PFM reforms are often characterized by the importation of best practice forms that offer solutions that are deemed to be universally applicable. It is increasingly recognized that reforms are most effective when the problem at hand is well understood and the corresponding solution emerges from a process that takes into account a country’s social, political and economic realities.

The Framing Workshop will provide the space for South African teams from the National Treasury to explore this problem-centric approach to reform by identifying i) a problem statement, ii) causes and sub-causes of the problem identified, iii) an aspirational goal for their work and iv) immediate steps they will start taking to solve the problem.