Background
Delivering results from investment projects and programs are vital for the development of a nation. Good financial management promotes overall fiscal discipline and efficient allocation of resources to priority needs. It also ensures that all transactions and balances relating to the project are recorded correctly and completely so that accurate and timely financial reporting and auditing are enabled.
Financial reporting is one of the key activities of financial management. In the case of ADB funded projects, there is a provision to submit audited project financial statements within the certain time period. It is mandatory for ADB assisted projects to disclose the audit report on the ADB’s website for enhancing transparency.
In this regard, the training program on financial management has been designed for effective implementation of financial management with special focus on preparing project financial statement.

Course Aim
The aim of this course is to enhance the financial management knowledge and skills of the participants.

Objectives of the Course
At the end of this training program, participants are expected to be able to:

• understand financial management concepts, including ADB’s requirements; and
• prepare project financial statement.

Course Contents
The training course will be organized to deliver the following contents:

• ADB’s requirements on project financial statements
• Category wise expenditure
• Loan and grant financial information services
• Advance account ledger
• Financial covenants and audit observation

Training Approach and Methodology
The training will mainly based on interactive presentation, brainstorming, discussion and exercises. Due to current pandemic situation and the measures taken by the Government of Nepal in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, this program is being conducted online.

Duration
The program will be implemented for four working days with about 2 hours of session every day.

Date
03 - 08 Mangsir 2077 (18 - 23 November 2020)

Time
2:00 to 4:00 pm

Training Management Team
Mr. Shiva Hari Adhikari
Dr. Shyan Kirat Rai
Mr. Shashi Shekhar Acharya

 

Participants

S.N	Name	Designation	Project /Office
1	Jeevan Prakash Mahotra	Under Secretary	PID/KUKL
2	Baikuntha Neupane	Account Officer	PID/KUKL
3	Shree Prasad Dahal	Account Officer	PID/KUKL
4	Mahesh Chandra Bajracharya	Account Officer	PID/KUKL
5	Surya Aryal	Under Secretary	Melamchi Water Supply
6	Bishnu Bahadur Basnet	Account Officer	Melamchi Water Supply
7	Anu Sunar	Accountant	Melamchi Water Supply
8	Basudev Khanal	Under Secretary	Project Directorate (ADB)
9	Sekhar Bhusal	Accountant	Project Directorate (ADB)
10	Prakash Bhattrai	Under Secretary	Third /Urban Water Supply
11	Ram Kumar Shrestha	Account Officer	Third /Urban Water Supply
12	Isha KC	PIU Director	Rural Enterprise Financing (SFDB)
13	Achyut Raj Joshi	PIU Coordinator	Rural Enterprise Financing (SFDB)
14	Ram Prasad Luintel	Account Officer	Regional Urban Development
15	Dhirendra Paudel	Accountant	Regional Urban Development
16	Dila Ram Giri	Under Secretary	Disaster Resilience of Schools
17	Bhim Pokhrel	Account Officer	Disaster Resilience of Schools
18	Laxmi Prasad Paudel	Under Secretary	Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC)
19	Udip Tandukar	Accountant	Nepal Electricity Authority (PMD)/PPFE
20	Ananda Kumar Basnet	Account Officer	Community Managed Irrigated Agriculture Sector
21	Janardan Badal	Under Secretary	Rural Connectivity Improvement
22	Bhakta Pandey	Accountant	Rural Connectivity Improvement
23	Tribhuvan Khanal	Account Officer	Bagmati River Basin Improvement
24	Narayan Prasad Parajuli	Director	Office of the Auditor General
25	Ramesh Babu K.C	Director	Office of the Auditor General
26	Om Bahadur Khadka	Account Officer	Financial Comptroller General Office
27	Ram Babu Rijal	Account Officer	Financial Comptroller General Office