Togo Launches Program Budget Training Workshop for Decentralization Ministry Top Brass

Finance
Thursday, 05 September 2024 17:27
Togo Launches Program Budget Training Workshop for Decentralization Ministry Top Brass

(Togo First) - Members of the Decentralization Ministry’s top brass are participating in a training workshop on program budgeting. The workshop, which began on September 3, 2024, in Kpalimé, ends on September 8. It is part of an initiative to build capacity for preparing program budgets for the 2025 fiscal year.

The goal is to help the ministry’s workers understand the steps necessary to set up a program budget. The workshop will cover topics such as gathering preliminary information for the multi-year expenditure programming document for 2025-2027. 

Participants will also learn about decentralizing the authorizing officer's role to give local administrations more control over financial resources. The training will cover budget transfers, program reviews, and types of expenditures in a program budget.

This workshop is supported by the Decentralization and Good Governance Phase IV Program (ProDeG-IV) of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) and aligns with the Togolese government's structural reforms. Since 2020, Togo has implemented program budgeting in line with WAEMU directives, moving away from traditional means-based budgeting. This has improved to use of funds to achieve the government’s development goals.

Esaïe Edoh

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