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project details
Project number:
2021.2083.0
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1300 Southern Africa
Contact person:
Lukas Fischer lukas.fischer@giz.de
Partner countries:
Malawi
Summary
Goals:
Malawi's public finance management has been strengthened in terms of efficiency and regularity of budget execution, contract management and revenue collection.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning & Development
Financier:
not available
order volume
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
51,442,791 euros
Current project:
18,850,000 euros
combined financing
European Union (EU): 9,500,000 euros
predecessor project
2017.2025.9
Strengthening public financial management
successor project
not available
Duration
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if applicable)
07.07.2004 - 31.03.2028
Current project:
01.04.2022 - 31.03.2028
Other parties involved
not available
More information
project website
not available
development policy identifiers
gender equality
Significant secondary goal
Democratic and inclusive governance
main goal
CRS key
15111 Public Finance Management
evaluation
not available
Project Description (DE)
• Initial situation
Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. Few people believe that the government can improve this situation. Distrust is fueled by the perception of widespread corruption. Low taxes and high national debt drastically limit the government's financial scope for pursuing political goals.
Reform of public finance management is high on the government's agenda. The focus is on the legal framework and the new Integrated Financial Management and Information System (IFMIS). This IT system is used for planning, implementing and monitoring the budget, as well as for reporting.
• Objective
Those responsible for the public finance system improve their financial scope for action. Public funds are used more effectively to reduce poverty.
• Approach
The political sponsor of the project is the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs in Malawi. Other important partners are the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC), the Malawi Revenue Authority (MRA) and training institutions.
Key project activities with the Ministry of Finance and Economy include training for IFMIS users in government ministries, departments and agencies, and advising on IFMIS risk management.
The project supports the MRA in preventing taxable profits from flowing out of Malawi. It also advises the MRA on digitizing tax administration and public relations. Registering taxpayers and properly assessing tax liability promotes the collection of own revenue. This in turn helps the government to finance its development policies.
In the OPC, the project provi
