TRAINING PROBLEMATIC

Organisations for Development have a particularity in the handling of their accounts and in the presentation of their financial statements. This particularity is to a large extent due to the mode of funding, partnership, and the nature of activities. Moreover, conventional institutions in management do not offer training in accounting and financial management of projects for development. This explains why latest audit missions carried out in some organisations for development in Africa that had not participated in the trainings organised by AGESFO Consultancy since 2000 which brought together participants from Benin, Cameroon, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Mali, and Niger led to the observation that financial reports established by the later have been questioned or rejected by donors. This difficulty is evident in:
- The poor presentation of financial reports made available to donors.
- The lack of stringency in the handling and follow-up of documents from financial partners.
- The poor organisation of the accounting and financial departments.
- The lack of a functional accounting system
- The lack of management tools which facilitates the follow-up of budget execution and treasury especially in organisations with a head office and several branches.
- The lack of management procedures or a partial implementation of existing rules.
- The absence of a self- financing policy.

It is on the strength of these observations that AGESFO Consultancy sees the need to organise this seminar once again.

GLOBAL AIMS OF THE TRAINING

- Assist at putting into place viable management tools
- Ameliorate the performance of managers, project heads, accounting and financial heads, in the management of financial and material resources.
- Create a financial culture within the team so as to overcome the taboo of " management in organisations "
- Clarify the role of accounting and financial audit

TARGET PUBLIC

- General Managers, Permanent Secretaries, Project heads with or without an accounting and financial background.
- Accounting and Financial Managers.
- Management Controllers.

DURATION : 12 days (Non residential)

VENUE

PARTICIPATION COST (H. T.)

Yaoundé Training cost & feeding
For one session 325 000 F CFA For two sessions 590 000 F CFA

Lubumbashi Training cost & feeding
For one session 530 dollars U.S For two sessions 990 dollars U.S

CONTENT OF TRAINING

SESSION I ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM IN DEVELOPMENT – ORIENTED
ORGANISATIONS

MODULE 1 The organisation of an accounting department of a development-
oriented structure

. Filing and Handling of accounting documents
. Creation of an accounting plan adapted to projects.
. Handling of treasury accounts (Cash/Bank)
. Periodical accounting statements during the financial year.
. Fiscal Matters involving the projects
. Description of the task of an accounting and financial department

MODULE 2 : The Elaboration and Monitoring of budget execution in development-oriented organisations

MODULE 3 : Treasury (Cash Flow) Management

MODULE 4 : End of year tasks in organisations and projects for development.

SESSION II RELATIONSHIP WITH DONORS, AUDIT, SELF-FINANCING AND MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES IN DEVELOPMENT- ORIENTED ORGANISATIONS

MODULE 1 : The relationship between the organisation and Donors

. Handling and Follow-up of the files of donors.
. Elaboration of financial reports.

MODULE 2 : Preparation and carrying out of an accounting and financial audit

. Role of Top management and its accounting and financial department
. Role of auditor

MODULE 3 : Using Audit Reports

. Presentation of audit report.
. Reading and Using of audit reports

MODULE 4 : Instituting a Self- financing policy

MODULE 5 : Elaboration and implementation of management procedure