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Public finance, taxation and treasury

Programme budgeting and public performance management

Moving from input-based to results-based budgeting: building programmes, objectives and indicators that hold up before parliament and before donors.

Learning objectives

  • 01

    Design a programme architecture aligned with public policy

  • 02

    Define measurable, verifiable objectives and indicators

  • 03

    Connect the annual budget with the medium-term expenditure framework

  • 04

    Produce usable performance plans and annual performance reports

  • 05

    Establish management dialogue between programme owners and operators

Programme outline

  1. 1Foundations of results-based budgeting
  2. 2Programme architecture: missions, programmes, actions
  3. 3Objectives, indicators and targets: method and pitfalls
  4. 4Macro-fiscal framing and MTEF
  5. 5Annual performance plan: drafting workshop
  6. 6Management dialogue, reporting and management control

Who should attend

  • Directors of finance and budget
  • Programme and planning managers
  • Officers of the general finance inspectorate
  • Financial controllers and revenue officers