Donor: SECO – Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Budget: € 1,000,000
Project Description:
This project performs the provision of consultancy and training services in support of a three year programme of capacity building to assist the introduction and institutionalisation of a Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) approach to government budget preparation in Nicaragua.
The primary contribution of the project will be to facilitate the introduction and dissemination of the different techniques and procedures associated with the MTEF through the development of a manual and a set of training materials and through the delivery of targeted courses to planning and budgeting personnel within Nicaragua.
Types of services within the project included:
- Institutional Strengthening;
- Budget and Financial Analysis;
- Budgeting process;
- Public Expenditure Reviews;
- Macroeconomic Studies;
- Training Seminars;
- Manuals and methodological guides;
- Specific backstopping;
- Inter-institutional coordination.