Day One - 30 November 2005
Session 1: Managing complexity: from fragmentation to coordination
Managing complexity: the case of Nigeria
Chamwasu Gali, Budget Office of the Federation, Nigeria
Session 2: Coordination at the centre: structures, institutions and legal frameworks
Coordination at the centre: the case of Malawi
Chauncy Simwaka, Ministry of Finance, Malawi
Session 3: Aggregation and disaggregation: comprehensiveness, budget frameworks and classification
Managing complexity through a "good" classification system
Hennie Swanepoel, National Treasury, South Africa
Session 4: CABRI pilot questionnaire on budgeting practices
Results on pilot questionnaire results
CABRI Secretariat
Day Two - 1 December 2005
Session 1: Managing aid flows
Managing aid flows: the case of Ethiopia
Ann Bartholomeuw, Public Finance Consultant (Discussant)
Session 2a: Coordinating recurrent and investment spending
Coordinating recurrent and investment spending: the case of Mozambique
José Sulemane, Ministry of Planning and Finance, Mozambique
Session 2b: Coordinating at the centre: structures, institutions and legal frameworks
Coordination at the centre: the case of Senegal
Khadi N’dao Diagne, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Senegal
Session 3: Decentralising public functions to public agencies, entities and bodies: benefits, pitfalls and management
Decentralising public functions to public agencies: the case of Kenya
Kubai Khasiani and Phyllis Makau, Ministry of Finance, Kenya
Olaf Merk, OECD SBO (Discussant)
Session 4: Policy, budgeting and oversight: the role of the legislature
Policy, budgeting and oversight: the role of the legislature in Uganda
Ishmael Magona, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Uganda
Alta Folscher, Public Finance Consultant (Discussant)
Day Three - 2 December 2005
Session 1: Trends in aid flows
Upscaling aid in Africa: prospects, challenges, priorities
Raundi Halvorson-Quevedo, OECD-DAC
Session 2: Managing complexity through a better budgeting system: implications of seminar discussions for the budget reform programmes
Summary presentation
Kubai Khasiani and Phyllis Makau, Ministry of Finance, Kenya