Course description
Public expenditure management (PEM)is an approach to public sector budgeting that is oriented towards achieving socially desired outcomes
The Public Expenditure Management aspect of this course focuses on the tools and understanding that public managers in all parts of the public sector require, in order to ensure the successful use of financial resources to carry out good public policy. It also emphasizes that public sector financial management is itself subject to policy considerations and constraints such as accountability, due diligence in the management of public funds and linking the use of public funds to their legislated purposes.
This course will expose participants to practical knowledge about how the budget process works and covers both the technical aspects of budgeting, Public Expenditure Management and more general concepts.
Participants will gain a general understanding of budget preparation, adoption and execution; proposed reforms of the budget process; and competing theories of the politics of Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This Public Expenditure Management trainingCourse ideal for:
- Project Committee Members, Project Accountant
- Finance Officers, Public Officers, Project Directors,
- Economists, Accountants, Policy makers
- Senior Administrators, Project Directors,
- Budget Officers, Senior Auditors, Managers,
- Consultants, Project Administrators
- Auditors and professionals who want to build their understanding on FinancialStatement
- Chief and financial accountants who perform business analysis andprovide financial recommendation
Outcome / Qualification etc.
By the end of the Public Expenditure Management TrainingCourse the delegates will be able to:
- Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of different budget methodologies
- Assess how public services are financed
- Scrutinise the oversight of budgets
- Learn how to manage cash flow and debt
- Align budgets to outputs instead of inputs
- Recognise the benefits of accrual over cash-based accounting
- Identify the role of Parliament in budget approval and oversight
Training Course Content
Day 1
Innovations in financing public sector projects
- Public expenditure management reforms
- Understanding financial statements: an examination of the information contained in common accounting terms.
- Fiscal imbalances: causes and consequences
Day 2
Understanding public sector spending
- how governments spend public money to implement public policies and execute programmes and projects
- Planning and budgeting: an analysis of how public expenditure decisions are made
- Case studies on innovations in Public Expenditure Management (PEM)
- Participatory approaches to budgeting
Day 3
Evaluating public expenditures
- understanding the effect of public spending decisions
- Activity based costing and cost management
- Fiscal devolution
Day 4
Performance-based budgeting
- The role of ICT in PEM
- Auditing and accountability: exploring the concept of accountability and explaining the importance of corporate governance in ensuring government accountability
- Understanding public governance: exploring how the crisis of public administration has led to financial disaster in cities like Detroit
Day 5
Cutting expenditures and the austerity agenda
- how government austerity policies are used to reduce government activity
- Common sources of public revenues, including inter-governmental transfers, and alternative sources used by governments across the world
- Taxation: an exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of taxation, custom duties and fees, and their uses, from behavioural change to stimulating business activity
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