Day One - 1 December 2004
Theme 1: Budget credibility
Session 1: Building budget credibility
Building budget credibility in Uganda
Florence Kuteesa, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda
Alex Matheson (Discussant)
Session 2: Building realistic budgets
Challenges of building realistic budgets in Zambia
Pamela Chibonga, Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia
Malcom Holmes (Discussant)
Session 3: Implementing budgets as planned
1. Problems of cash budgeting and moving towards transparent cash allocation
Chauncy Simwaka, Ministry of Finance, Malawi
2. Integrated Financial & management Information System (IFMIS) in Mauritius
Sunildutt Ramdeen, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius
3. Cash forecasting and financial management controls in Botswana
Pauline Mpofu and Mompati Nwako, Ministry of Finance and Development Planning,
Botswana
Salvatore Schiavo-Campo (Discussant)
Session 4: Transparency and accountability
1. Transparency and accountability of the budget process in Zambia
Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia
2. A framework for accountability: improving financial management and financial
information in South Africa
Freeman Nomvalo, National Treasury, South Africa
Tania Ajam (Discussant)
Day Two - 2 December 2004
Theme 2: Introducing a medium term perspective
Session 1: Building on reforms
Budget reform in South Africa
Neil Cole, National Treasury, South Africa
Alex Matheson (Discussant)
Session 2: MTEFs, what have we learned?
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Parallel Session 1: Fiscal policy, fiscal discipline and medium term planning
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Parallel Session 2: Contestability of policy: MTEFs as vehicles for implementation of priority programmes Contestability of policy: the case of Tanzania
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Parallel Session 3: MTEFs and donor management
Donor support and MTEF in Mozambique |
Session 3: Critical choices in MTEF design and implementation
Roundtable discussion - Tanja Ajam, Adrienne Shall, Salvatore Schiavo-Campo
Malcolm Holmes (Discussant)
Theme 3: Improving expenditure quality
Session 1: Methods of expenditure tracking
Methods of expenditure tracking in Uganda
Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
Alex Matheson (Discussant)
Session 2: Introducing performance budgeting
1. Introducing performance budgeting in Rwanda
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
2. Performance budgeting in Mauritius
Anil Kokil and Rattan Khushiram, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Mauritius
Salvator Schiavo-Campo (Discussant)
Day Three - 3 December 2004
Theme 4: Reform design and Implementation
Session 1: Experiences with reform design and implementation
Experiences with reform design and implementation
Alta Fölscher, Public Finance Consultant
Alex Matheson (Discussant)
Session 2: Establishing a network for senior budget officials
Establishing a network of Senior Budget Officials