EGGI and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Budget Integration Reform Unit (BIRU) completed the training of 743 Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) budgetary unit employees in the basics of program budgeting. This ends the training required to prepare all 51 budgetary units for the full rollout of important reforms in the next budget cycle. The reform is a major component of the Public Financial Roadmap presented at the Kabul Conference in July, and is also a major structural reform benchmark in the new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program.
EGGI and BIRU employees conducted training sessions to help GIRoA employees develop program structures, strategic objectives, program objectives, and outputs and outcomes for their respective budgetary units. The trainings also included four modules on changes in the Program Budgeting process and updates on the MOF’s future plan for this reform.