IFMIS RELATED ISSUES in AFRICAN COUNTRIES.

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IFMIS RELATED ISSUES in AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
World Bank Funded Projects

• List of Anglophone countries currently
  developing, implementing IFMIS, and/or those in
  pipeline.

Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Lesotho,
Ghana, Gambia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zimbabwe,
Sierra Leone, Ethiopia
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IFMIS Critical ISSUES

• Political Support
• Commitment from management
• Ownership and a champion.
• Project management team.
• Institutional and human capacity

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IFMIS ISSUES

• Functionality Technical
• Functional requirement
• End user requirements
• Training strategy (Capacity)
• Process alignment

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IFMIS ISSUES

• Application Functionality
• Reporting requirements
• Institutional policy reforms
• Streamline and improve current systems and
  processes
• The control structure document and transaction
  level controls, systems, access controls,
  financial, commitment and accounting controls.

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IFMIS ISSUES

• Project Team
• In all cases Project Team is under-resourced
• Experienced project manager with public sector
  accounting budgeting with IT background needed
  as advisor to project leader
• Well organized steering committee could be
  beneficial to the project team for guidance

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IFMIS ISSUES

• Human Capacity Building
• Financial systems unit, AG and budget units.
• Development of ministry end-users capacity
• Management/ change management skills
• Facilities management arrangements
• Maintenance operation

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Critical Success Factors

• Government commitment and management support to
  reform
• Institutional capacity and skills
• Proper planning and phased implementation
• Local technical support
• Identification of functional reform priorities,
  associated reforms and their proper sequencing.
• Adequacy of technology solution
• Sustainable support and financing of short ,
  medium, and long term costs

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Governments IFMIS Conceptual Framework
Political (Turbulent some Increased demand for
Accountability)
Social (Participation/transparency/Service
Delivery)
Public Financial Management
Task Environment
Conflicts
Inputs Legal Structure/Staff Skills Systems/Proces
ses Strategies Management
Outputs Aggregate, Allocative, Operational Effici
ency Transparency Accountability
Problems
Internal Change Drivers
Innovation
Management
Economic (Demand for Improved Financial
Management)
Technical (New ICT technology, deregulation)
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Conclusion

IFMIS is a management tool, it provides
information for decision making. The System must
be based on well calculated and sound financial
management procedures. IFMIS is not a solution to
all public sector problems. Its usefulness
depends upon the owner and users of the system.