Cash Management & Disbursements of Public Funds & Donor Funds

Cash Management & Disbursement of Public & Donor Funds
Course Objectives
On completion of the course, participants should be able to:
✓ Understand the principles of both financial management and the disbursements process of
public sector
✓ Follow laid down donor specific and Governments procedures in funding requests
✓ Contact value for money audits in projects
✓ Design and monitor public sector and donor budgets
✓ Explain the various types of auditing, including compliance auditing and management.
✓ Put in place internal control mechanisms
✓ Use financial management to create strategies
✓ Recognize, understand and analyze financial statements
✓ Identify risk factors relating to misstatements arising from fraudulent financial reporting
✓ Provide tools for efficient Management of public funds
Course Outline
✓ General Management Principles and Skills
✓ Community Development and Projects funding
✓ Funding requirements
✓ Project finance
✓ Capital Budgeting and Investment Appraisal
✓ Complying with Donor procedures
✓ Expenditure prioritization
✓ Disbursement methods
✓ Banking: Loan Management/Payment
✓ Expenditure Budgets
✓ Constraints in fund management
✓ Grants managements
✓ Internal Control & internal Compliance
✓ Project Budgeting and Planning
✓ Project Financial Management
✓ Financial Management Policy development
✓ Decentralized financial management and cost centre development
✓ Financial Risk Analysis Techniques
✓ Financial Performance Measurement
✓ Budgeting and Budgetary Control
✓ Internal Control and Control Mechanisms
✓ Integrated accounting & Financial Systems
✓ Financial management
✓ Financial management systems
✓ Accounting policies and systems
✓ Auditing of financial statements
✓ Management Control Framework
✓ Auditor’s duties and responsibilities
✓ Knowledge of the Law in relation to accounts and audit
✓ Internal controls
✓ Risk assessment
✓ Control activities
✓ Code of professional Conduct and Ethics
✓ Preparation of Auditing Procedures
✓ Planning and Publishing the audit schedule
✓ Reporting
✓ Periodic reports
✓ Project Management reports
✓ Financial Reporting (Periodic Requirements)
✓ The role of government in donor funded project
Way forward After the Training
Participants will develop a work plan through the help of facilitators that stipulates application of skills
acquired in improving their organizations. ASPM will continuously monitor implementation progress after the training.
Training Evaluation:
Participants will undertake a simple assessment before the training to gauge knowledge and skills, another assessment will be done after the training in-order to monitor knowledge gained through the training.