4. Financial management – key to success
Clear correlation between projects with high fiduciary
ratings and overall implementation progress
Why?
Better efficiency + effectiveness + implementation results
How?
Critical setting of AWPB to ensure milestones met
Monitoring of AWPB to ensure steady progress &
performance
Value for money leads to higher impact from
resources
Ensure adequate cashflows + anticipates gaps from
planning
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5. Key success factors
Project management – single most
important determinant of project
implementation results
High correlation – implementation
progress, M+E, procurement, AWPB
Sound, realistic + timely work
planning & budgeting, rigorous
follow up, attention to M&E
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6. Fiduciary performance
Clear correlation between projects with high fiduciary
ratings and overall implementation progress
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7. Fiduciary best practices
Centralised country control unit
Use of external services firm
Additional missions and support
Internal auditor
Country finance & procurement working group
Standardised country rules, procedures, training
Review of authorised allocations & thresholds
Proactive staff to accelerate procurement processes
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8. Fiduciary best practices
Reliable financial systems
Regular (quarterly) reporting
Accounting packages
10/42 projects use spreadsheets
60% of projects with accounting software use TOMPRO
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11. Disbursements - WAs
Common issues:
• Reconciliation of Special Account
• WAs not fully supported
• Problems understanding the mechanism for grants – based
on justification of the 75% of the advance & subsequent
year’s AWPB
• Exchange Rate issues
• Using the wrong forms
• Delays in responding to queries, submitting WAs with
unsigned SOEs, using wrong forms especially summary
sheets, etc
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12. FM Tools & Resources
FM&GG Internet site:
English: http://www.ifad.org/operations/pf/finance
French: http://www.ifad.org/operations/pf/finance/french/index.htm
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Withdrawal Application Tracking System (WATS)
https://webapps.ifad.org/wats/login
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13. FM Tools & Resources
Audit Review Form/ Checklist
• Iterative tool, prepared by IFAD for implementation support
• Increased importance due to renewed emphasis on fiduciary
responsibilities under direct supervision
• Analyses completeness and reasonableness of:
– financial statements
– audit opinions
– audit work performed
• Lists major follow up action to be performed by project
• May require action plan to be prepared
• Updated format to be launched with new audit report tracking tool
(ARTS)
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15. Feedback on audit reports
Assessment of 41 Audit Reports received: 1 July 2009 - 30 June 2010
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16. FM Tools & Resources
2010
ARTS (Audit Report Tracking System)
Revised Procurement guidelines
Regional FM resource packs
2010/11
Revised Loan Admin procedures
Revised Audit Guidelines
2012
Loans & Grants system
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17. FM Tips
Do’s Don’t’s
Quality o Be afraid to ask IFAD!
Timeliness
Send updated E-mail
addresses to:
r.farrant@ifad.org
r.getachew@ifad.org
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