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Training for Budget Management Specialists

Invitation

Session No.: SA 24.22

Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh

Date: March 10-14, 2024 (1 week) New dates

Delivery Method: In-person Training

Primary Language: English

Target Audience

Officials from Government of Bangladesh registered in the Budget Management Specialist (BMS) Course - to be nominated by Institute of Public Finance, Dhaka.

Qualifications

Participants should have experience in fiscal policy, budgeting and/or expenditure management and/or fiscal reporting.

Course Description

This course shall present the good practices in budget management and their role in strengthening public financial management in the areas of Medium-Term Frameworks, Budget Preparation Process, Strategic Budgeting, Elements of Revenue and Expenditure Budgeting; Green Budgeting, Addressing Budget Execution, Monitoring and Reporting Frameworks. Participants will also work in groups on hands-on exercises.

Course Objectives

On completing this course, participants should be able to:

  • Demonstrate a better understanding of the relationship between macroeconomic forecasting and budgeting.
  • Appreciate and describe the importance of budget preparation process within a modern public finance management framework, including on green budgeting.
  • Summarize, describe, and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of Bangladesh's budgeting practices, relative to good practices.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of techniques used in analyzing and exercising choices in promoting budget transparency.
  • Demonstrate a better understanding of budget execution issues and their relationship with credible budgeting.
  • Appreciate the key elements of budget monitoring and reporting framework.

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