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White Paper on Public Sector Reform• the implementation of a programme budgeting system inthe Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, the lineMinistries and other institutions of government;• the implementation of a value-for-money auditing systemwithin the office of the Auditor General;• the introduction of changes to improve the operationalefficiency in the office of the Accountant General;• the implementation of a management information system tolink the Ministry of Finance with the accounting divisionsof line Ministries, to effect greater control over expendituremanagement within the public service; and• provision of training programmes for government officersin financial management.8:2 TRAINING IN PROGRAMME PER<strong>FOR</strong>MANCEBUDGETINGTraining has already been carried out for staff of the Budget Office of theMinistry of Finance in the area of methodology and mechanisms of programmeperformance budgeting and the changes required to make it effective. A pilotproject in this area has been completed and the format developed is being usedas a practical tool for orientation training in Ministries and departments toprepare them for full implementation of the new system in the next budgetformulation cycle.The project has shown that for programme performance budgeting to workeffectively -
White Paper on Public Sector Reform• more authority and discretionary power is needed at the operational levelof the programme managers. To hold them accountable, they needcertain flexibility;• the current rules and policies under which expenditures are absolutelyrestricted to the individual object of expense line item in the ApprovedEstimate, needs to be reviewed;• performance cannot be absolutely budgeted for; things change and oftenunpredictably. Programme Managers need to make adjustments inexpenditure patterns to meet these changed conditions;• if virement authority is not granted to Permanent Secretaries, a substitutemethod of quickly reviewing and deciding on budget allocations needs to beinstituted; and• the half year review is not nearly responsive enough.The foregoing issues are being addressed by the Ministry of Finance with theimplementation of the new programme performance budgeting system.8:3 RE<strong>FOR</strong>MS IN REVENUE DEPARTMENTSAction is in progress to enhance capability in revenue collection in -(a) the Inland Revenue Department, where institutional strengthening istaking place to better enable it to do assessments and collection of taxesin an efficient manner.
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