Trainings in Lviv oblast

IBSER continues its series of PPB trainings for new budgets

     The Budget Institute, working with the Ministry of Finance, continues its series of regional trainings for new participants in the experiment implementing Program Performance Budgeting at the local level.
      A series of training workshops for new participants of the PPB implementation experiment at the local level were delivered in Lviv on 9, 15, 17, and 20 June 2011. The training participants included over 160 representatives of the key spending units and specialists of Finance Directorate of the cities and all rayons of the Lviv Oblast, which are the new participants of the national experiment for implementation of Performance Program Budgeting in the planning and execution of local budgets.
     The trainings have familiarized local government specialists with the guideline materials on implementation of the Performance Program Budgeting method for local budgets, provided examples of successful use of PPB tools in some local budgets of the Lviv Oblast, and outlined further steps in implementing this experiment.
     Budget Institute undertakes these efforts as part of the Municipal Finance Strengthening Initiative Project with support from USAID and pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine No.805 dated 2 August 2010, which sets forth the Main Approaches for Implementing the Performance Program Budgeting Method for Formulation and Execution of Budgets in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Zhytomyr, Luhansk, and Lviv Oblasts.
     The next round of PPB trainings for new budgets will be held in mid-July in Zhytomyr Oblast and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.