Detailed below are summaries of recent public finance and management reform assignments carried out by PKF-IPG.
- Russian Federation – management of regional technical assistance programme: A three-year DFID-funded contract to manage a £5.2 million programme of technical assistance to 21 regions across the Russian Federation in all aspects of public financial management reform. PKF was responsible for the design, development, commissioning, monitoring and evaluation of 48 projects, covering medium-term budget and financial planning, public expenditure efficiency, performance budgeting, budget execution and treasury management, public procurement reform, debt and contingent liabilities’ management, inter-budgetary and inter-governmental fiscal relations, utility tariffs and user charges, financial management training, study tours, and seminar and dissemination programmes.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - strengthening public expenditure management: DFID-funded project to strengthen budget planning processes within Ministries of Finance at the State, Entity and Canton levels of government through technical assistance, on-the-job training and seminars. The scope of assistance covers the development of annual budget guidelines, medium-term budget framework papers, policy driven sector budget ceilings in line with macro-fiscal forecasts, and the analysis of budget submissions.
- Russia Federation – central and local government funding relationships: A one-year programme to advise the Russian Federal Government on the allocation, management, monitoring and control of the contribution of federal funds to the budgets of regional governments. A particular focus of the project was to recommend policies and mechanisms designed to achieve a matching of federal/regional fiscal transfers with federally-mandated social obligations of the regions.
- Trinidad and Tobago - PEFA Assessment: Carrying out a PFM assessment, based on the PEFA assessment framework, which will provide decision makers with an assessment of the features and quality of and improvements needed to the Government’s PFM processes.
- Kyrgyz Republic - support to Governance Structural Adjustment Credit: Technical assistance to the Government of Kyrgyz Republic to meet World Bank loan conditionalities. The scope of work includes the introduction of a policy-led Medium Term Budget Framework, development of programme budgeting, and strengthening the internal control and external audit capacity across government.
- The Gambia - Financial Governance Programme: DFID-funded technical assistance and capacity building project to increase the efficiency, effectiveness and responsiveness of key Gambian public financial management institutions, in particular the Department of State for Finance and Economic Affairs (including Treasury Directorate) and the National Audit Office.
- Sierra Leone – formulation of technical assistance programme: Specification of a technical assistance programme for the European Development Fund, disbursing € 6 mill. as a package of measures designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Accountant-General’s Department in Sierra Leone and subsequent mid-term and final evaluations of progress achieved during each phase of the programme.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – support to World Bank Fiduciary Update on Public Financial Management: Review of ‘upstream budgeting’, including strategic planning and policy development, medium-term budget planning, and annual budget preparation. The assignment involved developing a report on the quality of budget formulation and recommendations for further reforms, based on the PEFA PFM framework. The output was published as a chapter of the World Bank Country Fiduciary Update.
- Dominican Republic - Institutional Strengthening and Labour System Modernisation: Project management and long-term technical assistance to the Ministry of Labour as part of an IADB project to reform the Ministry’s institutional structure and financial procedures.
- Bosnia and Herzegovina – support to World Bank Public Expenditure and Institutional Review: Assessment of the fiscal implications of building institutions and functions at the State Government level within Bosnia in the context of SAA negotiations and EU Accession. The results of the analysis were included as a chapter in the World Bank PEIR.
- Russian Federation – post-project impact assessment and evaluation: Joint mission with DFID to Stavropol Krai to review the impact of DFID-funded technical assistance to the Regional Government. The evaluation focused on three projects: financial management training for public servants; technical assistance to improvement the efficiency of public expenditure; and technical assistance to develop performance indicators for regional public enterprises.
- Sierra Leone – Sectoral Import Programme: A macroeconomic analysis of aid requirements and identification of the agricultural sector and end users for the European Development Fund's Sectoral Import Programme to the Government of Sierra Leone. The programme included identification of appropriate importers and distributors, and design of regulatory systems and procedures for procurement and implementation.
- Russia Federation – Accounting Reform in St Petersburg: DFID project to provide technical assistance to the City of St Petersburg on the design and implementation of “best practice” municipal finance management information systems. The project focused on municipal financial management at both a broad policy level and at a detailed technical level. PKF was specifically responsible for an audit of the existing system; the design of a new financial management information system; the development of a strategy for its implementation; and organisation of training and study tours for staff from the City Finance Committee.
- Russia Federation – municipal financial management: Phase II of a project to provide technical assistance to the City Administration of St Petersburg, Russia on municipal public finance management. The project focused on cost recovery for public services, risk management of debt securities, targeting of social benefits and the introduction of modern accounting practices.
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