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December 2014 Building Capacities in Public Financial Management in a post-conflict country 7th ANNUAL MEETING OF MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA SENIOR BUDGET OFFICIALS (MENA-SBO) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

Building Capacities in Public Financial Management in a Post-Conflict Country by Maya Bsaibes

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December 2014

Building Capacities in Public Financial Management in a post-conflict country

7th ANNUAL MEETING OF MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH

AFRICA SENIOR BUDGET OFFICIALS (MENA-SBO)

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

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Legal Status: Public Autonomous Agency, reporting to the Minister of Finance

MISSION STATEMENT: BUILDING CAPACITIES IN PFM IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION 1- Contribute to the development of human resources and capacity in public financial management

2- Strengthen cooperation and networking, the transfer of knowledge and good practices

3- Promote a culture of excellence and innovation in public sector

The Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

1996 2003 2006

The Institute is created as

French bilateral cooperation

project

The Institute is granted the

status of public autonomous

agency

The Institute is named “The Institut

des Finances Basil Fuleihan”

in memory of the late Basil Fuleihan

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Training

Cooperation and

Networking

Communication & Access to Information

• Orientation training for new recruits

• Support reforms project

• Continuous training

• Certification

• Develop the necessary skills to support

reforms in public finance management,

customs and land registry and cadastre

• Foster networking and exchange

• Encourage cooperation with other public

training institutes

• Provide technical assistance and

consultancy

• Promote knowledge transfer,

transparency and access to information

• Improved citizen awareness on PFM

Pro

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Our Mission

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A permanent sovereign debt risk

Sources: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013

GDP growth highly affected by the

political tensions and the Syrian crisis

Lebanon : A fragile situation

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• How are training institutions supposed to carry out their mission? How close

can they remain to the agenda of reform? How close are they to the real

needs in PFM?

• What are the skills and competencies needed to work in government in the

next 20 to 30 years?

• To which extend are we, as learning institutions, contributing to align the

quality of supply to the demand so that learning is captured at the work place

and has a measurable impact?

Key questions

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Our approach

4 Dimensions in analyzing the needs

Designing

Implementing Feed back

and sustainability

•Clear objectives

•Adaptation

•Commitment

•Ownership

•Good practices

•Complementarities

•Respecting cultural diversity

in MENA

•Individual

•Group

•Organizational

•Environmental

•Kirkpatrick Grid of

Evaluation

•Change and Performance

•Sustainability

•Information dissemination

•Sharing and networks

•Collective solutions to old

problems

•Interactive learning methods

•Access to resources

•Promotion of public service

values

•Efficiency and effectiveness

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Participants 45,500

from which

Arab

Participants 1,200

Experts- trainers 300

Participants in training

outside Lebanon 900

6

Certification Programs

in Public Procurement 2 130

International

Certification in French 4

Beneficiaries

Training in Numbers

1996-2013

Specialized Programs

Training curricula

specialized in PFM

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More than 45,000 Training Manuals and Reports Access to more than 15,000 specialized

references at the Library of Finance

270,000 Citizens Guides 15,000 copies of ASSADISSA

Access to Information

Facilitating access to information and documentation in the Arabic language

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A Regional Platform for Exchange

What is GIFT-MENA?

A network of civil service training schools and institutes specialized in

public financial management and public administration in the MENA

region (launched in Beirut in 2006)

Objectives:

1. Strengthen the institutional capacity development of member

institutions

2. Promote networking, cooperation and knowledge-sharing among

member institutions

3. Transfer and adapt best international practices

4. Develop high quality training modules on financial governance

related topics, in the Arabic language

Members:

19 MENA countries involved

58 member institutions (institutional members)

17 regional and international organizations as associate members

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10

Regional offer in PFM

A full training curricula specialized in PFM in the Arabic language launched in 2011

2 training programs specialized in public

procurement, developed in collaboration with:

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Challenges and lessons learned

Sustainable policies

Modernize the legal

framework for training

in the public sector

● Ensure policy coherence : Training is not a stand-alone component

● Work in complementarily with all concerned stakeholders and join forces to

create a clear regulatory framework and modern HR policies

● Promote training as a right to civil servants

● Foresee training in the Public Budget

Improve coordination

mechanisms with the

donor community

● Create synergies between donors’ international aid and capacity development

programs

● Create synergies in times of budget austerity

● Contribute to the emergence of successful South-Couth cooperation models

● Maintain and develop the current bilateral and multilateral cooperation and

agreements

Perform in a

challenging

environment

● Create islands of excellence across the public sector to set the trend

● Identify, attract and retain competent staff

● LEADERSHIP AND VISION: Empower public leaders

● Understand the political and institutional context

● Develop the capacities of local/national stakeholders and create ownership

● Communicate and network ; Establish a relationship of trust and credibility

● Get inspired from international good practices that can be adapted

● Respect cultural specificities / No single recipe for successful reform

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