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The Center for Studies and Research in Legal and Financial Engineering (CERIF) was created in December 2017. It is a non-profit scientific association. It brings together members from various backgrounds (university professors, professionals, researchers, civil society, etc.).
CERIF is a structure that monitors, alerts, and supports the State, local authorities, public institutions and other public bodies, political parties, civil society organizations, and citizens on issues relating to public law in general and public finances in particular.
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This collection has been published under the agreement between CERIF and the Court of Auditors. With its educational focus, this work facilitates access to the basic texts governing public finances in Senegal. In addition, this book provides insight into the restructuring of legal systems through the constitutionalization and internationalization of public finances. This transformation of the sources of public finance law enriches the standards to which the Court refers in the exercise of its duties.
Under the coordination of
- Abdou Aziz Daba Kébé, Professor of Public Law, Director of CERIF, Head of the Department of Public Law, and President of the Senegalese Association of Constitutional Law (ASDC).
- Dr. Lamine Koté, Doctor of Public Law, Associate Professor at Cheikh Anta DIOP University in Dakar and Secretary General of CERIF.
- Samba Vital NESSE, PhD candidate in law
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The Center for Studies and Research in Legal and Financial Engineering (CERIF), an organization that supports civil society organizations in particular, is of great interest due to the topics it brings to the public debate. By choosing the slogan “public finances at the service of the city,” CERIF has grasped the challenges of the new By choosing the slogan “public finances at the service of the city,” CERIF has grasped the challenges of new financial governance in a fair and inclusive society, in line with the commitments of certain organizations such as ours. The issues relating to good governance, transparency, tax fairness, and financial democracy in particular, addressed in the various scientific events it organizes, amply illustrate its positive contribution to the dissemination and accessibility of financial information to citizens. Through legal and financial engineering, CERIF bridges the gap between theory and practice on all issues relating to public law in general and public finance in particular.
