The opening ceremony of the Public Financial Management Special Refresher Course No 6 was held yesterday morning at the Public Financial Management Training School of the Ministry of Planning and Finance.
The opening of the course was attended by Deputy Prime Minister Union Planning and Finance Minister U Win Shein, Union Minister for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations Dr Kan Zaw, Union Auditor-General Dr Khin Naing Oo, deputy ministers, the deputy auditor-general, permanent secretaries, management members of the Public Finance Management Training School and departmental officials, trainers, and trainees among others.
Deputy Prime Minister and Union Minister U Win Shein spoke about how the development of the country’s politics, economy and social sectors completely depends on the strengthening of public financial management. It is necessary to have a good public financial management system and to produce competent civil servants. The field of public finance management is to increase the sources of financing and systematic distribution of expenses. It is a wide-ranging field with various step-by-step processes such as monitoring whether allocated expenses can be used effectively and efficiently.
Public Finance Management Training School opens basic courses, special short-term courses and public financial management special refresher courses. The Public Financial Management Special Update Course has been opened five times. A total of 187 director-level officials from central organizations and Union ministries have participated in the course.
As for trainees attending this course, he added that trainees should study and learn the content of public financial management thoroughly and use it properly in their work.
Public Financial Management Special Refresher Course No 6 will be attended by 27 director-level and deputy director-level officials in charge of organizations from the Ministry of Planning and Finance and the course will last five weeks. MNA/TS
