Legislative Public Financial Management and Budgeting
Many governments have undergone budget reforms, including the introduction of new tools and approaches to public sector financial management at central and sub-national governments, through devolution or decentralization.
This course is intended to provide public officials with an overview of public agency budgeting and financial management. Public agency budgets are the means by which public resources are allocated and, as such, are central to the role of government.
The course will provide an overview of the budget process and budget analysis at central/national and sub-national levels, including the players and the strategies they employ, as well as provide participants with the practical skills involved in understanding, analyzing, and preparing budgets.
The program is designed for senior officer in central government ministries, national assembly’s/parliaments regional parliaments/assemblies and local governments as from other senior from agencies of government and private sector that deal with budgeting, planning and financial management.
The overall objective of the course is to address a number of challenges involved in budget formulation/preparation, budget analysis and implementation which require acquaintance with fiscal analysis skills.
This course is intended to build the technical competencies and skills in budgeting and fiscal analysis and to bridge this capacity gap especially in newly established sub-national government
The participants will be able to understand the central role that budgets play in the state, sub-national and local systems of government.
Develop the skills needed to be an effective participant in the budget process, including cost analysis, revenue and expenditure estimation and preparation of budget justification.
US$ 2,300 to cover tuition and training materials only