Faculty of Good Governance & Public POLICY
Strengthening Public Finance & Government Budget Management
26th – 30th August 2024 – Rotterdam
Finance management and budgeting are at the centre of economic and public sector reform programmes in most nations around the world. With the increase in budgetary crises and fiscal collapse, there is need for strong budget processes and ingenious finance management methods especially in developing and emerging economies.
This course introduces public sector finance management and budgeting as well as fiscal analysis. It will cover the fiscal role of government in a mixed economy; federal, state and local finance management.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
- Gain the knowledge that will enable them understand and analyse the governmental fiscal challenges of a state, local government.
- Have the ability to analyse the influence of political, economic and institutional factors on budgetary decision making
- Adopt approaches and methods that will help strengthen public finance and government budgeting
Target Participants
Budget analysts, Administrators and officials in ministries of finance and planning, Managers of public enterprises, Economists, Accountants, Auditors
Outline
- Overview of Public Finance and Government Budget Performance
- Public Finance, Budget and Economic Growth
- Budget Financing and Budget Deficits
- Management of Budget Processes
- Alternative Budget Frameworks
- Capital Budgeting and Cost-Benefit
- Fiscal Transparency Standards and Assessment
- Monitoring and Evaluation of Budget Performance
- Roles of Government in Public Finance
- Major Government Revenue Systems
- Features of Governmental Budgeting
- Basics of Fiscal Analysis
- Concepts and Terminologies in Financial Reporting
- Debt Issuance and Management
- Trends and Challenges in Inter-Governmental Fiscal Relations
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