Municipal Budgeting, Performance and Strategic Planning Training Course
1Summary
A municipality that plans strategically but budgets poorly, or budgets well without a strategy, ends up with the same problem: resources that do not match priorities. This course tackles both sides together, giving participants a working knowledge of how municipal budgets are built and executed, how performance-based budgeting works in a government setting, and how strategic planning ties spending decisions to long-term goals.
Much of what is covered applies to government budgeting at any level, not just municipalities, making the course useful well beyond a single administrative context. Participants leave able to plan a budget cycle, report on it accurately, and manage performance across their municipality's environment.
2Objectives and target group
Course Objectives
- Apply the principles of setting and implementing a municipal budget.
- Plan the budget cycle and prepare municipal reporting.
- Support strategic planning and implementation within a municipality.
- Manage performance across the municipal environment.
- Manage municipal income and expenditure within a multi-year framework.
- Understand what performance budgeting is and how it is used.
- Select and apply the right performance indicators for water and sanitation services.
Who Should Attend
- Directors and mayors of municipalities.
- Members of municipal and local councils.
- Planning and monitoring committee staff within municipalities.
- Employees across municipal council administration.
- Anyone preparing to hold a position in a municipal council.
3Course Content
Module 1: Municipal Budget Fundamentals
- Principles of setting and implementing a municipal budget.
- Planning the budget cycle and preparing reporting.
- Managing municipal income and expenditure.
Module 2: Strategic Planning and Performance Management
- Strategic planning and implementation within the municipality.
- Managing performance across the municipal environment.
- Working within a multi-year financial framework.
Module 3: Understanding Performance Budgeting
- What performance budgeting is and how it is used.
- Key steps for building a performance budget.
- Guidance and illustrative examples of effective performance budgeting programs.
Module 4: Government Budgeting in Practice
- Overview of performance-based budgeting and management in government.
- Software products designed specifically for government budgeting.
- Applying general budgeting information to any government context.