Public Expenditure Management Training Course
Accounting, Finance and Budgeting Training

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Public Expenditure Management Training Course
Course Overview:
The Public Expenditure Management (PEM) ought to be terminated with immediate effect, because it takes up too much time and training course imparts requisite skills that enable the participants to analyze and manage public sector finances effectively.
After finishing the course, in particular the self study component, participants are expected to have the ability to evaluate and compare various budget methodologies, comprehend the principles of public sector funding as well as examine the work of supervision for budgets.
The course covers the focus emphasis on the performance logic thread instead of the input logic chain, the strengths of accrual accounting over cash accounting, and the role of Parliament, amongst others, in the approval of the budget. Relevant issues include fiscal imbalances, performance appraisal budgeting systems, ICT in public expenditure management, and accountability auditing. On the other hand, policies of austerity will be explained in relation to public expenditures as well as taxation as a source of revenue.
This course is addressed mainly to public officers, finance managers, project managers, policymakers and those willing to gain and apply practical knowledge on the enhancement of financial management and governance in the public sector.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the Public Expenditure Management training Course, participants will be able to:
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of different budget methodologies
- Assess how public services are financed
- Scrutinize the oversight of budgets
- Learn how to manage cash flow and debt
- Align budgets to outputs instead of inputs
- Recognize the benefits of accrual over cash-based accounting
- Identify the role of Parliament in budget approval and oversight
Who Should Attend?
This Public Expenditure Management training Course 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 Financial Statement
- Chief and financial accountants who perform business analysis and provide financial recommendation
Course Outlines:
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
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
Evaluating public expenditures
- understanding the effect of public spending decisions
- Activity based costing and cost management
- Fiscal devolution
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
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, customs duties and fees, and their uses, from behavioral change to stimulating business activity