF Indonesia), Dr. Marein van Schaaijk (MMC).
Dr. Herman Stolwijk wrote his Phd. on a general equilibrium model of Bangladesh, he now is the head of the Agricultural Division at the CPB of the Netherlands In this workshop the possible role of AFTA in Indonesian macro modeling was discussed.

July 8th 2002, morning session.

From left to right: Rudy Novianto SE (MoF Indonesia), Dr. Maurin Sitorus (MoF Indonesia), Dr. Johan Verbruggen (the MMC consultant in this workshop), Drs. Bas van Tuijl (MMC), Noor Iskandarsyah SE (MoF Indonesia), Atta Mara As SSI (MoF Indonesia).
Dr. Johan Verbruggen wrote a Phd. with the title: "From Macro to Meso, A Trend in Dutch economic modelling", he now works as the head of the Shorth Term Division at the CPB of the Netherlands. In this workshop Dr. Johan Verbruggen explained the short-term forecasting as it is done at the CPB in the Netherlands, the origin of forecasting errors and the strengths of a quarterly macro-economic model.

July 4th 2002.

From left to right: Dr. Marein van Schaaijk (MMC), Dr. Maurin Sitorus (MoF Indonesia), Atta Mara As SSI (MoF Indonesia), Dr. Marcel Lever (the MMC consultant in this workshop), Rudy Novianto SE (MoF Indonesia), Noor Iskandarsyah SE (MoF Indonesia).
In this workshop Dr. Marcel Lever, who is the head of the Income and Prices Division at the CPB of the Netherlands explained the forecasting and monitoring of inflation is done at the CPB in the Netherlands.

July 2nd 2002.

From left to right: Noor Iskandarsyah SE (MoF Indonesia), Dr. Maurin Sitorus (MoF Indonesia), Atta Mara As SSI (MoF Indonesia), Drs. Michiel Vergeer (the MMC consultant in this workshop), Rudy Novianto SE (MoF Indonesia).
Drs. Michiel Vergeer currently works as a fiscal expert at the Statistic Bureau of the Netherlands, before this he was the head of the Fiscal Division of the CPB. In 2000 and 2001 he worked as a short term MMC consultant in Jakarta. In this workshop he discussed fiscal variants and their effect on public expenditure and revenue in the Indonesian Macroabv model MODFI with the participants.
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