On Friday 20 October 2017, thirty Directors of South Africa’s Ministry of Finance, mostly from the National Treasury, visited BTC on the last day of their training session on Public Financing Management for a review of the training session. This Brussels study tour from 7 to 22 October 2017 was financed by the Studies Fund. It included a one-day visit (13 October) to the OECD in Paris. The study tour was organised by BTC in collaboration with the VUB and the University of Antwerp. It concerns a professional continued training exchange programme in Belgium and South Africa for civil servants of the National Treasury, of sector departments and of municipalities. For two weeks, the participants worked intensively with Professor Jacques Vanneste , who teaches Economics at the University of Antwerp, and with Professor Claeys , who teaches at the VUB in Brussels. The participants were satisfied with the training content and the exchanges. They will attend a second training session in Pretoria from 20 to 24 November 2017, which will eventually lead to certification.