Public Financial Management for Social Protection

This training was part of the EU funded Programme on improving synergies between social protection and PFM (SP&PFM Programme), implemented jointly with UNICEF and the Global Coalition on Social Protection Floors (GCSPF). The training aimed specifically at strengthening the set of rules and procedures that govern the use of social protection budgets. OBJECTIVES Through this training participants: - Became familiar with fundamental concepts and principles in social protection, including the ILO international social security standards. - Understood the key features and stages of the Public Financial Management cycle and where social protection financing can be located within this. - Interpreted national budget documents and data, particularly in relation to social protection expenditure and budget execution (e.g. accounting and reporting, policy‐based fiscal strategy and budgeting). - Understood how public finance management performance is assessed and identify possible bottlenecks and challenges in their own national context (e.g. external scrutiny and audit). - Identified options for overcoming any PFM‐related challenges through a range of potential PFM reforms. - Understood how to make the case for medium term plans for financing social protection in their own context. CONTENT By bringing together officials from different ministries in charge of PFM rules and those dealing with Social Protection policies, the training intended to promote dialogue and exchange about overcoming potential bottlenecks in PFM systems to improve the use of social protection resources both at the national and regional level. NUMBER OF HOURS: The training on Social Security consisted of 20 learning hours over a period of 3 days and a half.