What is it?
“Development and implementation of local budget" is a comprehensive training program for specialists of the local financial body or specialists responsible for the economic direction, employees responsible for public relations in local councils and relevant deputies (secretaries of councils or managers of the executive committee in case they are empowered to organize the general organization of the work process).
What about?
On the peculiarities of forming the relevant basic package of documents on the development and implementation of the public budget in municipalities; on increasing the transparency of financial processes in municipalities, due to the possibility of participation and responsibility of their citizens in the distribution, tracking and control of the use of budget funds; on intensifying the engagement of the public in solving issues of local importance; on the use of budget funds in conditions of limited resources.
For whom?
For 16 municipalities with a population of up to 10 thousand elected through open selection, which are not in the temporarily occupied territory; are ready for the implementation of the public budget in 2024 (they have the organizational capacity to develop and adopt relevant local documents in 2024) and have the financial resources to do this (they are ready to include the winning projects in the future and local budget project for 2025 for the purpose of their further implementation); they have the technical capabilities (a microphone, a camera and Internet access) to join online events.
What is the uniqueness of education?
To be able to apply in practice normative recommendations and practical advice on the implementation of the public budget as one of the mechanisms of public participation in the budget process; adapt existing approaches of public engagement to the use of budget funds under martial law; gain skills in creating the basis in the municipality for establishing or increasing the level of interaction between the local government body and the public and maintaining these positive dynamics in the future.
The duration is 19 weeks, from March 5 to July 16, 2024.
Participants will receive certificates based on the results of successfully completed training.
How to register?
To participate in the selection, you must fill out the attached application and send it to an email address: regops.u-lead@giz.de by 18:00 on February 16, 2024, by specifying "Public Budget_ Name of the municipality_Oblast" in the subject of the message in MS Excel format.
You can learn more about participation in the Study Program at the presentation event, which will take place on February 5, 2024, at 14:00 a.m., to participate please follow this link: ТУТ