Cash Planning and Budgeting training held for Local Government in Sialkot.
To strengthen local government systems and to build capacity of Local Government officials on planning and budgeting, a training workshop on Cash Planning, Budgets, Accountability and Inclusion was held at DC office, Sialkot. The training was facilitated by the Sub-National Governance Programme.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) Sialkot, Meer Nawaz along with District Team of SNG chaired the workshop. The ADC appreciated the work done by SNG at the local level and endorsed the importance of cash planning and management training for Local Government officials. He emphasized that the concept of aggregate LG spending is very crucial for effective cash management and thanked SNG for capacity building of LG officials in this critical area.
Chief Officers (COs) Municipal Officers (Finance), Accountants for Town Committees, and variety of Civil society Organization (CSOs) participated in the training workshop.
The participants were also trained on the importance of inclusive policy making through formal, regular and institutionalised citzen engagement.
