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399.
This US$6.2 million Programme, which began in 2003, and was originally
scheduled to end in September 2009, will end in March 2014. It is expected that an ex-
post evaluation will be conducted to assess the developmental impact of this loan
intervention against the following intended outcomes:
the quality of public dialogue on Public Sector Reform has been enhanced
the factors that affect the efficiency and effectiveness of the Public Sector
have been identified and appropriate strategies for addressing have been
defined
the Capacity of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) to
successfully conduct the reform process has been substantially enhanced
400.
The rollout of a US$100 million IDB-funded programme,
the Public Financial
Management Reform Programme in
2014 will continue with an initial allocation of $6.8
million. A number of activities will be implemented including: four short term
consultancies to help with institutional strengthening and the introduction of long term
consultants to help guide the changes in the Budget, Treasury and IT Divisions of the
Ministry of Finance and the Project Planning and Reconstruction Division in the Ministry
of Planning and Sustainable Development. The introduction of an IFMIS is also
scheduled to take place in the last quarter of the fiscal year.
401.
The objective of this loan intervention is to support the Government‟s major
reform effort to enhance and modernize public capital expenditure management and to
contribute to the Government‟s overall objectives of enhancing efficiency, effectiveness,
transparency and accountability in the use of public resources. The reforms supported by
the Program combine policy initiatives and government actions in three areas: (i) policy
design and public investment management; (ii) public procurement; and (iii) public
financial management and audit.
402.
Other critical interventions for the building of capacity within the Public Sector
will be addressed in 2014 with a total allocation of $128 million. Among the key projects
will be the continuation of the following:
training of staff at the Auditor General Department with an allocation of
$4.0 million as they seek to improve their capabilities and competencies to
meet the increasing demands of a public that is increasingly demanding
greater transparency and accountability and good governance
consultancies utilizing $23 million under the aegis of the Chief Personnel
Officer to undertake relating to Job Evaluations for the Public Service and
the Prison Service, and to conduct a Diagnostic Study for positions falling
under the Purview of the Salaries Review Commission
the Productivity Improvement Programme, which commenced in 2013,
which seeks to roll out a new Service Excellence Model for the Public
