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The NIG/031 program - Support for public financial management is part of the objectives of human development and strengthening governance, particularly inclusive governance. In pursuit of the efforts initiated under the Indicative Cooperation Program (ICP) III between Niger and Luxembourg, the NIG/031 program of ICP IV is committed to contributing to improving governance through more effective and efficient public financial management by aligning with national strategies and policies and by being part of the implementation of the Public Financial Management Reform Strategy (SRGFP 2021-2025).
The NIG/031 programme will mark significant changes in the objectives pursued in comparison with programmes implemented in the past, in particular through:
a stronger anchoring in the reform of public finances of the West African Economic and Monetary Union;
an alignment with some axes of the National Policy for the Modernization of the State, particularly in terms of innovation and modernization of infrastructures;
ambitions to improve performance and structure sectoral common funds aligned with public spending and to which Luxembourg Cooperation contributes;
the integration of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus approach in the implementation of sectoral programs through the inclusion of dedicated budget allocations and the practical arrangements for implementing Nexus expenditure;
support from the Ministry of Finances Capacity Building Center to further improve capacities and skills.
The vision of change to which the intervention aims to contribute is: "the public financial management system is efficient, transparent, results-oriented and compliant with international standards" which is the overall objective assigned to the SRGFP by 2025. This vision is more particularly part of the change relating to the "provision of good quality basic social services by the State, inclusive governance, modernization of the State and efficient and transparent management of the public expenditure chain" included in the Theory of Change (ToC) of PIC IV.
Through the improvement of procedures and systems, including digital ones, of the public expenditure chain, support for public finance management will be achieved in particular through targeted support to the Ministry of Finance in the accounting and financial management of sectoral funds aligned with public expenditure and to which Luxembourg Cooperation contributes for the implementation of support in the water, education and food security sectors. Changes in certain public finance reforms, such as the decentralization of the ordering, the culture of performance, the modernization of the State and the transfer of resources to local authorities are expected. Finally, NIG/031 aims to support the Capacity Building Center of the Ministry of Finance to further improve capacities and skills in public finance oriented towards job descriptions.
The main actions carried out concern:
technical assistance;
capacity building;
support for the decentralization process;
improving the working conditions of decentralized technical services.
The programme, which will last 60 months and will benefit from a contribution from Luxembourg of EUR 5,650,000, targets the entire national territory. Thus, the NIG/031 programme will intervene both on dynamics at the central versus decentralised/local level, and at the transversal level for points impacting all sectoral ministries. |
