Government officials begin seven-day budget training

Government officials are being trained on budget presentation and implementation through monitoring and evaluation.

The week-long training workshop is spearheaded by the Ministry of Finance to provide technical and non-technical orientation on monitoring and evaluation to promote better management of public resources. Dr Ray Rist, a leading international expert in the field of results based monitoring and evaluation systems, is facilitating the workshop, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Among those participating are staff from the Office of the Budget, permanent secretaries and other officials of the various government ministries. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh who delivered remarks at the