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CHIEF BUDGET MANAGERS FROM PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS START PFM TRAINING AT RMI.

7 May 2025

On 07 May 2025, 15 Finance Managers from Public Institutions started a one-week Training in Public Financial Management (PFM) organized by Rwanda Management Institute (RMI) that is being conducted at RMI – Murambi Campus.

The training is to cover, among others, the PFM Cycle which includes planning, budgeting, government funding and budget execution, accounting, asset management, financial reporting, auditing, and financial oversight.

In his opening remarks, on behalf of RMI Director General, Mr. Nshimyumuremyi Vincent de Paul, the Principal Senior Training Coordinator urged the trainees to put mind and heart in the training and emphasized the benefit after the training.

“We hope that the knowledge you will gain from this training will be important in addressing the challenges of poor performance in the management of public resources”, said Nshimyumuremyi.

The trainer, said that the purpose of the training was to improve the skills and knowledge of participants in the entire PFM in relation to the problems identified in the participants daily performance at work place.

The PFM system is a set of rules, policies, and processes that govern the use of public funds across all sectors, from revenue collection to monitoring of public expenditures.

PFM training is meant to provide a comprehensive understanding of public budgeting systems including budget preparation and execution, financial management, capital finance and debt management, and intergovernmental relations, enabling Trainees to produce budget reports and that provide budgeted and actual performance analysis, equipping trainees with capacity to identify weaknesses in the internal control system and design strong systems, providing capacity to trainees to prepare financial reports that can be used by different users to assess the performance and position of a given budget agency, helping the trainees to grasp the knowledge of public procurement.

RMI mandate is to conduct capacity-building interventions, recruitment of personnel, research projects, consultancy, and relevant policy advisory services to civil and private institutions in Rwanda.