Challenges identified
- Lack of internal mechanisms to monitor the efficiency of budget execution.
- Weak culture of results-based management and performance-based management.
- Insufficient analytical tools to measure costs and monitor variances.
Solution provided
- Development and dissemination of practical and methodological guides to structure the management control function.
- Creation of management control units in several pilot municipalities.
- Training of municipal management controllers to ensure the monitoring of expenditures, the compliance of financial commitments and the analysis of performance.
- Development of dashboards, key performance indicators (KPIs) and periodic reporting procedures.
- Implementation of costing and variance analysis methods to better control public resources.
Partners involved
- Ministry of Local Affairs and the Environment.
- Pilot municipalities and professional associations of control executives.
- International programmes for local governance.
Implementation period: 2021–2022
This project has strengthened the capacity of municipalities to manage their performance and improve the transparency and quality of services provided to citizens.
