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ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMME

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PROGRAMME

Trainers: 5 chartered accountants

Number of targets LGUs: 21 LGUs

Number of Participants: 20 staff (13 males, 7 females)

Number of sessions: 60

Programme objectives:

  1. Enable village councils to prepare comprehensive budgets for the fiscal year 2024 in line with the MoLG requirements.
  2. Develop the financial capabilities of village council staff through practical and direct training.
  3. Promote financial and administrative efficiency in public resource management at the local level.

Training themes:

Budget preparation:

  • Prepare comprehensive 2024 budgets in tandem with the MoLG requirements.
  • Enter budgets on the Palestinian LGU Budget Portal.
  • Receive and process feedback from the MoLG until final approval is obtained.

Optimizing fiscal performance:

  • Make recommendations to increase revenues and reduce expenses.
  • Organize and record daily financial transactions both manually and electronically.
  • Set the document workflow and distribute powers properly.
  • Execute monthly bank reconciliations

Financial capacity building:

  • Train staff to use the official forms approved by the MoLG.
  • Operate financial software efficiently.

Financial resources management:

  • Monitor financial receipts and payments to suppliers.
  • Follow up on financial liabilities and develop collection or payment plans.
  • Prepare the trial balance on a monthly basis and upload it to the Portal.
  • Develop financial statements and reports of village councils

Achieved deliverables:

  • Number of prepared 2024 trial balances: 12
  • Number of 2024 budgets prepared: 13
  • Number of 2025 budgets prepared: 21