The Hellenic Parliament and the Parliamentary Budget Office (HPBO) hosted the 16th Annual Meeting of the OECD Working Party for Independent Fiscal Institutions and Parliamentary Budget Officials in Athens on June 17 and 18. The opening of the proceedings was announced by the President of the Hellenic Parliament, Mr. Konstantinos Tasoulas, while keynote speakers were the Minister of National Economy and Finance Mr. Kostis Hatzidakis and the Minister of Education, Religion Affairs and Sports Mr. Kyriakos Pierrakakis. Speakers were also the chairman of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, Mr. Apostolos Vesyropoulos and the 4th Vice-President of the Parliament, Ms. Olga Gerovasili. The Secretary General of the Parliament, Mr. Vasileios Bagiokos, also attended the proceedings.

The meeting organised by the OECD was held online on 10 September 2021 between the Parliamentary Budget Offices of Austria, Ireland, Portugal and Greece and is part of the project "Expertise hub with national parliaments on the budget” with a view to strengthening interparliamentary cooperation in the field of budgetary affairs.