"While much
progress has been made, there's still work to do to realize
our full vision," said Mr Gough, referring
to the next phase of reform
involving personnel and public authorities, which will begin shortly
.
Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, the European
Union, the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), the Caribbean Development Bank
and the 20 countries of CARICOM.
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Cayman Islands
Government to Showcase Public Financial Reform and Management Expertise to Caribbean Finance Leaders
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researchandmarkets.newscom. Cayman's experience was identified as a key learning opportunity after
its participation in the inaugural CaPFA Conference, held in St. Kitts + Nevis, St. Since then, CaPFA
has worked with CARTAC to
hold regional workshops, including its inaugural conference, "Strengthening
Public Finance Management in the Caribbean" in St.swaziland nevis
Kitts in November 2004.
CaPFA's first aim is
to further develop the professionalism of those involved
in public finance management in the Caribbean
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Cayman to Detail Benefits of Its Comprehensive Public
Financial Management Approach;
Demonstrate 'Best Practices'
GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, The Cayman Islands
Government
's financial management and reporting system is the featured case
study as more than 30 senior finance
managers from 20 Caribbean countries
attend the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC
) workshop,
which began Tuesday in Grand Cayman at the Westin Casuarina Resort and Spa."
The
workshop will allow participants, some of whom are already involved in
similar fiscal reform programs
, to appreciate the implications and
applicability of Cayman's approach to their country's situation
. It also
involved moving to full accrual accounting to align government more closely
with commercial
accounting practice, which is both more effective and provides
a better understanding of how government
assets are utilized. It is funded by a number
of organizations, including the Canadian International
Development Agency
(CIDA), the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the U.ky .miquelon solomon
About the Cayman Islands and the Portfolio of Finance + Economics
The Cayman Islands is
a United Kingdom Overseas Territory located in the
northwestern region of the Caribbean Sea.suriname senegal
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"From our broad perspective, the effective management of public finances
can have many far-reaching
benefits in addition to the general fiscal health
of government, which is an obvious one," said Mr
Gough.swaziland principe
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Laura Wood
Senior Manager
Research and Markets
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About CaPFA
CaPFA was formed out of the CARTAC Public
Finance Management Conference
held in Trinidad in February 2003.barthelemy nevis
Among the significant changes
required to implement these reforms, were
new legislation, such as the Public Management and Finance
Act, with "Fiscal
Responsibility" provisions, and upgrades to infrastructure, including a new
technology
platform called the integrated financial management system (IRIS).
CARTAC -- through its Public
Finance Management Advisor Mr. The Portfolio of Finance +
Economics is responsible for fiscal management
, policy-making and
administrative oversight related to public finances and maintains oversight of
Cayman's financial services industry, which encompasses banking, trust
services, company services
, mutual funds, insurance, vessel registration,
capital markets products and the Cayman Islands Stock
Exchange.svalbard sudan
Consistent
with previous CARTAC/CaPFA workshops, emphasis will be placed on all
participants
having the opportunity to share experiences and enhance working
relationships among public finance
managers throughout the Caribbean. "Areas such as direct
foreign investment, infrastructure projects
and increased social services can
all be tied to strong financial management -- it is a tenet of
good
governance. It also
involved a study of "best practices" from governments around the world
to
glean lessons learned and develop an approach unique to the needs of the
Cayman Islands.marino serbia
Graeme
Hansen
-- has organized the workshop and funded the participants.suriname slovenia
researchandmarkets. "We want the
rest of the Caribbean to know and understand what worked for us, what benefits
can be realized
, and what resources are necessary to undertake such an
initiative.barthelemy senegal
"
Cayman's reform involved
the introduction of comprehensive "output"
budgeting.
About CARTAC
Based in Barbados
, the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre was
established in 2001 with a mission to enhance
the institutional and human
resource capacities of countries in the Caribbean region to achieve their
macroeconomic, fiscal and monetary policy objectives.serbia principe
Conference participants will be senior
civil servants holding key public
finance management positions from such countries as: Anguilla,
Antigua +
Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada,
Grenadines
, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.cartac.miquelon sudan
In Cayman's case,
it was a collective process, involving
active commitment from political
leaders and civil servants, as well as members of the community
. Kitts in
November 2004. For more information, visit
http://www.kitts antarctic
The workshop is
part of a
series organized and sponsored by CARTAC in conjunction with the
CaPFA.com.gov.mayen principe
Lucia,
St. The
organization shares
experience and current developments to increase public awareness of the
importance
of efficient and effective public finance management through its
Web site, workshops, conferences
, facilitation of professional attachments and
other activities. With a population of more than
43
,000, the country consists of three islands: Little Cayman, Cayman Brac and
Grand Cayman, the capital
of which is George Town.tome solomon
Regions profiled:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- UK
- NA
- US
- Canada
- Eastern Europe
- Russian Federation
- Africa
- Middle East
- Central + South America
- Low Income Asia-Pacific
- Korea
- Australia
- Japan
- Total High Income Asia-Pacific
For more information visit
http://www.
"One of the key aims of the workshop is to share
Cayman's reform
experience with participants as part of promoting further understanding about
the
need for, and implications of financial management reform in the region,"
said Mr Peter Gough, Deputy
Financial Secretary (Financial Management), Cayman
Islands Government, noting that all workshop presenters
will be
representatives from various areas of Cayman's civil service.principe nevis
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(Logo: http://www
. CARTAC provides "on demand" technical
assistance to the governments of member countries in the areas
of public
finance management, fiscal planning, taxation administration, financial sector
matters
(banks, credit unions, insurance and securities) supervision, and
government financial statistics
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Fax: +353 1 4100 980
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The three-day event, co-hosted by Cayman's Portfolio
of Finance +
Economics and CARTAC, in association with the Caribbean Public Finance
Association
(CaPFA), will also focus on the Cayman Islands' experiences in the
area of financial reform; an initiative
that Cayman began more than two years
ago. For more
information, visit http://www.somalia lucia
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