Technical Assistance in Support of Public Financial Reform

This project seeks to support public financial reform which aims to make Senegal an emerging country by 2035 with a cohesive society under the rule of law. This project also seeks to improve the performance of Senegal’s state institutions in sectors targeted by Canadian budget support programs to the benefit of Senegal’s population. It helps to build the public financial management capacities of these institutions and helps to strengthen the institutional framework related to public financial reform policies and programs in sectors targeted by Canadian budget support programs. Project activities include: (1) providing the five targeted ministries with technical assistance in programming and budgeting in program-budget mode as well as in program-budget delivery; and (2) offering the five targeted ministries technical assistance in gender budgeting as well as in gender responsive planning and monitoring-evaluation. The project seeks to benefit five targeted ministries: the Ministry of National Education; the Ministry of Professional Training; the Ministry of Agriculture Rural Infrastructure Food Security and Livestock; the Ministry of Energy Petroleum and Mines; and the Ministry of Family and Solidarity.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) public funds in the five ministries specifically targeted by Canadian budget support programs are managed efficiently and in a way that incorporates gender equality; (2) performance is improved and incorporates gender equality in the sectors targeted by Canadian budget support programs especially in the five targeted ministries; and (3) stakeholders from the five targeted ministries are informed and have the capacity to steer the changes driven by the West African Economic and Monetary Union’s public financial management reform.