Public Financial Management Reforms (PFMR): Implementation Barriers, Best Practices & Governance Challenges
Venue: Lake Naivasha Resort, Naivasha-Kenya
Date: 1st - 6th June 2026
Cost: Kshs. 86,000 / USD 850
CPD points: 10
Overview
Navigate the complexities of public financial management reforms with this program on implementation barriers, best practices, and governance challenges. Participants will learn from international experience how to design and implement PFM reforms that deliver tangible improvements in fiscal discipline, resource allocation, and service delivery. The curriculum covers reform diagnostics, sequencing, stakeholder management, and monitoring. Through case studies and interactive discussions, attendees will develop strategies to overcome common barriers and sustain reform momentum. This program is essential for PFM reform leaders, ministry officials, and development partners.
Objectives
- Understand the components and objectives of comprehensive PFM reforms
- Conduct PFM diagnostics to identify reform priorities (e.g., PEFA)
- Design reform strategies with realistic sequencing and timelines
- Manage stakeholder engagement and build political will
- Address implementation barriers (capacity, resistance, coordination)
- Integrate PFM reforms with broader governance and public sector reforms
- Monitor and evaluate reform progress and impact
- Learn from international best practices and failures
- Sustain reforms through institutionalization and capacity building
Target Audience
- Ministry of finance and treasury officials
- Public sector reform unit staff
- PFM practitioners in government
- Development partners supporting PFM reforms
- Consultants and advisors in public finance
- Academics and researchers in PFM
- Civil society organizations monitoring PFM
Methodology
- Diagnostic tool workshops (e.g., PEFA)
- Case study analyses of PFM reforms in various countries
- Stakeholder mapping and engagement planning
- Implementation barrier brainstorming
- Peer learning among participants
- Reform strategy development sessions
- Action planning for participants' reform contexts
