Public Sector Financial Management

There is an increasing focus on improving the quality of public Sector financial management around the globe, with many countries in both the developed and developing world making important and impressive achievements in strengthening public financial management and governance. Nonetheless, much still remains to be done. The public sector landscape is rapidly changing with an increasing emphasis on fiscal management and discipline, prioritisation of expenditure and value for money.
ATI hope this training workshop gives the insight into the scale and complexities of public sector financial management issues that often need to be addressed in developing countries and emerging economies. More importantly, it will show how some issues have been successfully overcome and the lessons learnt and it provides useful guidance for helping organisations to improve public financial management.
Key lessons include the need to be realistic about what can be achieved, and to set priorities and time scales. Sustainable public sector financial management requires strong leadership, a long-term commitment and momentum, effective partnership working and strong project management. There will be some early successes and it is important that these are communicated to facilitate long-lasting process and cultural change for sustainable public financial management.