Presentation by Maya Bsaibes at the 7th annual meeting of the MENA Senior Budget Officials held on 10-11 December 2014. Find more information at http://www.oecd.org/gov/budgeting

1. December 2014
Building Capacities in Public Financial Management in a post-conflict country
7th ANNUAL MEETING OF MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA SENIOR BUDGET OFFICIALS (MENA-SBO)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan

2. Legal Status: Public Autonomous Agency, reporting to the Minister of Finance
MISSION STATEMENT: BUILDING CAPACITIES IN PFM IN LEBANON AND THE MENA REGION
1- Contribute to the development of human resources and capacity in public financial management
2- Strengthen cooperation and networking, the transfer of knowledge and good practices
3- Promote a culture of excellence and innovation in public sector
The Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan
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2003
2006
The Institute is created as French bilateral cooperation project
The Institute is granted the status of public autonomous agency
The Institute is named “The Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan”
in memory of the late Basil Fuleihan

3. Training
Cooperation and Networking
Communication & Access to Information
•Orientation training for new recruits
•Support reforms project
•Continuous training
•Certification
•Develop the necessary skills to support reforms in public finance management, customs and land registry and cadastre
•Foster networking and exchange
•Encourage cooperation with other public training institutes
•Provide technical assistance and consultancy
•Promote knowledge transfer, transparency and access to information
•Improved citizen awareness on PFM
Promote a culture of excellence and innovation in public sector
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Our Mission

4. A permanent sovereign debt risk
Sources: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013
GDP growth highly affected by the political tensions and the Syrian crisis
Lebanon : A fragile situation

5. •How are training institutions supposed to carry out their mission? How close can they remain to the agenda of reform? How close are they to the real needs in PFM?
•What are the skills and competencies needed to work in government in the next 20 to 30 years?
•To which extend are we, as learning institutions, contributing to align the quality of supply to the demand so that learning is captured at the work place and has a measurable impact?
Key questions

6. Our approach
4 Dimensions in analyzing the needs
Designing
Implementing
Feed back and sustainability
•Clear objectives
•Adaptation
•Commitment
•Ownership
•Good practices
•Complementarities
•Respecting cultural diversity in MENA
•Individual
•Group
•Organizational
•Environmental
•Kirkpatrick Grid of Evaluation
•Change and Performance
•Sustainability
•Information dissemination
•Sharing and networks
•Collective solutions to old problems
•Interactive learning methods
•Access to resources
•Promotion of public service values
•Efficiency and effectiveness
Economic& financial education
Publication &
communication

7. Participants
45,500
from which
Arab Participants
1,200
Experts- trainers
300
Participants in training outside Lebanon
900
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Certification Programs in Public Procurement
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130
International
Certification in French
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Beneficiaries
Training in Numbers
1996-2013
Specialized Programs
Training curricula specialized in PFM

8. More than 45,000 Training Manuals and Reports
Access to more than 15,000 specialized references at the Library of Finance
270,000 Citizens Guides
15,000 copies of ASSADISSA
Access to Information
Facilitating access to information and documentation in the Arabic language

9. A Regional Platform for Exchange
What is GIFT-MENA?
A network of civil service training schools and institutes specialized in public financial management and public administration in the MENA region (launched in Beirut in 2006)
Objectives:
1.Strengthen the institutional capacity development of member institutions
2.Promote networking, cooperation and knowledge-sharing among member institutions
3.Transfer and adapt best international practices
4.Develop high quality training modules on financial governance related topics, in the Arabic language
Members: 19 MENA countries involved 58 member institutions (institutional members) 17 regional and international organizations as associate members

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Regional offer in PFM
A full training curricula specialized in PFM in the Arabic language launched in 2011
2 training programs specialized in public procurement, developed in collaboration with:

11. Challenges and lessons learned
Sustainable policies
Modernize the legal framework for training in the public sector
●Ensure policy coherence : Training is not a stand-alone component
●Work in complementarily with all concerned stakeholders and join forces to create a clear regulatory framework and modern HR policies
●Promote training as a right to civil servants
●Foresee training in the Public Budget
Improve coordination mechanisms with the donor community
●Create synergies between donors’ international aid and capacity development programs
●Create synergies in times of budget austerity
●Contribute to the emergence of successful South-Couth cooperation models
●Maintain and develop the current bilateral and multilateral cooperation and agreements
Perform in a challenging environment
●Create islands of excellence across the public sector to set the trend
●Identify, attract and retain competent staff
●LEADERSHIP AND VISION: Empower public leaders
●Understand the political and institutional context
●Develop the capacities of local/national stakeholders and create ownership
●Communicate and network ; Establish a relationship of trust and credibility
●Get inspired from international good practices that can be adapted
●Respect cultural specificities / No single recipe for successful reform

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