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Fortnightly Newsletter W E E K 2 2 - 2 3 I S S U E N ° 1 4 A U G U S T 1 7 , 2 0 1 2 PCaB
Provincial Capacity Building Programme
News from Western Province
Phone: 3128550- 72024105 Fax: 3128265 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Provincial Capacity
Building II (PCaB) Financial Management
Improvement Programme-FMIP
Department of Finance
Vulupindi House , NCD. Waigani
Road, Port Moresby
OUTCOME Provincial and Local Govern-
ments plan and manage their
finances and support service
delivery effectively and effi-
ciently with increased partner-
ship and participation of civil
society and private sector.
PROJECT OUTPUTS
3.1 Selected Provincial and
District Treasuries have the
capacity to prepare and submit
accurate financial reports and
statements on time.
3.2 A Performance Manage-
ment System in place and
operational through a Monitor-
ing & Evaluation framework
that allows an adequate con-
trol & management of provin-
cial & district treasury office.
3.3 Integrated Financial Man-
agement System (IFMS) op-
erational in selected pilot
provinces
You can visit us on
our Website:
www.pcabii.org
News from Milne Bay Province
PCaB Assisted Provinces
♦ East New Britain
♦ Eastern Highlands
♦ Morobe
♦ Western
♦ Central
♦ Milne Bay News from PCaB Management
Treasury Officers with PCaB Advisor
Mr. Francis Gumembi
The recording, updating and reporting of Cash and Travel
Advances has been and is a problem area in the Western
Province. Maintaining accurate records and information
on every advance given out and acquittals received is
very essential, to ensure not only accountability but also to minimize abuse or misuse of public funds. Mr. Francis
Gumembi, PCaB adviser based in Western province has
been focusing effort in this area for the last two months.
Commitment and support from the three district treasur-
ies has enabled updating of the advance registers for each
district using MYOB Accounts Receivable system. The
updated advance register can now be used by each district
On 6th August the Department of Finance Secretary, Mr. Ste-
ven Gibson together with the Milne Bay Provincial Adminis-
trator Mr. Henry Bailasi officiated at the opening ceremony of
the new ICT Training room in Alotau. The new ICT training
centre equipped with ten network computers, a printer, a server and internet facility are ready to start ICT training courses in
the province.
With this training facility in Alotau, PCaB will provide free
ICT training courses to Provincial Administration and Treasury
staff helping them to improve their knowledge and skills in
basic/intermediate/advance computers software. These training
courses are part of the PCaB component to support the roll-out
of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) in the
provinces.
As Milne Bay is the first province in the roll-out programme of
IFMS to the provinces, this coming week the ICT training fa-
cility will start the first Training of Trainers (ToT) for ICT spe-cialists in Alotau. At the end of this training the local ICT
trainers will be able to start conducting continuous ICT train-
ings to Provincial and Treasury staff.
Last week, PCaB management met Mr. Tim Bulman, Country Economist
from the World Bank in PNG, in order to exchange information about
PCaB Programme and World Bank activities in the country. PCaB man-
agement informed about our capacity building activities at sub-national
level. In addition, introduce the new PCaB E programme for 2013. The meeting was also an opportunity to know more about World Bank activi-
ties in the country. In particular, the public financial management where
PCaB works and identify possible avenues for collaboration from the
World Bank in strengthening public financial management capacity at
national and sub national levels.
With the Department of Finance entering to work in Public Expenditure
and Financial Accountability-PEFA International Standards an assistance
from the World Bank could be advantageous for the Department due to
the World Bank’s expertise and experience in this area in other countries.
This could be an area of interest for further discussion and coordination
between the Department of Finance and the World Bank.
and provide updated statements to each advance holders as well as providing management status
report for their respective divisions and sections.
Provincial Administrator Mr. Bailasi
& DOF Secretary Mr. Gibson cutting
the ribbon of the new ICT centre.
PCaB management
meeting with the World
Bank ‘s country econo-
mist.
