The training was co-hosted by the UNDP’s “Budget System Reform in Uzbekistan” Project and International Monetary Fund in partnership with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The main goal of the training was to enhance the capacity of trainers of the Training Centre under the Ministry of Finance through sharing the international experience and latest/upcoming amendments in the National Public Finance System, as well as necessary knowledge for further training and re-training the Ministry of Finance specialists.

In recent years the Government has initiated public finance reforms to enhance the effectiveness and transparency of the public finance expenditures. To advance with the implementation of the abovementioned initiative, the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Uzbekistan has adopted a Strategy on reforming the public finance system management for the period of 2008-2018. Within the framework of this strategy, implementation of treasury execution of the budget, introducing a new system of budget accounting in public sector, development and implementation of mid-term budgeting strategy and performance based budgeting, as well as the introduction of the complex electronic system in public finance institutions are envisaged.

In order to ensure the effectiveness of the reforms, it is important to improve the system of training, re-training and enhancement of qualification of the Ministry of Finance specialists, professorial and teaching staff of educational institutions of higher and secondary education, that provide training for the specialists in “Public Finance” field.

In this regard, UNDP’s “Budget System Reform in Uzbekistan” Project is continuing to provide assistance in the enhancement of the potential and qualification of trainers of the Training Center. Particularly, a set of measures on development of modern and quality curricula, formation of necessary trainer potential under the Training Center are currently being implemented.

This training was the first step of the abovementioned work and was conducted by international and national experts, having both practical experience and strong academic knowledge in the field.

During the training, the questions discussed were related to the administrative classification and its use in the Budget Process; Budget System and Budget process in case of developed countries, organization of Budget System in Uzbekistan, as well as introduction of a New Budget Classification of Uzbekistan. In addition, the participants of the training discussed the experience of some countries in the transition from traditional budget planning to performance-based budgeting.

The knowledge obtained during the training will be used in the process of conducting lectures and seminars by trainers of the Training Center for training and re-training the Ministry of Finance specialists.

The participants included the trainers of the Training Center under the Ministry of Finance, higher educational institutions, as well as international organizations.