Support for Public Financial Management

The Support for Public Financial Management programme is in line with the objectives of human development and strengthening governance, particularly inclusive governance. In continuation of the efforts initiated under the Indicative Cooperation Programme (ICP) III between Niger and Luxembourg, the 44programme of the ICP IV is committed to contributing to the improvement of 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 programme will mark significant changes in the objectives pursued compared to the programmes implemented in the past, notably by:

• a stronger anchoring in the public finance reform of the West African Economic and Monetary Union;
• an alignment with some of the axes of the National Policy for the Modernisation of the State, particularly in terms of innovation and infrastructure modernisation;
• ambitions to improve performance and structure sectoral common funds aligned with public spending and to which Luxembourg's cooperation contributes;
• the integration of the Nexus humanitarian-development-peace approach in the implementation of sectoral programs through the inclusion of dedicated budget allocations and the practical modalities for implementing Nexus expenditures;
• supporting the Ministry of Finance's Capacity Building Centre to further improve capacity and skills.
   

The vision of change to which the intervention seeks 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 specifically in line with the change relating to the "provision of good quality basic social services by the State, inclusive governance, modernisation of the State and efficient and transparent management of the public expenditure chain" included in the Theory of Change (ToC) of ICP IV.

Through the improvement of procedures and systems, including digital systems, in the public expenditure chain, support for public finance management will be provided 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's cooperation agency contributes for the implementation of support in the water, education and food security sectors. Changes are expected in certain public finance reforms, such as the deconcentration of scheduling, the performance culture, the modernisation of the State and the transfer of resources to local authorities. Finally, the NIG/031 aims to support the Ministry of Finance's Capacity Building Centre to further improve capacity and skills in job-oriented public finance.

The main actions carried out concern:

• technical assistance;
• capacity building;
• support to the decentralisation process;
• improving the working conditions of the deconcentrated technical services.

The programme, with a duration of 60 months and a contribution of EUR 5 650 000 from Luxembourg, targets the entire national territory. Thus, the programme will intervene both on dynamics at the central versus deconcentrated/local level, and at the transversal level for points impacting all sectoral ministries.