Public Sector Finance Essentials Workshop

This training workshop will provide the knowledge and tools to understand the financial management of resources in the public sector. You will learn:

• The fundamentals of managing funds in the public interest.
• That budgetary control provides a formal basis for achieving specific plans.
• Project financial management is the methodology of managing resources effectively to achieve a project’s objectives.

Managing Public Money

• Key requirements and concepts
• Fiscal and spending framework
• The virtuous financial management cycle
• Annual report

Public Sector Finance – Budgetary Control

• Objectives of budgeting
• Types of budgets
• Cost definitions and behaviour
• Budgetary control

Financial Management of Public Projects

• Building a case for a project
• Investment appraisal techniques
• Financing a project
• Phases of managing a project

This training workshop is suitable for:

• New entrants to the public sector.
• Staff with some practical experience but with no financial qualifications.
• Non-financial staff in the public sector who need to understand the basics of financial management.

Upon completion of this training workshop, you will:

• Understand the basics of public financial management.
• Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of budget methodologies.