OVERVIEW
The public sector requires a high standard of financial management in order to be effective in service delivery and the enhancement of economic development. Officers in-charge of managing finance need to have the necessary skills, which should be sharpened continuously. This course has been designed to equip participants with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitude to enable their organisations perform effectively.
WHO TO ATTEND
Policy Makers, Financial Practitioners and Managers responsible for financial and resource management.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the course are, to:
- Enable participants to acquire the knowledge of modern public financial management practices.
- Equip the participants with the skills to review the resource allocation, budgeting, and financial control mechanism within their organisations.
- Enable participants to ensure that financial resources are better planned, controlled and used in ways that are consistent with their organisational priorities.
OUTLINE
- Overview of Public Financial Management.
- Medium-Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEF) and Planning.
- Ethics and the Conduct of Corporate Activities.
- Policy-Based Budgeting and Controls linked to MTEF, outputs and outcomes.
- Proactive Budget Management.
- International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS).
- Tax and Revenue Management.
- Capital Market and Public Financial Management.
- Fiscal Responsibility and Public Financial Management.
- Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects.
- Government Planning and Budgeting
- The Principles of Good Governance in a Modern Public Sector.
- Effective Resource Allocation in Support of the Strategic Objectives of Organization.
- Accounting, Recording, Monitoring and Reporting.
- Government Accounting and Auditing.
- External Scrutiny and Audit.
- Debt Management.
- Financial Policy and Property.
- Procurement in the Public Sector.
- Comparative Public Financial Management.
- PPP Projects: Build Operate and Transfer(BOT) Model