2021 IFMIS CBP Virtual Workshop Report Final

2021 IFMIS Capacity Building Program
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2021 IFMIS Capacity Building Program on
IFMIS Trends and dBrain Experiences
Virtual Workshop Report
Date May 11-20, 2021 (four sessions on May 11, 13, 18 and 20)
Format Virtual workshops / webinars
Objectives
The international IFMIS Capacity Building Program (CBP) webinar series organized by the Korea
Public Finance Information Service (KPFIS), the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the
World Bank Group (WBG) will provide an opportunity for the officials involved in GovTech1/ digital
transformation activities in Public Financial Management (PFM) domain to learn more about the
trends in transition to Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS),
new/advanced features of next generation dBrain (Digital Budget and Accounting System), online
analytical processing tools, cybersecurity and other relevant topics. These activities are expected
to help improve the capacity of participants leading their country specific digital transformation
and IFMIS modernization activities by sharing the good practices and challenges and learning from
the experiences of other countries. The IFMIS CBP is being supported by the Korea Development
Institute (KDI) School of Public Policy and Management.
Contents
Lectures > The KPFIS team will share the Korean government’s experience with the
implementation of next generation dBrain system, COVID-19 response activities, cyber security
(with a focus on PFM), and data analytics tools used for financial statistics and reporting through
systematic training programs.
The African Development Bank team will share their regional experiences and trends in IFMIS
domain. The World Bank team will share the international trends in GovTech initiatives, which
include IFMIS as an integral part of core government systems. The WBG session will also cover a
short presentation on the Korean local government FMIS solution (e-Hojo) that is integrated with
dBrain platform.
Country presentations > Each country team will present a good practice case and a key technical
or adaptive challenge related to their IFMIS platform and benefit from the feedback of
participants during interactive sessions.
A workshop report will be prepared to present the good practices and country specific challenges,
together with the responses from participants.
Who participated?
The government officials invited from 11 countries (Angola, the Gambia, Liberia, Malawi,
Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria-Kano State, Philippines, Rwanda, Somalia, and Tunisia) presented
their IFMIS good practices and modernization plans. Several other countries (Algeria, Bhutan,
Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lao P.D.R., Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, and Nepal) joined as
observers.
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GovTech is a whole-of-government approach to public sector modernization and promotes simple, efficient and
transparent government with the citizen at the center of reforms.
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Results
2012 IFMIS CBP virtual workshop sessions provided an opportunity for the presenting and
observing country officials mostly from the Africa region, as well as the development partners,
consultants, and solution providers involved in IFMIS modernization and integration activities, to
learn more about the next generation dBrain system, and discuss good practices and key
challenges through knowledge sharing and learning activities. The presentations covered the
topics identified by 11 invited countries in their proposals submitted before the event. The
government officials contributed to this four-day event discussed new trends, good practice cases
and the challenges faced in ongoing/completed activities and exchanged ideas on possible
solutions. This report presents the details of all discussion and the responses provided by the
presenters to all questions raised during Q&A sessions. An overview of all systems introduced during
the workshop can be found at the end of the report (see Annex 9).
The results of the program can be summarized as follows:
• There were 181 participants from 63 countries/states attending the events, as well as 19
officials from three organizing institutions (KPFIS, AfDB, and WBG). Total number of
participants including the organizers was 200 (53 attending all four days, 26 attending three
days, 46 attending two days, and 75 attending one day).
• The daily breakdown of the attendees is presented below:
Day 1 (May 11): 150 participants from 52 locations
• The presentations from 11 invited countries were very useful, and a large number of
questions were posed by the participants after the presentations or through chat window
messages. It was not possible to respond to all questions due to limited time, but the
workshop report includes the responses provided by all presenters to these questions.
• The organizers are grateful to all government officials who took the time from their busy
personal or professional lives to join the sessions despite all challenges in these difficult times.
Overall, 2021 IFMIS CBP was a successful event, connecting more than 200 officials and
practitioners, providing opportunities to exchange knowledge and experiences on IFMIS trends
and next generation dBrain for the benefit of participating countries.
Annexes
Annex 1: IFMIS Capacity Building Workshop Program
Annex 2: Reflections from the event
Annex 3: Short bios of the presenters
Annex 4: Virtual workshop session on May 11, 2021
Annex 8: List of all attendees
Annex 9: Overview of IFMIS solutions in 11 invited countries
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Annex 1: IFMIS Capacity Building Workshop Program
Date Time 1 Sessions 2 Who
09:00-09:10 Opening remarks KPFIS, AfDB, WBG
09:10-09:30 Session 1 > Next Generation dBrain KPFIS
May 11 09:30-09:55 Session 2 > Presentation of Country 1 Angola
(Tue) 09:55-10:20 Session 3 > Presentation of Country 2 Philippines
10:20-10:45 Session 4 > Presentation of Country 3 Rwanda
10:45-11:00 Closing remarks KPFIS
09:10-09:30 Session 5 > AfDB: Use of Country Systems for Financial Reporting AfDB
May 13 09:30-09:55 Session 6 > Presentation of Country 4 Malawi
(Thu) 09:55-10:20 Session 7 > Presentation of Country 5 Mozambique
10:20-10:45 Session 8 > KPFIS Presentation + Q&A session -
09:10-09:30 Session 9 > dBrain & Information Security KPFIS
May 18 09:30-09:55 Session 10 > Presentation of Country 7 Liberia
(Tue) 09:55-10:20 Session 11 > Presentation of Country 8 Gambia
10:20-10:45 Session 12 > Presentation of Country 9 Tunisia
09:10-09:30 Session 13 > WBG: GovTech and FMIS + Introduction to e-Hojo WBG
May 20 09:30-09:55 Session 14 > Presentation of Country 10 Morocco
(Thu) 09:55-10:20 Session 15 > Presentation of Country 11 Nigeria - Kano State
10:20-10:45 Session 16 > Presentation of Country 12 Somalia
10:45-11:00 KPFIS Presentation + Closing remarks KPFIS
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All times are GMT (Local time in Cote d’Ivoire: 09:00 am, in Seoul: 6:00 pm, in Washington DC: 5:00 am)
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Discussions will take place in English, in general. Interpretation support will be available from Korean to English and
French.
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Annex 2: Reflections from the event
Group photo (May 20, 2021)
Opening Remarks
Mr. Frank Mvula Mr. Jae Hoon Kim Mr. Hoon Sahib Soh
Director, Fiduciary & Inspections Dept, AfDB KPFIS President WB Country Manager
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Organizers: Korea Public Finance Information Service (KPFIS), African Development Bank (AfDB), and World Bank Group (WBG)
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Annex 3: Short bios of the presenters
Day 1 – May 11, 2021
KPFIS
Mr. Kang-Seok Lee is a manager of the KPFIS that manages and operates
dBrain, Digital Budget and Accounting System in Korea. He is currently in
charge of new technology applications and technical training for employees
so that engineers of KPFIS can improve their capacity for the new technology.
He has an expertise in the computer science and previously, he worked as a
statistical analyst for dBrain.
Angola
Mr. Joel Gomes is the Deputy Director for the Information Systems in the
Ministry of Finance (MoF) of Angola. Since 2009, he held several technical
positions within the MoF, including the project coordination and
administrator of technological systems and infrastructures. He was the
Systems and Infrastructure Team Leader and the Deputy Technical Director of
SETIC-FP from 2015 to 2020. He also worked in MOVICEL and PLANAD, and
ZX-Informatica before joining the MoF. He has a Management Computing
Engineering degree from the University Jean Piaget in Angola.
Philippines
Ms. Sheryll Grace S. Aromin currently holds the position of Information
Technology Officer III at the Information and Communications Technology
Systems Service (ICTSS) of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM),
as well as the Division Chief of the Project Coordination and Quality Assurance
Division of the ICTSS-DBM. She is also the Project Management Office Head
of the Budget and Treasury Management System (BTMS) Project. She has
more than 19 years of technical experience from diverse fields such as
government and corporate accounting, policy analysis, internal control,
internal audit and information systems, public sector innovation and business
process management. Ms. Aromin is a Certified Public Accountant and a
Certified Internal Auditor. She has a Master’s degree in Business
Administration from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines and a B.Sc.
degree in Accountancy, Magna Cum Laude at Saint Louis University-Baguio
City, Philippines.
Rwanda
Mr. Placide Mukwende is the IFMIS Coordinator in the Ministry of Finance and
Economic Planning in Rwanda. He has more than 15 years of expertise in
software industry, specifically in designing and developing financial systems.
During his software carrier, he played many roles including full-stack
developer, software designer, senior systems integration engineer, and
software project manager. He designed the IFMIS currently being used by the
Government of Rwanda, and successfully implemented other three financial
systems in Rwanda. He has over 12 years as part-time University lecturer,
teaching design and development enterprise web application using Java
technologies. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and
Technology from Central South University, China, and Bachelor’s degree in
Information Technlogy from Vellore Institute of Technology, India.
Day 2 – May 13, 2021
AfDB
Mr. Owusu Mensah Agyei is Chief Financial Management Policy Officer of the
African Development Bank. Owusu has over 20 years professional experience
in financial management from varied positions he has held in private, public,
and multilateral sector. He has designed financial management arrangements
in donor-financed projects and provides support during project
implementation including public financial management reform projects in
several African Countries. He holds an MBA in Banking and Finance from the
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Business
School in Ghana. He is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and a Member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA) Ghana, and a Certified Professional
Accountant by the South Africa Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA).
Malawi
Mr. Patrick Machika is an ICT career Civil Servant in the Government of Malawi
with 29 years of experience working at different ministries and departments.
He has worked in various roles ranging from systems development, managing
government networks and leadership. He is currently working as a Director for
the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) for Central
Government. He is involved in ensuring that a new IFMIS based on SAP is
implemented to replace the existing one that is based in Epicor software.
Mozambique
Mr. Dário Fortes is a young Mozambican, aged 35, who started his career as a
web developer in 2007, developing portals and websites, in 2011 he joined
the Center for Development of Financial Information Systems - CEDSIF team
and started working on the Integrated Financial Management System for the
Government of Mozambique (e-SISTAFE) as a full stack java developer. Then
he became responsible for the all Development Team at CEDSIF in 2017,
where amongst others he was responsible for the development/maintenance
of the following modules: Budget Elaboration, Budget Execution, Human
Resources and Payroll Management. He has also worked with Business
Intelligence, for e-SISTAFE PFM Portal. He has a BSc degree in (2011) in
computer engineering and a Short Master (2019) on Business Intelligence.
Day 3 – May 18, 2021

KPFIS
Mr. Chang-Wan Ahn has been in charge of middleware operations in dBrain
infrastructure since 2016 and performed tasks such as improving information
security and managing system failures so that dBrain users to access the web
page normally. He worked as a software engineer and data link operator
between information systems based on his major in computer science.
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Liberia
Mr. Benjamin Wilson joined the employs of the Ministry of Finance-Liberia in
2013 as Financial Management Officer upon his graduation from the Financial
Management Training Program. He has worked on several IFMIS activities
ranging from system design and analysis to training of end users. He is
currently the Lead Financial Management Officer of the Integrated Financial
Management Information System at the Ministry of Finance and Development
planning, Liberia. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics and
Accounting from the state run University of Liberia in 2009 and a Master’s
degree in Public Financial Management from the World Bank Sponsored
Financial Management Training Program in Monrovia in 2013. Mr. Wilson
holds a mid-level profession certification in Accounting from the Associations
of Accountancy Bodies of West Africa.
The Gambia
Mr. Ousman Darboe is the Deputy Accountant General responsible for
Integrated Financial Management Information Systems (IFMIS) in The Gambia.
He started working at the Accountant General’s Department since March 2006
after completing Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT), and rose
through the ranks in different units of the Department. He has a Master’s
degree in Business Administration (MBA), studied AAT, and has certifications
of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and Prince 2
Practitioner (Project Management).
Tunisia
Mr. El Assad El Khalil is the Director General of the General State Budget
Administration Committee, responsible for summarizing and analyzing budget
expenditure. He joined the Ministry of Finance of Tunisia in February 1999. He
has a M.Sc. degree (1996) in Economics from the Faculté des Sciences
Économiques et de Gestion de Sfax (FSEGS) and a Computer Analysts degree
(1999) from the Centre National de l'Informatique (CNI) in Tunisia.
Day 4 – May 20, 2021

WBG
Mr. Cem Dener is a Lead Governance Specialist in the Governance Global
Practice of the World Bank. He contributed to the modernization of Public
Financial Management information systems and Digital Government
programs in more than 50 countries over the past two decades. Presently, he
is the Global Lead for GovTech and the Coordinator of the FMIS Community
of Practice created. He represents the World Bank in regional and
international events to share/discuss experiences and trends in transition to
integrated digital solutions combining foundational and frontier (disruptive)
technologies, as well as the open source software applications in public sector.
He received BSME from METU, Ankara, Turkey (1982), MSc from Cranfield
Institute of Technology, Bedford, U.K. (1985), and PhD from Vrije Universiteit
Brussel, Belgium (1992).
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Mr. Young-Seok Kim is a Senior Governance Specialist in the Governance
Global Practice of the World Bank and on secondment from Korea’s Ministry
of the Interior and Safety. He is currently working with GovTech team for
supporting Digital Government programs and investigating GovTech solutions
to disseminate lessons learned. At the Ministry, he has contributed to the
establishment and development of major policies including Korea’s
Government Innovation Plan and Digital Government Strategy. He also
worked on policies to support administrative innovation of local government.
He has a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from University of Southern
California.
Morocco
Mr. Aziz Bouazzaoui is the Director of Resources and Information System at
the General Treasury of the Kingdom (GTK) since 2007. He took part in the
modernization of human resources and the information systems. He currently
contributes to the implementation of the new chart of accounts and the
digitalization of the public procurement procedures. He began his career at
the Ministry of Trade and Industry in 1987. In 1989, he was head of the
Electronics Industry service. In 1994, he was appointed Director of the
Moroccan Industrial Property Office. During the period 1994-2000, he
participated in the development of the new legal framework for industrial
property with the creation of the Moroccan Office for Industrial and
Commercial Property (OMPIC). In 2000, Mr. Bouazzaoui was appointed
Director General of OMPIC. He led the process of modernizing OMPIC by
setting up online services (financial information database, online payment,
electronic administration). He holds an engineering degree and graduated
from the SUPELEC school, Paris, in 1986.
Nigeria, Kano State
Mr. Adamu Kabo Idris was the SIFMIS Coordinator for the Government of Kano
State from September 2019 to March 2021. Before this position, he was the
IT Director of the Kano State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS) leading and
coordinating the implementation several core information systems from
2015-2020. He has over 20 years of experience working in the IT and financial
industry. He has Postgraduate Diploma in IT, and M.Sc. in Strategic Business IT
(University of Portsmouth). Also, he is a member of the Charted Institute of IT,
and currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Information Systems Management (Robert
Kennedy College Zurich).
Somalia
Mr. Adam Abdulkadir Adam is the Director of the Somalia Financial
Management Information System (SFMIS) Department in the Office of the
Accountant General of the Federal Government of Somalia since 2014. He has
over eight years of experience in the field of Information Technology
Management. He has diverse experience working in both the private and
public sector. Mr. Adam has worked as a consultant with the Banadir Regional
Administration (BRA) and as a Quality Assurance Specialist at Ladan Bank in
Mogadishu, Somalia. He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science
(Information Technology) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology
Management from the University Technology Malaysia. He is also currently
pursuing his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
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IFMIS Capacity Building Program (CBP)

KPFIS, AfDB, WBG Virtual Workshop Sessions
Presentations from Angola, Philippines, and Rwanda
Date & Time : May 11, 2021 @ 18:00-20:00 Seoul

Venue : Zoom virtual session
Moderator : Mr. Cem Dener, Lead Governance Specialist, World Bank
Participants : 150 participants from 52 countries. List of participants is at Annex 4.1.
Video links : Video (En) Video (Fr)
Meeting Notes
 Opening remarks
Mr. Cem Dener welcomed all participants joining the virtual workshop session organized jointly with the
Korea Public Finance Information Service (KPFIS), the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World
Bank Group (WBG). He reminded that this is the first session in a series of four, with the participation of
Angola, Philippines, and Rwanda, as a part of the 2021 IFMIS Capacity Building Program.
Following the opening remarks from Mr. Jae Hoon Kim (KPFIS President), Mr. Frank Mvula (Director,
Fiduciary & Inspections Dept, AfDB), and Mr. Hoon Sahib Soh (Country Manager, Republic of Korea, WBG),
invited countries presented their FMIS solutions, good practices, key challenges, and modernization plans.
 Presentations and Discussions
Mr. Kang-Seok Lee (KPFIS) presented the D.N.A. (Data, Networking, AI) of the next generation dBrain. The
project has been launched in December 2019 through a contract signed with Samsung (109 billion Won;
about $93m; duration 27 months) for the complete reconstruction of dBrain to support data-based policy
making. A dedicated dBrain establishment promotion team has been established in July 2019 and the
detailed system requirements have been defined in 2020. He introduced the key features of the next
generation dBrain and summarized the implementation status. In addition to enhanced core PFM
capabilities, new dBrain platform will also support various predictions using artificial intelligence including:
“National Treasury Balance Prediction”, “AI-Based GDP Estimation” and “AI-Based Fiscal Estimation”. New
system is expected to go-live on January 1, 2022.
Mr. Joel Gomes (Angola) introduced the “Service Portal” (operational since Dec 2019) developed for all
state entities to collect their own revenues (fees, licenses, fines, emoluments, contributions, or donations)
through treasury account, with automatic return of their financial shares, allowing expenditures with own
resources and providing consolidated financial information. The portal is linked with a custom-developed
FMIS platform (SIGFE) to provide services to citizens and companies. Currently, 110 collecting agencies of
the estimated 195 are using the service portal. The system implementation cost is estimated around $ 1.5m,
and the rollout is expected to be completed in Q2 2021.
Service Portal (collection): https://servicos.minfin.gov.ao
SIGFE (execution of expenses): https://www6.mifnin.gov.ao
Ms. Sheryll Grace S. Aromin (Philippines) presented the Budget and Treasury Management System (BTMS)
that has been purchased in 2015 as the FMIS solution for the execution and accountability phases of the
budget cycle. The BTMS is based on Free Balance Accountability Suite v7 (operational since 2018) and
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includes the following modules: Budget Management, Commitments Management/Budget Utilization,
Payments, Receipts, Cash Management, Property, Plant and Equipment, Accounting and Fiscal Reporting.
The system is linked with the Modernized Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System
(mPhilGEPS), Electronic Fund Transfer (Payments), and Electronic Document Management System (DICT-
PNPKI). The BTMS development cost is around $10m, licensing cost (10,000 concurrent users) is $11m, and
three-year product support cost is $5m (2018-2020). As of 2020, the total costs to date amount to around
$32m (P1,531,614,579), which includes the earlier provided amounts, as well as other BTMS related costs
on rollout, change management, infrastructure application upgrades and other overhead expenses. She
also presented the results achieved within the last two years including the accelerated rollout of the BTMS
to the top ten spending agencies made the rollout more focused on capturing a bigger percentage of
budget utilization.
BTMS portal: www.btms.gov.ph
BTMS (system login): https://grp.btms.gov.ph/gov-web/faces/login.xhtml
Mr. Placide Mukwende (Rwanda) summarized the capabilities of custom developed Smart Integrated
Financial Management Information System (Smart IFMIS), which is operational since July 2010, to support
budget preparation, execution, revenue management, bank reconciliation, accounting and reporting in all
(174) public budget agencies. In order to strengthen capacity, service delivery and accountability of public
institutions, the Government has extended the implementation of IFMIS to subnational entities starting
from 2017, including sectors (416), districts hospitals (43), health centers (521) and public schools (2,999).
The total cost of development and implementation of Smart IFMIS is around $ 21m. He also explained the
results achieved and key challenges, together with am overview of the existing IFMIS platform.
Smart IFMIS (system login): https://smartifmis.minecofin.gov.rw/ifmis-home-ui/login.do
 Q&A Session
Following questions and comments were shared during this event:
• Q (Placide Mukwende) to KPFIS: Thank you for the dBrain inspiration. While setting the indicators for
performance-based planning and budgeting, do you use quantitative only or also consider qualitative
indicators?
A >>> dBrain system uses both quantitative and qualitative indicators. We first set up performance
indicators, and then monitor the performance using qualitative indicators as well. For these
assessments, the MoEF/KPFIS work with other agencies, and expert organizations. Different factors
are considered in this process.
• Q (Amra Srdanovic) to KPFIS: Thank you for the presentation. My question is related to the timeline for
the implementation of the new version of dBrain, and whether it has been closely aligned with the
start/end of the FY. If not, kindly share how you are planning to address challenges, including running
parallel systems and data migration in the interim period?
A >>> The KPFIS’s plan is to complete the development of new dBrain by the end of this fiscal year and
go-live on January 1, 2022. Past fiscal year data are being migrated to the new system. During this data
migration process, the KPFIS is considering three factors: (i) since we need to prepare the 2022 budget
plan, new dBrain modules will support the preparation of next year’s budget in upcoming months; (ii)
rules are ready to complete data migration by the end of this fiscal year; and (iii) we also will complete
the settlements after this fiscal year and migrate these to the new system. We’ll also allow real-time
data migration as well.
• Q (Gilmar Verissimo) to KPFIS: Thank you for the brilliant presentation. Regarding the development,
maintenance, and management of the dBrain system, how did you establish the KPFIS Team to
guarantee cohesion and good governance of the dBrain system?
A > The KPFIS was established under the social consensus that a specialized organization is essential
to operate and manage the financial management information system, which is the basis of national
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financial management. In this process, the will of government authorities and Ministry of Economy
and Finance are very important.
• Q (Vurce-Arsene Mafouta Lossombot) to KPFIS:
(1) Quel est la durée pour une migration d'un système non automatisé vers le dBrain? (2) Comment se
fait la valorisation des actifs physiques des projets complexes: Routes, Aéroports, Usine d'eau, Barrage
Hydroélectrique, Centrale solaire…, et quelles sont les normes comptables utilisées par chaque pays?
(3) Quel le coût estimatif du développement du IFMIS dBrain version actuelle?
(1) How long does it take to migrate from a non-automated system to dBrain? (2) How is the physical
assets of complex projects valued: Roads, Airports, Waterworks, Hydroelectric dams, Solar power
stations, etc., and what are the accounting standards used by each country? (3) What is the estimated
cost of developing the current IFMIS dBrain version?
A > (1) Assuming that the question is related to the transfer/migration of data from other sources,
let’s first clarify the data exchange process. In order to automate data exchange with other agencies,
we may need more time. We need to first clarify if other sources have compatible and consistent
digital data to migrate. There can also be some technological gaps between different agencies. We
also need to clarify the frequency of data transfer. Regarding the expected duration of data
transfer/migration, it depends on the characteristics of data (type, period, update frequency, etc.).
Depending on these parameters, migration cycle can be different. We need to look at the data profile
to decide on the period for data migration and transfer. (2) Every year we perform annual asset
evaluation. We look at the actual values and reflect these in the system. If you are referring to the
actual construction costs of infrastructure investments, all relevant costs are reflected in the asset
valuation. We also perform depreciation and amortization calculations and adjust the values of assets.
(3) The development cost of the new dBrain is expected to be around $130m.
• Q (Khatry El Yezid) to KPFIS: I have a question about security of this infrastructure and how to monitor
and track traffic?
A > The KPFIS has a security monitoring center, called “Fiscal &Economy Cyber Security Center”
internally. They monitor all traffic between user end points and dBrain system 24/7, and take
immediate action, if security issues arise.
• Q (Erica P Harris) to KPFIS: How extensive is Chatbot use in dBrain? Have you found it encourages or
discourages citizens from interacting with government services?
A > Chatbot has been establishing for the government officials, the main users of dBrain, and it will
provide information on how to use the system, workflow procedures, and regulations. If users use the
Chatbot service, that information is reflected in the database and will be used for system
improvements. Chatbot makes it possible to support dBrain users 24/7/365.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to KPFIS: What is the cost of dBrain?
A > The development cost of the new dBrain is expected to be around $130m.
• Q (Cem Dener) to Angola: You have developed an important Service Portal as a shared platform next
to SIGFE and created a service delivery channel for collecting revenues and monitor expenditures from
these resources. What was the development cost and duration of the portal?
A > It took about six months to develop the portal, and the total cost was about $1.6m. It was designed
to avoid payments for public services in cash. All payments can be made electronically.
• Q (Dário Fortes) to Angola: (1) Does Angola IFMIS platform support budget execution and digital
payments? (2) Was the IFMIS solution developed in house?
A > (1) The Service Portal is integrated with the SIGFE platform. Both platforms support budget
execution and digital payments are possible. (2) The portal was developed in-house. It can be easily
customized to support most of the services of the public sector.
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• Q (Erica P Harris) to Angola: Regarding outdated legislation hampering the progress of technology
solutions: Has there been much success in prompting the required changes? If not, what reason(s)
has/have been given for delay?
A > Legislation was the starting point. The solution can be adopted to the changes in legislation. Also,
system-based approach enforces the use of legislation. There has been some delay on the approval,
but we help all institutions on updating their regulations regarding revenue collection, such as service
pricing and regulations according to the valid fees and emolument´s Law, and push all the stake
holders to finalize the process of approval.
• Q (Nicolas Button) to Angola: Thanks for this very interesting presentation. I have one simple question:
Usually, IFMIS are actually either revenue- or spending-based. This system seems to make a link
between the two for users. Can you explain how the revenue data is impacting budget execution?
A > Year ago, most institutions didn’t have complete understanding of their revenues, since they had
no control over the points of collection. With the new system, we can better revenue forecasts during
planning, and also real time view of the collections during budget execution. We can also predict how
to spend. Most institutions have now more revenues than what they need from the government. They
are very independent and can manage their revenues mor effectively.
• Q (Basel Al-Bishtawi) to Philippines: Is the IFMIS in Philippines rolled out to all MDA's and regions?
A > Currently, there are already seventeen (17) BTMS go-live agencies. The BTMS has already been
introduced to around 149 national government agencies that are in their various rollout and data
migration stages. Three (3) of the seventeen (17) go-live agencies are also in the process of full BTMS
implementation up to the Regional Operating Units/Offices. The rest of the go-live agencies are also
painting their respective roadmaps for their implementation up to their lowest operating units.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to Philippines: (1) How did the Philippines BTMS handled Change Mgmt issues? (2) Is
BTMS implemented at Federal or National and State or Province level?
A > The Philippines initially engaged the Sycip, Gorres and Velayo Inc., a known audit firm in the
Philippines to conduct the change management activities for rollout such as the target state-future
state assessment. For the rollout, the Philippines used the 4Cs strategy, to wit:
1. Committing to change through obtaining and engaging the support of stakeholders.
2. Capacitating for change – through responsive risk management and capacity building programs.
3. Contributing and collaborating for change – through inclusive strategies for implementation and
rollout.
4. Celebrating and continuing change – through effective monitoring and evaluation and
sustainability controls.
• Q (Mehdi El Batti) to Philippines: What is the Total cost of Ownership of the COTS solution adopted?
A > As of date, the total cost of ownership amounts to around $32 million (inclusive of development
costs, license costs and product support and maintenance).
• Q (Pathoumthip NT) to Philippines: (1) Before implementing the BTMS and go live, did you already
have TSA? (2) What were the challenges in TSA implementation? (3) If the TSA is implemented, what
was the percentage increase in revenues after using BTMS?
A > Yes, the Philippines implemented the TSA as a precursor reform to the BTMS. In 2014, all 323
Treasury’s revenue accounts were consolidated and a fee-based payment scheme with government
servicing banks was arranged and implemented. From 2014 to 2019, the Bureau of the Treasury
(BTr) was able to consolidate and/or close 1,578 agency accounts outside the Treasury in the
aggregate amount of Php 31.251 billion. The TSA also achieved the timely realization of interest
income amounting to a total of P305.561M following the automatic remittance of interest income of
NGAs accounts by Accredited Government Depository banks (GSBs) outside the TSA. Thus, the TSA
provided an opportunity to monitor the daily cash balances more efficiently thus providing more
visibility on the daily cash position of the government.
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Albeit seeing substantial progress in cash management, the implementation of the TSA is still beset
by the challenge to incorporate expenditure accounts therein, particularly, off-budget accounts,
other than revenues in order to provide a more holistic picture of the cash position. Moreover, to
further enhance daily cash management, there is a need to improve the BTr’s visibility of agency
disbursements by enforcing the shift to electronic fund transfers for settlement and payment.
The revenues recorded so far in the BTMS are the revenue information of BTMS go-live agencies.
• Q (Erica P Harris) to Rwanda: Regarding institutional coverage: You mentioned that Rwanda's IFMIS
solution is being used by missions in other countries as well: What was one major challenge to
implement? What was one major success in implementing?
A > Rwanda IFMIS is used by Embassies and high commissions across the globe. We encountered two
major challenges during this implementation:
1. For embassies, implementation of the whole PFM cycle (Planning, Budgeting, Payment, Receipt,
Accounting, and Report) was too challenging, given the limited number of staff each embassy has.
For other central government agencies, each PFM component is supported by one staff. However,
for an embassy it may require having a lot of diplomates, which is a challenge in terms of increased
cost of using available embassy staff resources in a foreign nation.
2. Challenge of implementing multi-currency, given that some embassies are spending in the local
currency of the country hosting them. The SmartIFMIS is multi-currency system, and support only
44 currencies for which the Central Bank provides official exchange rates. However, for other
nations in which the currency is not supported by our central bank, it is a challenge and they are
requested to use USD.
The success is that, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we managed to successfully implement the
whole PFM cycle, where some components are handled by the Ministry staff and only payment,
receipt and accounting handled by Embassies. The other major success is that embassies are
financially reporting to the Accountant General on time, and consolidated among other budget
agencies.
• Q (Mamadou L. Deme) to Rwanda: Can we know when did Rwanda started to develop its IFMIS?
A > The IFMIS development started in 2010. The key challenge during initial years of operation was
the knowledge transfer from the previous system developers. In 2014, the MoF initiated the
development of Smart IFMIS as a new version, with a focus on knowledge transfer (source code
ownership and full documentation) to ensure the sustainability of the system. During the development
of new system, we managed to transfer the system knowledge within two years and can maintain the
new platform with internal resources effectively. One of the key success factors was the political will
to develop the new system with local developers and using the MoF’s technical experts and own
resources. Based on the audit reports, the total spending on IFMIS development, rollout, change
management and operations was around $21m within the last 10 years.
• Q (Jacinto Muchine) to Rwanda: Does the Rwanda's IFMIS pay to mobile accounts and what lessons
can you share?
A > The Rwanda IFMIS has no interface with Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to support automated
payments to mobile accounts because of limited transactions amount allowed for mobile accounts.
However, decentralized entities can open mobile accounts, and manage the transactions on those
accounts in Smart IFMIS. Those accounts serve the purpose of petty cash accounts for those entities,
and this was done as a way to avoid exchange of cash during COVID-19. The replenishment of these
accounts can be done by entities via the commercial banks which are integrated with MNOs.
• Q (Pike Pike Aye) to Rwanda: Thanks for the presentation for Rwanda. How is the internal and external
auditing process in FMIS? Does it work effectively?
A > The MoF has an Internal Audit unit. External audit is performed by the Auditor General. Currently,
there is no audit module in IFMIS. Auditors are using another system called TeamMate. However, due
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to the licensing cost of the TeamMate, the IFMIS team is developing a new audit module that is
expected to support the Government Internal audit needs and reduce the cost.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to Rwanda: Can you please share how you were able to deploy country wide at the
face of resistance from users?
A > Due to political will in the Government of Rwanda, there is no issue of users’ resistance. The rapid
deployment of IFMIS was the result of collaborative efforts between different government
institutions, with Ministry of Finance as the coordinator. In case of deploying IFMIS to local
government entities, the instruction was being channelled via the Ministry in charge of Local
Government, with ministerial order signed by the Minister of local government. The same was done
for health and education sectors, where Ministry of Finance was responsible for the implementation
and deployment of IFMIS, however the instruction and supervision done by Ministry of Health and
Ministry of Education respectively.
• Q (Sam) to Rwanda: SMART IFMIS in Rwanda is indeed a smart innovation. In your presentation, you
mention that there is revenue module and that coverage includes Agencies. However, we are aware
that some of the revenue generating agencies including WASAC and EDCL, there are stand-alone
systems managing the commercial side of their business. Are there plans to integrate these systems
into Smart IFMIS?
A > Smart IFMIS is used by public institutions that adopted the GFS 2014 based chart of accounts,
while public enterprises like WASAC and EDCL, that have commercial business nature, use the IFRS,
which is supported by commercial financial systems like Oracle or SAP. There is no short-term plan to
integrate these institutions into IFMIS, however it will all depend on government dynamics in policies
and regulations on how well PFM systems must be implemented.
• Q (Owusu M. Agyei) to Rwanda: How are donor funds being accounted for in the system; from receipts
through to financial reporting to Donors? Does the system allow for full accountability and generation
of financial reports required by donors? All ongoing donor-funded projects in Rwanda fully using the
system?
A > The Rwanda IFMIS is a multitenant system, with a chart of accounts composed of five segments.
The first segment is the administrative segment that hierarchically classifies entities and projects from
Ministry up to the lowest level revenue collection centre or spending unit like project named Revenue
Cost Centres (RCC). Donor funded projects are created as RCCs. Except during planning, where these
RCCs embed their plans in the overall institution plan in collaboration with other RCCs under the same
budget agencies, for budgeting, payments, revenue collection and accounting, the IFMIS treat them
as self-autonomous accounting entities, which allows them to financially report separately to donors
and report also to the government by consolidating them in the budget agencies they are affiliated to.
Not all donors’ funded projects are in IFMIS. We have around 80% of the projects, and the rollout is
still in progress.
• Q (Gilmar Verissimo) to Rwanda: Thanks for the presentation! Regarding the architecture governance
for the Rwandan IFMIS is it custom made or does it follow any international standard or
recommendation.
A > Rwanda IFMIS follow some international standards where they exist, like World Bank & IMF
recommendations, GFS 2014, IPSAS accrual accounting, etc. However, due to the country specific
political dynamics, the system is designed to meet both government and international stakeholder
reporting needs. However, to avoid any deviation from standards, every two years a quality assurance
is conducted by international firms like PwC, KPMG or E&Y, to set the standards of features that must
be developed for the next two years to meet government standards and international standards.
• Q (Dário Fortes) to Rwanda: Thank you Mr. Placide from Rwanda, for your presentation. Are the debit
cards used by government officials linked to the Treasury Single Account ? How is it done?
A > The Treasury is working with a commercial bank (Ecobank in Rwanda). The debit cards are issued
by the Ecobank for government officials. This is an account of the Treasury, which is linked to the
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Treasury Single Account implemented through the Central Bank. Once the money has been sent to
the beneficiary account in Ecobank, it is considered as an expense in the IFMIS. After this transfer, it
is not attached to the TSA.
• Q (Ahé) to Angola and Rwanda: Bonjour à tous. SmartIFMIS a été dévéloppé par le Ministère des
Finances, par un prestataire local ou par une agence gouvernementale? La question est également
adressée à M. Joel Gomez (Angola).
Good morning all. Smart IFMIS was developed by the Ministry of Finance, by a local service provider or
by a government agency? The question is also addressed to Mr. Joel Gomez (Angola).
A > Angola: Most agencies have network service providers for providing access to their data centers.
The FMIS was developed by the MoF IT Department with support from consultants, to ensure that the
system fully supports the country-specific needs.
Rwanda: Smart IFMIS was developed by the MoF’s technical experts with support from the local
developers.
• Q (Erica P Harris) to all presenters: (1) Apart from extending timelines, what is one other major change
that was prompted by the pandemic? (2) Regarding compliance challenges: what has been the
effectiveness of implementing policies? Are there any associated challenges with policy development
or implementation?
A > Philippines: (1) Coordination issues for rollout and change management for the new normal were
major changes encountered as prompted by the pandemic. (2) Since BTMS is a COTS, there were issues
on the re-engineering of existing manual processes in the Philippine government. The existing
Philippine guidelines, rules and regulations on public financial management were based on manual
processes, hence, there is the need for these standards and criteria to also evolve to incorporate re-
engineered, automated and digital transactions as well as consider the inclusion of new internal
controls in the use of information technology in processing.
• Q (Amadou Diarra) to all presenters: Quel est le cout estimatif de votre système intégré?
What is the estimated cost of your integrated system?
A > Philippines: The total cost of ownership amounts to around 32 million dollars.
• Q (Jacinto Muchine) to all presenters: What lessons can the presenting countries share in order to
effectively move from input to performance-based budgeting?
A > Philippines: In the case of the Philippines, the implementation of performance-informed
budgeting sharpened the focus on the performance information framework of the budget by
introducing progressively more strategic information on the targets and outcomes and outputs of the
agency strategies or programs and projects, into the General Appropriations Act (GAA), contributing
to the ability to better “link resources to results”.
• Q (Fatiha Loucif Seiad) to all presenters: (1) What is the cost of the solution BTMS and dBrain? (2) What
is the duration of implementation? (3) Does the solution support the budget preparation?
A > Philippines: (1) The total cost of the BTMS (development, licenses and support and maintenance)
amounts to around 32 million dollars. (2) The BTMS development was from 2015-2020; rollout to
national government agencies is still ongoing. (3) The BTMS is not yet linked with budget preparation
but has linkages to the budget controls approved upon enactment of the budget law. This is
administered under the BTMS Budget Management Module.
• Q (Mehdi El Batti) to all presenters: What’s the yearly maintenance cost?
A > Philippines: The annual BTMS product support and maintenance amounts to 20% of the license
costs.
• Q (Kedir Ali) to all presenters: What is your Service Bus, API, interfacing concept?
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A > Philippines: The Philippines has currently no service bus for the BTMS / IFMIS but said initiatives
are being aligned with the strategic e-governance roadmap of the Philippine Department of
Information and Communication Technology (DICT). The BTMS interfacing strategy is through opening
or exposing web services with systems.
 Next steps
Mr. Dener stated that the virtual workshop participants are grateful to the excellent presentations and
useful Q&A session. Also, sincere thanks to the participants for their engagement, questions, and
comments.
The presentations (pdf) are posted under the “KPFIS-AfDB-WB IFMIS CBP Workshop May 2021” folder of
the Shared Documents section, together with the video recording files (mp4). The video recording links
are also visible above.
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Annex 4.1 - List of participants (May 11, 2021)
# Title Name Position / Organization Location

1 Ms. Fatiha Loucif Seiad Sous-Directrice, Direction Générale du Budget, MF Algeria
2 Ms. Fazzia Makhlouf Sous-Directrice, Dir Gén de la Comp, Dir IT Sys & NW, MF Algeria
3 Mr. Khaldi Noureddine Directeur Général, Direction Générale des Douanes, MF Algeria
4 Mr. Mohamed Reda Benmeradi Directeur, Dir Gén des Relat Econ et Fin Extérieures, MF Algeria
5 Ms. Ouahiba Moussa Sous-Directrice, Dir Gén de la Comp, Dir IT Sys & NW, MF Algeria
6 Ms. Wassila Ennouar Chef de Bur, Fis de la Con, Dir Gén de la Pré & des Pol, MF Algeria
7 Mr. Almeida Fernandes Technical Studies and International Relations Office, MoF Angola
8 Ms. Carla Verissimo Rebelo IT Analyst, Ministry of Finance Angola
9 Ms. Esperanca Bumba Account Technician at BFD Consultoria Angola
10 Ms. Gertrudes Bastos Department of Economic and Financial Studies, MoF Angola
11 Mr. Gilmar Verissimo Senior Information Technology System Engineer, MoF Angola
12 Mr. Hélder Felix Senior Internal Auditor in Public Sector Angola
13 Mr. Helder Wembe Second Technician, MoF Angola
14 Ms. Indira Maiato Director of the Office of Studies, Planning & MAT Stats Angola
15 Ms. Isabel P. Muhongo da Silva Técnica de Estátistica, Ministério das Finanças Angola
16 Ms. Isamara Santos Second Technician, MoF Angola
17 Ms. Jexca Valéria Mandongo Técnica, Ministério das Finanças Angola
18 Mr. João Lusanga Software Manager, Catholic University of Angola Angola
19 Mr. Joel Gomes Deputy IT Director, SETIC-FP, MoF Angola
20 Mr. Lusanga Miakongo Ministry of Finance Angola
21 Ms. Teresa Castro Analyst of Economics at Ministry of Finance Angola
22 Ms. Yelena Slizhevskaya Consultant, WBG Belarus
23 Ms. Karma Yangkee Chief ICT Officer, ICT Division, Ministry of Finance Bhutan
24 Mr. Kezang Jamtsho Senior Accounts Officer, Dept of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan
25 Mr. Kuenga Lhundrup Acting Chief ICT Officer, ICT Division, MoF Bhutan
26 Ms. Kinzang Norbu Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Dept of Public Accts, MoF Bhutan
27 Mr. Pema Ngawang Chief Finance Officer, Department of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan
28 Mr. Phuntsho Wangdi Chief Budget Officer, Department of National Budget, MoF Bhutan
29 Mr. Sonam Tobgyel Chief Accounts Officer, Dept of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan
30 Mr. Antonio Seco Consultor, BID / Jupiter Brazil
31 Mr. Roberto Garcez Consultant/Adv, Roberto Cartaxo Garcez Consultoria Ltda Brazil
32 Mr. Fatoumata Toure Chargé de Gestion Financière, AfDB/BAD Burkina Faso
33 Mr. Douglas Hadden Executive VP Strategy & Innovation, FreeBalance Canada
34 Mr. Paul Viet-Minh Nguyen Consultant/Digital Development Specialist, WBG Central African Rep.
35 Mr. Mamadou Lamarane Deme Senior Financial Management Specialist, WBG Congo, Dem. Rep.
36 Mr. Vurce-Asene Lossombot Principal Financial Management Specialist, AfDB Congo, Dem. Rep.
37 Ms. Cécilia Cortese Technical Advisor to the Prime Min in charge of Eco & Fin Côte d’Ivoire
38 Mr. Eshetu Yimer Legesse Manager, Financial Management Operations Team 4, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire
39 Mr. Frank Mvula Director, Fiduciary & Inspections Dept, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire
40 Ms. Olivia Adjibi Team Assistant, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire
41 Mr. Owusu Mensah Agyei Chief Financial Management Policy Officer, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire
42 Mr. Sekou Keita Manager, Financial Management Operations Team 2, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire
43 Mr. Philip Doghle Principal Financial Management Officer, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire
44 Mr. Kedir Ali Adem IFMIS Team Leader, Min of Finance and Economic Dev Ethiopia
45 Mr. Melaku Tadesse Senior FM Officer, AfDB Ethiopia
46 Mr. Workenh Eshatuu Sime Consultant Ethiopia
47 Mr. Nicolas Botton Directeur IDEA Europe, IDEA-International France
48 Mr. Alfred K. Essel Senior Auditor, NW Admin, IT Unit, Ghana Audit Service Ghana
49 Mr. Emmanuel Kevin Vanderpuye Assistant Director, Ghana Audit Service Ghana
50 Ms. Arushi Sood E T Consultant, WBG India
51 Mr. Ashmeet Singh Consultant, WBG India
52 Ms. Bitopi Sharma Software Developer, Dir of Treasuries & Accts, Guwahati India
53 Mr. Krishna Sankaranarayanan Senior Financial Management Specialist, WBG India
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54 Ms. Shirly Priscilla Manager, Public Finance Practice, PwC India
55 Mr. Tanuj Mathur Senior Financial Management Specialist, WBG India
56 Mr. Saikat Sutradhar Finance & Accounts Officer India, Assam State
57 Mr. Sandeep Gogoi Senior Software Developer at ASPIRE India, Assam State
58 Mr. Tamojyoti Bose Assist Sys Admin, Dir of Acct & Treasuries, Gov of Assam India, Assam State
59 Mr. Ahmad Taufik Central & Reg Finance Analyst, DG Reg Fin (P2KD), MoHA Indonesia
60 Mr. Anwar Musadat Directorate General of Regional Finance, MoHA Indonesia
61 Ms. Noriko Toyoda Senior Governance Specialist, WBG Indonesia
62 Ms. Erica P. Harris IT Strategy Unit, Public Exp Policy Coord Div, MoFP Jamaica
63 Mr. Dauren Yegemberdiyev Chief Expert of Analy & Eval Div, State Treasury Com, MoF Kazakhstan
64 Mr. Tengiz Chikanayev Head of Analy, Eval & Risks Div, State Treasury Com, MoF Kazakhstan
65 Ms. Claire Sophie Marie Davanne Consultant, WBG Kenya
66 Mr. Ian Onyango Assistant Manager - Cloud Infrastructure at I&M Bank Ltd Kenya
67 Mr. Sebefoly Fani Senior Financial Management Officer, AfDB Kenya
68 Ms. Elnura Sarieva Coordinator ORP, Ministry of Finance Kyrgyz Republic
69 Ms. Pathoumthip Khounthalyvong Technical Staff, National Treasury, MoF Lao P.D.R.
70 Mr. Viengsone Phetsynouan Deputy Director of Division, National Treasury, MoF Lao P.D.R.
71 Mr. Botseba Daniel Sesinyi Senior ICT Support Officer, IFMIS Team, MoF Lesotho
72 Ms. Relebohile Ralitsie Assistant Application Support Officer, IFMIS, MoFDP Lesotho
73 Mr. Benjamin Wilson Lead FM Officer, IFMIS, PFM Project, MoFDP Liberia
74 Mr. Spencer A. Weah Senior Financial Management Officer, IFMIS Lead, MoFDP Liberia
75 Mr. Vee-Musa Fofana PFMRCU Coordinator, Reforms Coordination Unit, MoFDP Liberia
76 Mr. Patrick Machika SDD -IT, AGD, Min of Finance, Economic Planning & Dev Malawi
77 Mr. Abdoul Karim Magassouba Head of Research & Engineering Div, CAISFF, MoF Mali
78 Mr. Amadou Diarra PIM Division Head, Ministry of Finance Mali
79 Mr. Bilali Konate General Directorate of Public Debt, MoF Mali
80 Mr. Elly Prosper Arama Executive Director, Public Debt, Min of Econ and Finance Mali
81 Mr. Mohamed Aliou Diallo Senior Financial Management Officer, AfDB Mali
82 Mr. Mohamed Coulibaly Head of the IT Center, General Dir of Public Debt, MoF Mali
83 Mr. Seydou Djimde Head of Studies Div, Pub Fin Reform Support Unit, MoEF Mali
84 Mr. Mamadou Cisse IT Analyst, WBG Mauritania
85 Mr. Yezid Khatry Adviser to the Minister, MoF Mauritania
86 Ms. Ina Gorea Head of Section, Minisry of Finance Moldova
87 Mr. Sharkhuu Oyunbaatar IT Consultant, MoF Mongolia
88 Mr. Abdessamad Kasimi General Treasury, Ministry of Finance Morocco
89 Mr. Aziz Bouazzaoui Director of Resources a& Info System, Gen Treasury, MoF Morocco
90 Mr. Farid Radah Civil Servant, Ministry of Finance Morocco
91 Mr. Mohamed E. A. Seghrouchni Head of IT Division, General Treasury, MoF Morocco
92 Mr. Dário Fortes Director of Information Systems Dev, CEDSIF, MoF Mozambique
93 Mr. Jacinto Muchine Director Geral Adjunto, CEDSIF, MoF Mozambique
94 Mr. João Alguineiro Head of Project Management Office, CEDSIF Mozambique
95 Mr. Nilza Rafael Directora do SOM at CEDSIF, MoF Mozambique
96 Ms. Pike Pike Aye Public Sector Management Specialist, WBG Myanmar
97 Mr. Gorakh Bahadur Shahi PEFA Secretariat, IFMIS Team, DFCG, FCGO, MoF Nepal
98 Mr. Raj Kumar Shrestha Officer, PEFA Secretariat, MoF Nepal
99 Mr. Aboubacar Ahé Directeur Informatique, MoF / Dir de l'Info Financière Niger
100 Ms. Helen Okeke Operations Analyst, WBG Nigeria
101 Mr. Joe Cosma Advisory Sector Leader - Gov & Infra, Ernst & Young Nigeria
102 Mr. Adamu Idris Kabo SIFMIS Coordinator, Kano SLOGOR, Nigeria Nigeria, Kano State
103 Mr. Mustapha Muhammad Sadi System Administrator, SLOGOR, Kano State Nigeria, Kano State
104 Mr. Michael Ojo SIFMIS Project Team Member, Ondo State Nigeria, Ondo State
105 Mr. Akmal Minallah Sr. Financial Management Specialist, WBG Pakistan
106 Mr. Joyce Banzuela Management Consultant, Dev Finance International, Inc. Philippines
107 Mr. Seok Yong ("SY") Yoon Public Mgmt Specialist, Public Mgm, Gov & Part Div, ADB Philippines
108 Ms. Sheryll Grace Aromin IT Officer III, Prj Coord & Quality Assur Div Chief, DBM Philippines
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109 Ms. Soledad González VP for Latin America, Quidgest Portugal
110 Mr. Chang-Wan Ahn Head of Middleware Operations, dBrain, KPFIS Republic of Korea
111 Mr. Cheol Hyun Kim General Manager, Technical Support Division, KPFIS Republic of Korea
112 Ms. Han Wool Oh Associate, KPFIS Republic of Korea
113 Mr. Hoon Sahib Soh Country Manager, WBG Republic of Korea
114 Mr. Jae Hoon Kim President, KPFIS Republic of Korea
115 Ms. Joanne Kim Interpreter (English), KPFIS Republic of Korea
116 Mr. Kang Seok Le Manager, Technical Support Division, KPFIS Republic of Korea
117 Mr. Ki Young Lee Manager, KPFIS Republic of Korea
118 Ms. Rena Pyoun Interpreter (French), KPFIS Republic of Korea
119 Ms. Sarah Park Interpreter (French), KPFIS Republic of Korea
120 Ms. Seunghee Kang Interpreter (English), KPFIS Republic of Korea
121 Mr. Rostislav Suharev Business Analyst, Key Systems Ltd., Cheboksary Russian Federation
122 Mr. Jean Rurangirwa Coordinator of IFMIS, MoFEP Rwanda
123 Mr. Placide Mukwende IFMIS Project Coord, Min of Fin and Econ Planning Rwanda
124 Mr. Lassana Sako Consultant, Trade & Logistics Dyn 365 FO, Dynaminqs Senegal
125 Mr. Samba Cor Diop Spécialiste en Gestion Fin - Sénégal Cap-Vert, AfDB Senegal
126 Mr. Adam Abdulkadir Adam Director, Somalia Financial Mgmt Info System, MoF, FGS Somalia
127 Ms. Anab Sabriye Consultant (Accounting & FM), Office of Acct Gen, FGS Somalia
128 Ms. Jenny Sinclair Budget Advisor, PREMIS Somalia
129 Mr. Omar Salaad Hassan Head of Accounting, BRA, Benadir Region Somalia
130 Mr. Alain Nna Ebono Chief Regional Fin Mgmt Coord (West Africa Region), AfDB South Africa
131 Ms. Amanda Haggett-Haagner Dep Director (HRMIS-IFMS), Dept of Pub Serv & Adm South Africa
132 Mr. Devinder Goyal Chief Regional Financial Management Coordinator, AfDB South Africa
133 Mr. Marius Klue Office of the Accountant-General, National Treasury South Africa
134 Ms. Amra Srdanović Regional PFM Adviser, IMF AFRITAC East Tanzania
135 Mr. Nitesh Parmar Manager - Software Dev / Solutions Architect, SoftTech Tanzania
136 Ms. Rosemary Sway Project Manager, IFMIS, SoftTech Tanzania
137 Mr. Mamadou S. Traore Principal IT Service Management & Delivery Officer, AfDB Tunisia
138 Mr. Mehdi El Batti Public Sector Specialist , WBG Tunisia
139 Mr. Tetie Bakayoko Financial Management Specialist, AfDB U.S.A.
140 Mr. David Muthusi Mutuku Principal Financial Management Officer, AfDB Uganda
141 Mr. Basel Al Bishtawi SFMIS Specialist, PFM U.A.E.
142 Mr. Đỗ Quang Huy IT Specialist, Vietnam State Treasury Vietnam
143 Mr. Phạm Thi Tú Technical Specialist, State Treasury of Vietnam Vietnam
144 Mr. Phuong Bui The Director, IT Department, TABMIS Impl Unit, MoF Vietnam
145 Ms. Vu Thanh Huyen Director, TABMIS Implementation Unit, MoF Vietnam
146 Mr. Cem Dener Lead Governance Specialist, WBG Washington, DC
147 Ms. Elena Nikulina Senior Operations Officer, WBG Washington, DC
148 Mr. Mark Volk Knowledge Management Associate, WBG Washington, DC
149 Mr. Young-Seok Kim Senior Governance Specialist, WBG Washington, DC
150 Ms. Patricia Palale Makwebo Senior Financial Management Operations Officer, AfDB Zambia
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Reflections from the virtual workshop on May 11, 2021
KPFIS presentation: Next generation dBrain

Angola: Service Portal & IFMIS
Philippines: Budget and Treasury Management System (BTMS)
Rwanda: Smart IFMIS
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Presentations from Malawi, and Mozambique

Meeting Notes
 Opening remarks
Korean Public Finance Information Services (KPFIS), African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Bank
Group (WBG). He reminded that this is the second session in a series of four, with the participation of
Malawi, and Mozambique, as a part of the 2021 IFMIS Capacity Building Program.
Mr. Owusu Mensah Agyei’s (AfDB) presentation was focused on the use of country systems (UCS) for
project financial reporting. He highlighted the AfDB’s fiduciary and development mandate and presented
an overview of their UCS approach. He explained the Country Fiduciary Risk Assessment (CFRA), which is
the main diagnostic tool used for assessing the UCS. He also discussed the challenges and opportunities
for enhancing UCS in financial reporting.
Mr. Patrick Machika (Malawi) introduced the new IFMIS solution (based on SAP) that has been launched
in July 2020 to upgrade the government’s financial management system. Expected benefits from the new
IFMIS include: the rationalization of bank accounts under a treasury single account arrangement; the
comprehensive recording of all central government budgetary revenues and payments; the adoption of
modern receipting and payment methods; the prevention of unfunded expenditure commitments;
automated bank reconciliation; improved asset and inventory management; and improved reporting and
audit functions. Whilst the system design has incorporated the necessary features, fully achieving the
expected benefits will take longer - the demonstration of critical accountability and security benefits will
be completed as part of the current stabilization phase; improvements in transactional efficiencies are
being addressed under the optimization phase; but the realization of other benefits (e.g. accounting for all
government assets and the production of a comprehensive balance sheet) will take up to six years.
Government went live with the new IFMIS on July 1, 2020, on a pilot basis with 4 key modules and 10 votes.
The implementation cost was about $13 million.
New IFMIS: https://www.finance.gov.mw/index.php/departments/accountant-general/ifmis
Mr. Dário Fortes (Mozambique) presented the e-SISTAFE system (custom developed) launched in 2004,
and its functional scope has been significantly increased over the years. Following the successful launch of
the state budget preparation (MEO) and budget execution (MEX) modules, other modules have been
added gradually to support information management (MGI), salaries and pensions (MSP), asset
management (MPE), public debt management (MDP), inventory registration system (e-Inventory), tax
management System (e-Taxation), and more. The system is being modernized and expanded to support
new capabilities (e-Procurement, Internal Auditing), digitalize payments from citizen to government, and
generate and share useful information (reporting, business intelligence, e-mail and SMS alerts).
e-SISTAFE: https://www.cedsif.gov.mz/cedsifportal/?page_id=81
 Q&A Session
• Q (Major Kaushik) to AfDB: Challenges of IFMIS are common to all and these originate due to existing
systems/shadow IT. Whether common framework can be adopted to address?
A > Indeed Major! On the issue of having a common framework for countries to adopt, it is quite a
challenge, since countries are not at the same level of preparedness. Again, this should be
government-driven and owned with donor support but what we have realized is that there is weak
commitment to reform. But, we are not relenting on our support and commitment as donors.
• Q (Amanda Haggett-Haagner) to Malawi: What application is the Malawi HRMIS that the IFMIS
interfaces with?
A > it is called Global HRMIS that was developed by a solution provider.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to Malawi: Do you mean it is possible to have concurrent users in SAP? Concurrent
licences practically mean, for example 10,000 users can share 3000 licences. The last time I checked,
the SAP systems is limited to named users which means 3000 only.
A > Yes, indeed. We can have concurrent users in SAP. We also have a named user licensing regime,
which doesn’t limit the concurrent use of the system.
• Q (Femi Fatoyinbo) to Malawi: (1) In what ways will the new IFMIS avoid the pitfalls of the previous
one? (2) Is the current system integrated with the Debt Management Office of the MoF?
A > (1) There are a number of reforms implemented to avoid the difficulties experienced in the past
(i.e., Cash Gate). New system is role-based, and the internal audit function is monitoring the audit
trials. All payments requests go through a pre-audit process before the submission of approved
payment orders to the banking system. In the past, there was an application called “open checks”.
Checks now must be deposited to specific accounts, rather than the cashing by accountants. There are
also additional controls introduced in the system. These improvements were introduced to avoid the
challenges experienced in 2013. (2) Not yet. We are in liaison with Commonwealth to do the
integration at the time of upgrading the CSDRMS.
• Q (Major Kaushik) to Malawi: (1) Malawi has not mentioned Debt Management and Grant
Management as part of modules? How these are to be addressed? (2) It is mentioned that part of
interfaces with CS-DRMS. Whether it exists and working? (3) Whether history data is transformed and
migrated and used in budgeting? (4) Whether commitment control is for multiyear? (5) Whether
integration between Asset Management and Project Management achieved? (6) Helpdesk is one of
key factor for success and require appropriate ways to handle by recording and communicating? What
is planned? (7) There may be easier options for authentication; digital signatures are also used, and
many other options. Whether explored?
A > (1) This will be handled through an interface with Debt and Aid Management system (CS-DRMS).
They are upgrading their system to the Meridian. We’ll synchronize and link with the new platform.
(2) There is no interface with the CS-DRMS yet. (3) Historical transactional data were not migrated to
new IFMIS/SAP. Two different charts of accounts were used in the old and new systems. However, the
BI modules is being used to extract data from historical databases. (4) Yes. For multiyear projects only.
All other commitments must be settled within the Financial Year; (5) Yes. This was achieved. (6) We
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intend to conduct more training and awareness to all users; (7) This is noted. We will explore this
option.
• Q (Jacinto Muchine) to Malawi: (1) Commonwealth Secretariat is migrating from CS-DRMS to
Meridian, which is a more comprehensive system? What is Malawi’s plan on this? (2) Has Malawi
implemented accrual accounting in the system? (3) What adjustments were done in the systems to
cater for donor funded projects requirements? What results were achieved? What is the increase of
donor project funds that were executed on Treasury?
A > (1) Malawi is also in the process of upgrading existing CS-DRMS to the Meridian platform. (2) Not
yet. We are moving towards Accrual. Hopefully by 2026, we will be full Accrual; (3) This is one of the
goals. The system can capture the transactions of donor funded projects and generating financial
reports, but this capability was not implemented yet. Donors are also waiting to build more confidence
on the SAP as a country system, and this may happen in the near future.
Mozambique: (3) The e-SISTAFE is capable of managing the transactions of donor funded projects and
generating financial statements. All funds are being managed through the TSA, which includes both
local and foreign currency accounts. The project funds can be channelled through TSA for donor
funded projects and the institutions can use the system to manage project funds and generate reports.
Some projects prefer to manage their funds through special accounts, and the government is trying
to include these in existing TSA arrangements as well.
• Q (Sheryll Grace Aromin) to Mozambique: Does the Mozambique system have a Business Continuity
Plan/Disaster Recovery Plan / Site?
A > Yes. There is a business continuity plan, which takes into account a number of potential
interruptions. We also have a disaster recovery center to ensure the continuity of operations with
minimal interruption.
• Q (Major Kaushik) to Mozambique: (1) Assessment of concurrent users seems higher against total no.
of users in the system? Technology support is available using database functionality to assess whether
used? (2) Are regulatory reports generated and stored for access periodically but not generated
repeatedly? (3) How failed bank transactions are dealt with?
A > (1) Total number of users in the system is 39,000 approximately, and on average there are 1,000
concurrent users on a business day, but the system can hold up to 6,000 users concurrently at
maximum. (2) The regulatory reports are generated for a specific period and stored in the system, and
the system doesn’t generate the same report for the same period repeatedly. (3) Failed bank
transactions are updated back on e-SISTAFE, and we have features that allow an automatic Bank
reconciliation, to guarantee that system transactions and TSA are reconciled.
• Q (Muliani Pargio) to Mozambique: How can you manage the centralized and instantaneously
generated reports in periodically? Is it in every month?
A > The MoF has a centralized Business Intelligence (BI) solution, which continuously aggregates data
from all existing systems. The extract, transform, and load (ETL) process brings data from source
systems and consolidate under the data warehouse (DW). The DW and BI platforms are available to
specific system users. The system also has specific reports within each module that can be generated
instantaneously and are available to all users. Within BI and specific modules, like budget execution,
there are specific reports that can be generated. The ETL process runs continuously to update the DW
and BI reports daily. The system also generates trimesterly and semesterly reports that are delivered
to the Parliament.
• Q (Sheryll Grace Aromin) to Malawi & Mozambique: Is the Asset Registry have tagging based on
geographical codes or location codes for physical monitoring?
A > Malawi: The system supports geo-tagging in the asset registry.
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Mozambique: Asset management module can support GPS tags to monitor assets and verify their
location. Also, there was a problem with monitoring the construction of new buildings, and GPS tags
are also assisting in monitoring the progress of construction work and verifying the existence of assets.
• Q (Ibrahima M’baye) to Malawi & Mozambique: Est ce que le système est en version cloud? Ou, Bien
il faut interconnecter physiquement les services au système pour y accéder? en bref, Est ce que
l'accès au système se fait via Internet?
Is the system in cloud version? or, Do you have to physically interconnect the services to the system to
access them? in short, Is the access to the system via the Internet?
A > Malawi: The new system supports web access, and the MoF recently procured a certification key
so that the secure sign in windows (HTTPS) can be used.
Mozambique: For access to e-SISTAFE, the Virtual Private Network (VPN) via Internet is not available
yet. However, the users have access to specific services of the system through portals via Internet.
• Q (Abdoul Karim Magassouba) to Malawi & Mozambique: Pourrions-nous avoir le coût global du projet
pour le Malawi et le Mozambique?
Could we have the overall cost of the projects for Malawi and Mozambique?
A > Malawi: The implementation cost of new SAP was about $13 million. Additionally, about $500k
was paid to the previous solution provider for maintaining and decommissioning of the current system
within the last two years. Annual maintenance and support fee for the SAP is around $300k per year.
The implementation timeline was five years, including the adjustment of business processes and
change management.
Mozambique: The system was developed in-house. There were consultants form Brazil and the U.S.
supporting the system development. Initial cost of e-SISTAFE was in between $15m - $20m
approximately. Annual maintenance and operational support cost is around $2m - $4m per year. The
development of e-SISTAFE was mainly funded by the government, with additional support from a
number of countries and donors (including Italy, Belgium, and later on EU and the World Bank).
• Q (Mukti Raman Parajuli) to Malawi & Mozambique: To both presenters, Is the system you have
developed a commercial-off-the-shelf software, which can be adjusted to local requirements or a
completely new one?
A > Malawi: The IFMIS is based on SAP (COTS). IT has been configured to support country specific
needs, without any substantial customization.
Mozambique: The e-SISTAFE is a custom developed SW that is fully adjusted to country specific needs.
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1 Ms. Esperanca Bumba Account Technician at BFD Consultoria Angola
2 Ms. Isabel P. M. da Silva Técnica de Estátistica, Ministério das Finanças Angola
3 Ms. Isamara Santos Second Technician, MoF Angola
5 Mr. Joel Gomes Deputy IT Director, SETIC-FP, MoF Angola
6 Mr. Lusanga Miakongo Ministry of Finance Angola
7 Ms. Yelena Slizhevskaya Consultant, WBG Belarus
8 Ms. Karma Yangkee Chief ICT Officer, ICT Division, Ministry of Finance Bhutan
9 Mr. Kezang Jamtsho Senior Accounts Officer, Dept of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan
10 Mr. Kuenga Lhundrup Acting Chief ICT Officer, ICT Division, MoF Bhutan
11 Ms. Kinzang Norbu Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Dept of Pub Accounts, MoF Bhutan
12 Mr. Pema Ngawang Chief Finance Officer, Department of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan
13 Mr. Sonam Tobgyel Chief Accounts Officer, Dept of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan
18 Mr. Wyatt Grant Independent Consultant Canada
21 Mr. Augustin Mpanda Senior IT Assistant, Client Services, WBG Congo, Rep. of
22 Mr. Eshetu Yimer Legesse Manager, Financial Management Operations Team 4, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire
26 Mr. Kakhaber Kheladze CEO, FINA LLC Georgia
27 Mr. Herby Mars Chef de Serv a La Dir Gen du Tre et de la Com Pub, MEF Haiti
28 Ms. Arushi Sood E T Consultant, WBG India
29 Mr. Ashmeet Singh Consultant, WBG India
30 Mr. Major C. S. Kaushik Consultant India
31 Ms. Shirly Priscilla Manager, Public Finance Practice, PwC India
32 Mr. Agung Ariyanto SE Head of Reg Sect IB, Dir of Reg Fin Impl & Acc, MoHA Indonesia
33 Mr. Anwar Musadat Directorate General of Regional Finance, MoHA Indonesia
34 Ms. Muliani Pargio Head of Sub Directorate for Local Gov Finance, MoHA Indonesia
36 Mr. Dauren Yegemberdiyev Chief Expert of Analy & Eval Div, St Treasury Com, MoF Kazakhstan
37 Mr. Sebefoly Fani Senior Financial Management Officer, AfDB Kenya
40 Mr. Vee-Musa Fofana PFMRCU Coordinator, Reforms Coord Unit, MoFDP Liberia
41 Mr. Patrick Machika SDD -IT, AGD, Min of Finance, Economic Planning & Dev Malawi
42 Mr. Abdoul Karim Magassouba Head of Research & Engineering Div, CAISFF, MoF Mali
43 Mr. Amadou Diarra PIM Division Head, Ministry of Finance Mali
44 Mr. Bilali Konate General Directorate of Public Debt, MoF Mali
45 Mr. Ibrahim M'baye Support Unit for Comp of Tax and Fin Serv, MoF Mali
46 Mr. Mohamed Coulibaly Head of the IT Center, General Dir of Public Debt, MoF Mali
47 Mr. Ousmane Kone IT Officer, General Directorate of Budget, MoF Mali
48 Mr. Seydou Djimde Head of Studies Div, Pub Fin Reform Support Unit, MoEF Mali
50 Mr. Sharkhuu Oyunbaatar IT Consultant, MoF Mongolia
51 Mr. Farid Radah Civil Servant, Ministry of Finance Morocco
52 Mr. Mohamed E. A. Seghrouchni Head of IT Division, General Treasury, MoF Morocco
53 Mr. Dário Fortes Director of Information Systems Dev, CEDSIF, MoF Mozambique
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54 Mr. Jacinto Muchine Director Geral Adjunto, CEDSIF, MoF Mozambique
55 Mr. João Alguineiro Head of Project Management Office, CEDSIF Mozambique
56 Ms. Pike Pike Aye Public Sector Management Specialist, WBG Myanmar
58 Mr. Mukti Raman Parajuli PEFA Secretariat, IFMIS Team, MoF Nepal
59 Mr. Raj Kumar Shrestha Officer, PEFA Secretariat, MoF Nepal
62 Mr. Michael Ojo SIFMIS Project Team Member, Ondo State Nigeria, Ondo State
63 Ms. Sheryll Grace Aromin IT Officer III, Prj Coord & Quality Assur Div Chief, DBM Philippines
64 Mr. Carlos Leão ICT Consultant Portugal
65 Ms. Soledad González VP for Latin America, Quidgest Portugal
77 Mr. Rostislav Suharev Business Analyst, Keysystems Ltd., Cheboksary Russian Federation
78 Mr. Lassana Sako Consultant, Trade & Logistics Dyn 365 FO, Dynaminqs Senegal
79 Mr. Samba Cor Diop Spécialiste en gestion financière - Sénégal Cap-Vert, AfDB Senegal
81 Mr. Alain Nna Ebono Chief Reg Fin Mgmt Coord (West Africa Region) AfDB South Africa
82 Ms. Amanda Haggett-Haagner Dep Director (HRMIS-IFMS), Dept of Pub Serv & Adm South Africa
83 Mr. Devinder Goyal Chief Regional Financial Management Coordinator, AfDB South Africa
84 Mr. Rômulo Corrêa Senior Country Economist, AfDB South Africa
85 Ms. Amra Srdanović Regional PFM Adviser, IMF AFRITAC East Tanzania
86 Mr. Nitesh Parmar Manager - Software Dev / Solutions Architect, SoftTech Tanzania
87 Ms. Rosemary Sway Project Manager, IFMIS, SoftTech Tanzania
88 Mr. Femi Fatoyinbo Senior Financial Management Operations Officer, AfDB Tunisia
89 Mr. Rui L Consultant, Flag U.S.A.
90 Mr. Basel Al Bishtawi SFMIS Specialist, PFM U. A. E.
95 Ms. Patricia Palale Makwebo Senior Financial Management Operations Officer, AfDB Zambia
96 Mr. Gift Gumbira Individual Consultant Zimbabwe
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KPFIS: Official Development Assistance (ODA)
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AfDB: Use of Country Systems (UCS)
Malawi: New IFMIS
Mozambique: e-SISTAFE
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Presentations from Liberia, the Gambia, and Tunisia

Meeting Notes
 Opening remarks
Group (WBG). He reminded that this is the third session in a series of four, with the participation of Liberia,
the Gambia, and Tunisia, as a part of the 2021 IFMIS Capacity Building Program (CBP).
Mr. Chang-Wan Ahn (KPFIS) presented the information security system of the dBrain. He introduced the
KPFIS network topology and connectivity options for the access of users to dBrain, e-Naradoeum and KPFIS
intranet. He presented the critical components of eGovernment cybersecurity system (including 9
categories for defense and 5 categories for analysis). He explained three boundaries of defense (Korea-Net,
National Resources Network, and dBrain Network) and the details of 11 critical systems in place. He
concluded with ongoing activities to obtain the Information Security Management System (ISMS-P) and
ISO27001 certifications for the dBrain and e-Naradoeum systems in 2021.
Mr. Benjamin Wilson (Liberia) introduced the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS)
platform (based on FreeBalance) that was launched in July 2011 to automate core public financial
management functions, including budget preparation, expenditure controls, procurement, monitoring,
payroll and human resource management. With IFMIS rollout to 50 spending entities, the approved
budgetary capture of IFMIS rollout entities now stands at 91%. There is planned rollout to additional 35
spending entities which will bring total rollout entities to 85 and will consequently increase the budgetary
percentage. As a means of implementing the Fiscal Decentralization Framework, which devolves Central
Government’s functions to the county level, the IFMIS was in 2015 rolled out to four counties, capturing
two of the rollout entities (Ministries of Health and Internal Affairs). The initial implementation cost of
IFMIS was $ 1,494,365. This has increased over the years (additional licenses, software configuration and
signatures, additional modules, upgrade etc.). Total IFMIS project to date sums up to over $ 3 million, with
financing from the World Bank, SIDA, AfDB, and Government of Liberia.
Liberia IFMIS: https://mfdp.gov.lr/
Mr. Ousman Darboe (The Gambia) presented the latest version of the IFMIS platform (based on Epicor
v10.2). He summarized the Government’s IFMIS journey starting from 2006 with Epicor ERP v7.3.5 to
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increase the effectiveness and efficiency of state financial management. Much of the work in automating
IFMIS systems has focused on core budget execution functions, including general ledger, accounts payable,
accounts receivable, procurement, payroll, asset management, document management, contract
management, debt management, and budgeting. As IFMIS systems evolved, the needs have changed, so
the scope of the automation has been expanded. Given the rapid change in technology, Government has
decided to move from the older Epicor ERP 7.3.5, later on v9, to new Epicor ERP 10.2 platform that
operates fully as a web-based system. Payroll and Human Resources Management Information System
(HRMIS) have also been upgraded to the latest version. The cost of the latest Epicor v10 upgrade project
was $ 1,375,000 for a period of 10 months, from June 2019 to April 2020. The new IFMIS go-live date was
January 2020.
The Gambia IFMIS: https://mofea.gm/
Mr. El Assad El Khalil (Tunisia) presented the Open Budget Portal (MIZANIATOUNA) that has been
developed by the Ministry of Finance in order to facilitate access to budget information for citizens, but
also to contribute to the government policy of transparency and open governance. The open budget data
presented in simplified form and with graphics are available for the revenues and expenditures of the State,
Treasury funds, and public administrative establishments, since 2008. The portal data have been largely
extracted from the ADEB (Budget Decision Support) financial management system of the Ministry of
Finance, using the BOOST tool methodology developed by the World Bank. The BOOST tool is an Excel-
based database that organizes budget data pulled from government IT systems in a user-friendly and
straightforward format, while conforming to the dimensions of the country's budget classification system.
To download the BOOST Tunisia database: http://www.mizaniatouna.gov.tn/tunisia/template_fr/
MIZANIATOUNA (Open Budget Portal): www.mizaniatouna.gov.tn
 Q&A Session
• Q (Herby Mars) to KPFIS: Comment faite vous pour respecter la limite entre Confidentialité et
Transparence?
How do you respect the line between Confidentiality and Transparency?
A > Confidentiality and transparency have always been issues of conflict on the border. dBrain is
established and operated based on the strict confidentiality and some data is released through public
portal site (called Open Fiscal Data) in accordance with the government’s transparency policy. The
scope of data available for the disclosure shall be separately managed and updated under the related
law, policies, and regulations.
• Q (Owusu Mensah Agyei) to Liberia: How effective is the project management module to record,
manage, process, and generate comprehensive financial reports for donors? Given the Budget
Planning module is not in use (if I heard him right), how is that function being performed as part of the
integrated system?
A > Currently, donor funded projects are not managed through IFMIS. These projects are being
managed through another stand-alone system. This system is not effective, since the reports cannot
be generated from the system. Another software was deployed to generate interim financial reports
for projects. The MoF is currently working with the IFMIS solution provider (FreeBalance) to develop
the capability of managing all donor funded projects.
• Q (Amadou Diarra) to Liberia: Comment prendre en charge les imprévus et cas d'urgences si on a déjà
épuisé son enveloppe budgétaire ?
How to deal with unforeseen events and emergencies if you have already exhausted your budget?
A > The Budget and Transfer Law allows transfer from one Entity’s appropriations to the other entity’s
appropriations (External Transfer) and within the Budget of that entity (Internal Transfer).
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• Q (Pathoumthip NT) to Liberia: How to set the ceiling of budget expenditure and in which module?
A > The budget data are uploaded to the IFMIS budget appropriations module. There is a functionality
to define “not allowed to exceed” budget in this module for specific line items.
• Q (Philip Doghle) to Liberia: (1) Ben indicated that currently there are no interfaces with other systems.
I would like to know how the treasury management in the system are reconciled with the treasury
account at the Central Bank? (2) Did not hear anything about the fixed assets module?
A > (1) Bank Statements are extracted from the Central Bank’s system and sent to the Ministry of
Finance, where manual reconciliation is done. Previously, the Bank statements were uploaded to the
IFMIS via an import utility and reconciliation done on the IFMIS. However, due to change of the Central
Bank’s application from Bank Master to Temenos 24, that process is no longer available. (2) There is
no fixed assets module. Fixed assets are being managed outside the IFMIS by another Government
entity. Plans are underway to develop a fixed asset module within IFMIS.
• Q (Mukti Raman Parajuli) to Liberia: What about treasury operation …?
A > There is a Treasury Management Module that is used for extracting payment details from expense
vouchers and Printing Checks and Payment reports. Currently Bank Reconciliation and other treasury
Functions are done outside the IFMIS.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to Liberia: (1) What is your plan to integrate all these stand-alone systems? (2) Did
you finance this project internally? What is the cost associated with it and how long it took you before
Go Live in 2011?
A > (1) Currently the budget is prepared through another stand-alone Budget Management System.
The plan is to develop modules in IFMIS to prepare the budget with the same functions as in the stand-
alone systems, and to build interfaces with other major platforms such as the Tax Administration
System and the Central Bank’s T24 Platform. Development to bring onboard functions of some of the
stand-alone systems are already in progress. (2) The project was financed by Donor Funds, the amount
is about $3m, and it took a year.
• Q (Anthony Waddell) to Liberia: Fixed assets?
A > There is no fixed assets module. Fixed assets are being managed outside the IFMIS by the General
Services Agency. Plans are underway to develop a fixed asset module within IFMIS.
• Q (Ouahiba Moussa) to Liberia: Vous avez présenté le système sous forme de modules, mais vous avez
dis qu'il manque le transfert entre eux, est ce que cela veut dire que les modules ne sont pas intégrés?
You presented the system in the form of modules, but you said that the transfer between them is
missing, does that mean that the modules are not integrated?
A > Ms. Moussa, the Modules are integrated.
• Q (Mukti Raman Parajuli) to the Gambia: What were the difficulties you have faced while customizing
commercial package (Epicor 10) as per the local need?
A > Mr. Raman, the major challenge related to the customization of Epicor modules is its impact on
the performance of the system and increase chances of system failures. Thanks.
• Q (Aboubacar Ahé) to the Gambia: (1) Avez-vous sur place un prestataire capable de vous apporter
l'assistance technique nécessaire sur EPICOR ou bien avez-vous en interne une équipe suffisamment
formée et compétente pour le faire? (2) Quel a été le coût total de mise en place de la solution
EPICOR?
(1) Do you have on-site a service provider capable of providing you with the necessary technical
assistance on EPICOR or do you have an internal team sufficiently trained and competent to do so? (2)
What was the total cost of setting up the EPICOR solution?
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A > (1) Aboubacar, we have competent internal team supported by the supplier online when the need
arises. (2) $1,375,000 for the Epicor 10.2 implementation.
• Q (Amadou Diarra) to the Gambia: Pouvez-vous aborder le coût annuel de maintenance de votre
système?
Can you address the annual cost of maintaining your system?
A > $358,185.26
• Q (Philip Doghle) to the Gambia: Osman, please share with us some of the lessons learned in the
migrations to various EPICOR versions and especially the EPICOR 9.02 which came with several
technical challenges.
A > Philip we have migrated the General Ledger Balances only from Epicor 9.05 to Epicor10.2. The
transactions remain in the old version.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to the Gambia: (1) Did you finance EPICOR internally? (2) What is the cost and time
associated with it? (3) Now that you are planning to replace EPICOR with an internally developed
application, how do you hope to migrate existing data to the new system?
A > (1) Donor funded; (2) $1,375,000; (3) We have not reached that stage yet, but we have been
migrating the General Ledger balances from past implementation and may likely do the same for the
new system that is expected to be internally developed.
• Q (Ron) to the Gambia: (1) How are you planning to take care of the risks associated with the data
base. and are the transactions real time to the data base of offline? (2) Would you mind sharing the
risks management plan in place? (3) How did match the business procedure, internal control as
protect the integrity of the system?
A > (1) Mr. Ron, we have a risk management plan, Business Continuity Plan, etc to eliminate or
mitigate the risks associated with the data base, etc. (2) We will look into that. (3) The business
process is designed to strengthen the internal controls as we prepare our procedures we factor in
the internal controls, which we use to develop the system.
• Q (Femi Fatoyinbo) to the Gambia: Can you elaborate more on the challenge of 'Poor System
Performance'? It seems this summarizes everything.
A > Femi, the poor performance has to do with the time it takes for some transactions submitted or
posted to update. Though this has improved significantly with the upgrade to the later version Epicor
10.2.
• Q (Sheryll Grace Aromin) to the Gambia: Does the product support and maintenance cover the
customizations? - for EPICOR?
A > Yes, Sheryll. The Support and maintenance services cover the customizations.
• Q (Fatiha Loucif Seiad) to Tunisia: Pour la mise en place du SIGFP de la Tunisie ,vous avez opter pour
quelle solution ? s'agit-il d'un développement spécifique ou bien d'un PGI standard?
For the establishment of Tunisia's SIGFP, what solution did you choose? Is it a specific development or
a standard ERP ?
A > There were six demonstrations from several commercial package solution providers (including
SAP, FreeBalance and ArabSoft) so far. We are still in the process of selecting the future FMIS solution.
• Q (Ouahiba Moussa) to Tunisia: Vous avez parlé d'interfaçage entre les différentes application, ça se
fait par échange de fichiers ou bien par saisie des données? Qu'en est-il du réseau télécom ? Est-ce que
les différents acteurs sont interconnectés?
You mentioned interfacing between the different applications, is this done by exchanging files or by
entering data? What about the telecom network? Are the different actors interconnected?
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A > L’interfaçage entre les différentes applications se fait d’une façon automatique par échange de
fichiers. Tous les acteurs du SIGF sont connectés à un réseau intranet de l’administration Tunisienne
(Réseau National d’Administration) à travers des lignes spécialisées télécom.
The interface between different applications is done automatically by exchanging files. All SIGF users
are connected to the Tunisian administration intranet (National Administration Network) through
specialized telecom lines.
• Q (Ibrahima M'baye) to Tunisia: (1) Pour le nouveau système d'information de la Tunisie , vous avez
opter pour quelle stratégie ? s'agit-il d'un développement spécifique ou bien d'un PGI standard ou bien
d'un open source? (2) Quel media est utilisé pour interconnexion les applications?
(1) For Tunisia's new information system, what strategy did you choose? Is it a specific development
or a standard ERP or an open source? (2) Which media is used to interconnect the applications?
A > (1) Nous n’avons pas encore pris la décision finale mais sa sera de l’acquisition pour les
composantes de système d’information standards et proches des normes et standards internationaux
de gestion de Finance public et de développement spécifique pour les composantes très spécifiques
pour la gestion de finance public tunisien et dont les solutions sur le marché international nécessitent
beaucoup de paramétrage ou un développement spécifique. (2) La Tunisie à mis en place un réseau
national d'administration (RNA) qui relie les différents acteurs publics. Le réseau est composé des
lignes Telecom spécialisées pour l'échange des données.
(1) We have not yet taken the final decision, but it will be the acquisition for the standard information
system components and close to the international norms and standards of public finance
management, as well as the country specific components for the management of Tunisian public
finance, and whose solutions on the international market require a lot of configuration or specific
development. (2) Tunisia has set up a national administration network (RNA) which links the various
public sector users. The network is made up of specialized Telecom lines for data exchange.
• Q (Amadou Diarra) to Tunisia: Est toutes les applications (separées) sont en interface ?
Are all (separated) applications interfaced?
A > Toutes les applications sont interfaces. Je prends à titre d’exemple l’interface entre l’application
de préparation du budget (AMED) et l’application d’exécution du budget (ADEB).
All applications are interlinked. Let me take as an example the interface between the budget
preparation application (AMED) and the budget execution application (ADEB).
 Next steps
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1 Mr. Amar Fellah Directeur, Dir Gén des Impôts, Ministère des Finances (MF) Algeria
4 Mr. Hamid Ouldache Sous-Directeur, Direction Générale des Douanes, MF Algeria
6 Ms. Wassila Ennouar Chef de Bur de la Fis de la Con, Dir Gén de la Pré & Pol, MF Algeria
7 Mr. Helder Wembe Técnico, Ministério das Finanças Angola
9 Ms. Yelena Slizhevskaya PFM consultant, WBG Belarus
10 Ms. Karma Yangkee Chief ICT Officer, Ministry of Finance Bhutan
11 Mr. Sonam Tobgyel CFO, DPA, Ministry of Finance Bhutan
12 Mr. Moses Moreri Asst Acct Gen - Systems, Min of Fin and Econ Dev Botswana
19 Mr. Augustin Mpanda Senior IT Assistant, Client Services, WBG Congo, Rep. of
24 Mr. Bereket Getachew Consultant, Ministry of Finance Ethiopia
25 Mr. Kedir Ali Adem IFMIS project Cyber Sec Team Leader, Ministry of Finance Ethiopia
27 Mr. Alhagie Fafa Ceesay IT Specialist, MOFEA Gambia
28 Mr. Ousman Darboe Deputy Acct General IFMIS, Government of The Gambia Gambia
29 Mr. Herby Mars Chef de Ser a la Dir Gen du Tresor et de la Comp Pub, MEF Haiti
30 Mr. Ashmeet Singh Research Analyst, World Bank IBRD India
31 Mr. Tamojyoti Bose Assistant System Administrator, Fin Dept Gov of Assam India
32 Mr. Anwar Musadat Senior Policy Analyst, Dir General of Reg Finance, MoHA Indonesia
33 Ms. Muliani Pargio Head of Sub Directorate for Local Gov Finance, MoHA Indonesia
35 Mr. Dauren Yegemberdiyev Main Chief of Analy, Eval and Risks Div, Treasury Com, MoF Kazakhstan
36 Mr. Tengiz Chikanayev Head of the Div, Treasury Com, MoF Kazakhstan
37 Mr. Addy Waichigo Deputy-Director, OAG Kenya
38 Mr. Ron Finance attaché, Kenya embassy seoul Kenya
41 Mr. Botseba Sesinyi Senior ICT Support Officer, Ministry of Finance Lesotho
42 Ms. Relebohile Ralitsie Application Support IFMIS, Ministry of Finance Lesotho
43 Mr. Anthony Waddell Chief Innovation Officer, IBI Liberia
44 Mr. Benjamin Wilson Lead Financial Mgmt Officer, Min of Fin and Dev Planning Liberia
46 Mr. Vee-Musa Fofana Coordinator, Reform Coordination Unit – MoFD Liberia
47 Ms. Olivia Rakotomalala Governance Specialist, WBG Madagascar
48 Mr. Patrick Machika Director of IFMIS, Accountant General Malawi
49 Mr. Abdoul Karim Magassouba Chef DEI, MEF / CAISFF Mali
50 Mr. Amadou Diarra Chef de Div Eval, DEPSI, Dir Nat de la Plan du Dév (DNPD) Mali
51 Mr. Ibrahim M'baye Coordinateur Adjoint, Min de l'Econ et des Fin/CAISFF Mali
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54 Mr. Oyunbaatar Sharkhuu Consultant, Ministry of Finance Mongolia
55 Mr. Aziz Bouazzaoui Directeur, TGR Morocco
56 Mr. Farid Radah Inspecteur des Finances, Inspection Générale des Finances Morocco
57 Mr. Fatiha Moutchou Head of Dept, Gen Treasury of the Kingdom of Morocco Morocco
58 Mr. Mohamed E. A. Seghrouchni Chef de la Division de Développement Informatique, TGR Morocco
59 Mr. Dário Fortes Director de Serviço, Min da Economia e Finanças - CEDSIF Mozambique
60 Ms. Pike Pike Aye Public Sector Specialist, WBG Myanmar
62 Mr. Mukti Raman Parajuli PEFA Secretariat, IFMIS Team, MoF Nepal
63 Mr. Raj Kumar Shrestha Account Officer, PEFA Nepal
65 Mr. Adamu Idris Kabo State SIFMIS Coordinator, Kano State SIFMIS, Nigeria Nigeria
66 Mr. Ambe Anthony SIFMIS ICT Consultant, SLOGOR CRS Nigeria
68 Mr. Michael Ojo Individual Consultant NIgeria
69 Mr. Seok Yong ("SY") Yoon Public Mgmt Specialist, Pub Mgmt, Gov & Part Div, ADB Philippines
70 Ms. Sheryll Grace Aromin Information Tech Officer III, Dept of Budget and Mgmt Philippines
71 Ms. Soledad González Business Developer, QUIDGEST Portugal
83 Mr. Rostislav Suharev Business Analyst, Key Systems Ltd., Cheboksary Russian Federation
85 Mr. Adam Abdulkadir Adam Director, Somalia Financial Mgmt Info System, MoF, FGS Somalia
86 Ms. Amanda Haggett-Haagner Deputy Director: HR Information Systems, DPSA South Africa
87 Ms. Amra Srdanović Regional PFM Adviser, IMF/AFRITAC East Tanzania
88 Mr. Nitesh Parmar Solution Architect, Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd Tanzania
89 Ms. Rosemary Sway Manager - Business Dev, Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd Tanzania
90 Mr. El Assad El Khalil Directeur Général, Ministères des Finances Tunisia
92 Mr. Samuel Alain Ebono Coordonnateur Régional de Gestion Financière, AfDB Tunisia
93 Ms. Sarra Achek Principal FM Officer, AfDB/BAD Tunisia
94 Mr. Edward Koos PFM Advisor U.S.A.
95 Mr. Rui L Consultant, Flag U.S.A.
96 Mr. Tetie Bakayoko FMS, AfDB U.S.A.
97 Mr. Basel Al Bishtawi SFMIS Specialist, PFM U.A.E.
101 Mr. Cyril Desponts Economist, WBG Washington, DC
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KPFIS: Information Security System of dBrain
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Liberia: IFMIS
The Gambia: IFMIS
Tunisia: ZANIATOUNA (Open Budget)
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Presentations from Morocco, Nigeria-Kano State, and Somalia

Moderator : Ms. Han Wool Oh, KPFIS
Meeting Notes
 Opening remarks
Ms. Han Wool Oh welcomed all participants joining the virtual workshop session organized jointly with the
Group (WBG). She reminded that this is the last session in a series of four, with the participation of Morocco,
Nigeria-Kano State, and Somalia (Federal Government of Somalia), as a part of the 2021 IFMIS Capacity
Building Program (CBP).
Mr. Cem Dener (WBG) introduced the GovTech initiative and how IFMIS is an integral part of GovTech as
one of the key government systems. He also explained the new GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI), which
measures the state of four GovTech foundational blocks using 48 key indicators defined to collect data
from 198 economies. He summarized the key findings and good practice cases included in the GTMI Report,
together with the underlying 2020 GovTech Dataset.
Mr. Young-seok Kim introduced briefly the e-Hojo system that is the local government financial
management information system in South Korea. It is an integrated system managing budget allocation,
execution, and settlement of local government, providing various fiscal statistics. He presented e-Hojo
system’s overview, main functions, linked systems, capacity, history, and plan for next generation. The
system is being used by 380,000 Users (110,000 daily average users) in 243 Local Governments (17
Metropolitan, 226 Local) nowadays. He also introduced the next generation e-Hojo that is expected to
combine intelligent local finance and public service innovation. New system is expected to be completed
in 3 years (Dec 2020-Dec 2023), with a total budget of 149 billion Won (~$132m). Several participants
asked more explanation on e-Hojo, so this could be one of the focus areas for further collaboration.
e-Hojo: https://mois.go.kr/eng/a01/engMain.do
Mr. Aziz Bouazzaoui (Morocco) introduced the Moroccan public accounting reform, which is inspired by
IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting Standards) and aims to meet the needs in terms of
information, performance measurement and development of financial analysis. The implementation of
such a reform is based on the establishment of an efficient information system (SIPCE). This system meets
the following main objectives: (1) Federate all the accounting functions of the State in a single accounting
application common to all managers and public accountants. (2) Provide more clarity in the use of budget
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appropriations opened by parliamentary authorization. (3) Simplify and modernize the State's accounting
circuits. (4) Improve the processing times for government accounting operations and the production of
government financial and accounting information. (5) Strengthen the control and security of accounting
operations, the quality of accounts and the audit trail. The use of SIPCE has started in January 2020.
SIPCE: https://pxpce.tgr.gov.ma
Mr. Adamu Kabo Idris (Kano State, Nigeria) presented the SIFMIS solution that was designed and
implemented through the State and Local Governance Reform Project (SLOGOR) in Kano State. The system
is based on Oracle and has eight modules to support core public financial management functions at the
state level. The project objective is to enhance transparency and accountability in public financial
transactions. The 2020 accountant general financial statement has been generated by SIFMIS and it is
interfaced with the State Internal Revenue Service and has all the human resources data entered together
with the state budget and expenditure from the Ministry of Finance. The total project cost was about
$3,600,000 and the implementation period was 18 months. The actual go live date is December 15, 2019.
SIFMIS: https://finance.kn.gov.ng/
Mr. Adam Abdulkadir Adam (Somalia) introduced the Somalia Financial Management Information System
(SFMIS) that was developed as custom software to support budgeting, treasury, payroll, tax collection and
financial reporting functions. The system improved the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) Office of the
Accountant General (OAG)’s day-to-day treasury functions substantially, including to scrutinize payment
transactions more effectively. It has also improved transparency and accountability in revenue collection
and set the foundations for the implementation of the cash management and Treasury Single Account
(TSA). Furthermore, the payment module has been linked with the Central Bank to allow automated secure
data exchange. More importantly, for the first time the FGS recorded the 2017-18 budget in the system,
resulting in the generation from the system of the budget utilization and revenue performance reports as
well as unaudited Interim Financial Report (IFRs) for World Bank financed projects. SFMIS supported the
FGS Government to impose robust controls on revenue collection, which contributed to increasing the
domestic revenue from US$ 112.6 Million in 2016 to US$ 189.1 Million in 2020. Total project cost since the
start date of SFMIS implementation is estimated to be $4.5 million for the FGS. The project duration was
8.5 years. The SFMIS is operational since 2015.
SFMIS: https://sfmis.so/
The last presentation of the workshop was from Mr. Cheol Hyun Kim (KPFIS) who introduced the future
plans of the KPFIS in three areas: (1) KFMIS Consulting program that can provide advisory support on the
establishment and modernization of financial information systems based on requests from demand
countries; (2) Knowledge Sharing Program (KSP), which is Korea's representative knowledge-based
economic cooperation program organized by the Ministry of economy and Finance; and (3) Official
Development Assistance (ODA) that is largely divided into paid ODA in charge by the Export-Import Bank
of Korea, and free ODA in charge by KOICA. In particular, KOICA ODA is provided free for public
administration in developing countries, with more than $2 million in development consulting, and more
than $4 million in project costs. Interested countries can communicate with the KPFIS through an official
letter. Contacts: Ki Young Lee : berkamp@kpfis.or.kr; Han Wool Oh : ohw113@kpfis.or.kr
 Q&A Session
• Q (Sheryll Grace Aromin) to Cem: How can we avail of the GTMI? Who will be the assessor of the
country, in case?
A > The GTMI Report will be publicly available in June. The data was collected in 2020 by the World
Bank team by visiting the government web sites and reading published strategy and reform docs. The
underlying 2020 GovTech dataset is available in the WBG Data Catalog. The GTMI scores were
calculated based on 48 key indicators that capture the maturity of four GovTech focus areas, based
on the contents of the government websites and other publicly available resources. We explained the
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methodology and findings in detail. In the next update of the GTMI, we plan to use online surveys to
request feedback from government units/officials involved in GovTech agenda.
• Q (Antonio Seco) to Cem: Good morning, Cem. Very interesting index. Will the details be presented in
a specific paper?
A > Thanks. Yes. The GTMI Report will be public in June. We’ll share the web link through FMIS CoP
newsletter and GovTech website.
• Q (Adamu Idris Kabo) to Young: Is the e-hojo system developed locally?
A > e-Hojo system is developed by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety that is responsible for
supporting administrative and financial management of local governments, as a custom software.
• Q (Noriko Toyoda) to Young: Were different local governments using different FMIS before e-Hojo was
introduced?
A > The Ministry of the Interior and Safety introduced and developed basic financial policies and
systems for local governments. Therefore, local governments in Korea usually are using same basic
systems and added some functions for responding their own needs.
• Q (Michael Ojo & Kedir Ali Adem) to Young: What is the reason behind using different applications for
the same govt business in the same country?
A > Local governments have different financial needs, context, and conditions distinguished from
central government, so it is necessary to develop and operate their own applications for financial
management with local authority. But, e-Hojo linked with multiple systems of central government,
such as dBrain, for the integrated management at the national level.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to Young: Can you briefly explain how e-Hojo and dBrain interfaced to handle unified
accounting system across all levels of Govt business?
A > Local governments are using e-Hojo for their financial management. But, in the case/area of need
for the integrated management at the national level, e-Hojo exchanged information and data with
dBrain.
• Q (Mustapha M Sadi) to Young: There is a need for more explanation on e-Hojo.
• Q (Kedir Ali Adem) to Young: e-Hojo seems good experience & needs to more clarified.
A > We can organize specific learning events on e-Hojo and local government FMIS solutions later on.
• Q (Major CS Kaushik) to Morocco: 9 years from acquiring IT to parallel run in 2019 is too long for users
to wait in current context, how their growing demands are catered during the period?
A > This was a long journey due to the complexity of the project. We had to align the systems with the
legal context. The organic budget law was adopted in 2015. We initiated the project before the
preparation of the law to save some time and adjust the system capabilities accordingly.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to Morocco: (1) What is the cost and duration? (2) How are you able to manage
licences for Oracle E-Business Suite?
A > (1) The cost of system development was around $3m. Thanks to the initial studies that resulted in
a realistic design and the proof of concept that was completed before the bidding process. Without
these steps, the cost could be more. The duration of the project was about 45 months. (2) We have
an Enterprise Level contract with Oracle.
• Q (Ibrahima M'baye) to Morocco: Est-ce que vous avez un système totalement intégré ou bien les
systèmes communiquent à travers des interfaces?
Do you have a fully integrated system or do the systems communicate through interfaces?
A > The system communicates through interfaces.
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• Q (Huyen Vu) to Morocco: Many thanks for your great presentation. Could you explain in more detail
about accounting quality and opening balance sheet pillars?
A > The accounting quality is based on the information system, the internal control and audit, and
also the certification by court of audit. Concerning the opening balance sheet, we worked with all
central state departments to identify and estimate the value of the assets they manage.
• Q (Abdoul Karim Magassouba) to Morocco: Le système est 100% Oracle ? ou d'autres modules sont
développés spécifiquement ?
The system is 100% Oracle? or other modules are developed specifically?
A > Yes. The SIPCE is based on Oracle EBS (Accounting, Reporting and Asset Management modules).
• Q (Abdiaziz Hussein) to Morocco: Can they upload documents which relate procurements into IFMIS?
A > Documents related to procurements are managed in a national e-procurement system.
• Q (Major CS Kaushik) to Nigeria-Kano: (1) The Debt Management and Grant Management seems
separately developed? Whether architecture is effective? (2) Whether Treasury Single Account is
implemented and integrated with cash management? (3) What is level of data quality and level of
confidence in information provided considering integrity and consistency of migrated/integrated
from line of business systems?
A > (1) Debt Management and Grant Management are all part of the Oracle e-Business Suite. (2) TSA
has been implemented, but there some obstacles behind it. The MoF is rectifying with some external
experts. (3) During the implementation of the project, we set a standard in accordance to the relevant
Laws to which the data received is recorded with due diligence. This gives us an outcome of qualitative
and reliable data.
• Q (Kedir Ali Adem) to Nigeria-Kano: (1) What application platform the Federal Gov use as IFMIS? (2)
How your Oracle EBSs interacts with the federal IFMIS? (3) If both Fed Gov & Kano State both use
Oracle, who do you remove the redundancy regarding licences ..etc.?
A > (1) From Mustapha M said: Mr. Kedir, I'm a participant from Kano – Nigeria. The federal
government system is called GIFMIS. According to national policy, all states should establish SIFMIS.
IFMIS is the current name for the system. (2) As for now, there is no interface between the GIFMIS
and SIFMIS. (3) The National and Sub-National systems work as a stand-alone platforms.
• Q (Michael Ojo) to Nigeria-Kano: (1) I have noticed from you and some other countries here planning
to move from the commercial-off-the-shelf applications to home grown system? How do you plan to
migrate data from Oracle to the home-grown system you are planning to implement? (2) Do you mean
TADA made you to achieve TSA? (3) Now that you have certified resource internally, do you mean they
are now able to develop a replacement for Oracle E-business Suite?
A > (1) We are now developing a framework that will be a guide towards transitioning and data
migration, keeping in mind that both the existing and new system to be developed will run
concurrently for a period of time before we fully migrate. (2) No. The Tax Administration Diagnostic
Assessment Tool (TADAT) is a designed framework, which is used in assessing the Tax Authority of a
country at national or sub national level. This is part of an IMF initiative. (3) Yes. It’s a part of what we
are planning now. I believe with the support of an external expert, they can be able to develop a
replacement.
• Q (Philip Doghle) to Nigeria-Kano: Thanks for the presentation regarding Kano state. (1) What is the
status of implementation of other states? (2) Can he also share with us the estimated cost involved for
all the states and federal level?
A > (1) The Federal Government is using the Government Integrated Financial Management
Information System (GIFMIS) and the Integrated Payroll Information System (IPIS). The states have
different systems. I can provide the details of the systems used in the states after this session, if you
wish. Our project (SLOGOR) supported the development of IFMIS in six states, and five of the states
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managed to complete the development of their IFMIS solutions. (2) I will share a comprehensive
detailed summary of IFMIS projects in Nigeria soon.
• Q (Vurce-Arsene M. Lossombot) to Nigeria-Kano: Quelles institutions assurent le contrôle qualité sur
le plan légal avant l'approbation par le Gouvernement?
Which institutions provide legal quality control prior to government approval?
A > There are PFM Laws passed and assented through the State House of Assembly. The Due Process
Bureau, which is in charge of all procurement dealings.
• Q (Moses Moreri) to Nigeria-Kano: How are you supporting the SIFMIS, internal resources or
outsourced? If internal how many officers and what qualifications?
A > The project is supporting the training and capacity building of officials. Currently, we have 21
certified professionals who are civil servants and supporting IFMIS operations. We also have 12
technical specialists having MS, Oracle and other certifications. They have compulsory service periods
due to the certification training provided. According to the ICT Policy and Transition Plan, the SIFMIS
Center in the future can become the State ICT and Innovation Center.
• Q (Kedir Ali Adem) to Nigeria-Kano: Is GIFMIS based on Oracle ? If it is the same, how do you manage
licence issues?
A > As for Kano State, the contract took care for two consecutive years of support including license
renewal fees, and the license purchased are perpetual.
• Q (Major CS Kaushik) to Somalia: (1) The number of concurrent users and system users seems out of
context and need update? (2) Are closing periods defined in real-time for financial reports, while it
seems that there will be latency period for final reports? Realtime are operational reports? (3) Whether
system has beneficiaries' repositories for delivery of social benefits and other payment?
A > (1) The budgeted government institutions are expanding slowly, and we have several institutions
joining the system each year. Therefore, we have to accommodate for future expansion, and we
believe this is realistic number in which we will reach near future. (2) As mentioned in the
presentation, all SFMIS modules are integrated, and as the ledger is updated the reports can be
extracted at any desired time. Therefore, there is no latency to the reports. (3)
• Q (Michael Ojo) to Somalia: Are all these 16 modules integrated? If Yes, just wondering why
"Integrated" is missing in your acronym?
A > Yes. All 16 SFMIS modules are seamlessly integrated. We see SFMIS as the platform to allow
seamless interaction/integrations between the modules. Modules are not only seamlessly integrated
but are also connected to the same database.
• Q (Vee-Musa Fofana) to Somalia: How did you develop your own software, and what was the cost
associated with your custom development?
A > The development cost of the custom developed SFMIS was around $4.5m, mainly for the
consultancy fees, hardware, and other equipment. The system was developed in-house with support
from the World Bank.
• Q (Abdiaziz Hussein) to Somalia: Thanks for your presentation Mr. Adam? How about integration with
other systems in states of Somalia?
A > Currently, SFMIS is integrated with the Central Bank of Somalia (CBS) and the customs system.
Three more systems are expected to be integrated with SFMIS by 2022.
• Q (Erica P Harris) to Somalia: Regarding Somalia's National Biometric Registration System; Is it’s use
limited to government personnel, and are there plans to expand to all citizens? What challenges, if
any, were there with persons sharing their biometric data?
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A > Biometric Registration System is currently limited to the government officials. It is expected to
cover the whole population eventually. However, there are challenges due to the current situations
such as: security risk, lack of resources, and lack of supporting regulation and policies.
 Next steps
comments.
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3 Mr. Hamid Ouldache Sous-Directeur, Direction Générale des Douanes, MF Algeria
5 Ms. Wassila Ennouar Chef de Bur Fis de la Con, Dir Gén de la Pré & des Pol, MF Algeria
6 Mr. Helder Wembe Técnico, Ministério das Finanças Angola
7 Ms. Isabel P. M. da Silva Técnica de Estátistica, Ministério das Finanças Angola
9 Mr. Winston Cole Lead Financial Management Specialist, WBG Bangladesh
10 Ms. Yelena Slizhevskaya PFM consultant, WBG Belarus
11 Mr. Sonam Tobgyel CFO, DPA, Ministry of Finance Bhutan
12 Mr. Moses Moreri Assistant Acct General - Systems, Min of Fin and Econ Dev Botswana
21 Mr. Gabriel Prisma Encargado Dept de Normas y Procesos del SIAFE, MoF Dominican Republic
22 Mr. Soheir Fahmy Budgeting and Accounting Specialist, DAI Egypt
23 Mr. Kedir Ali Adem IFMIS project Cyber Sec Team Leader, Ministry of Finance Ethiopia
25 Mr. Kakhaber Kheladze CEO, FINA LLC Georgia
26 Mr. Peter Erdosi Senior Director, Oracle Hungary
27 Mr. Ashmeet Singh Research Analyst, World Bank IBRD India
28 Mr. Major C. S. Kaushik Consultant India
29 Mr. Tanuj Mathur Senior Financial Management Specialist, WBG India
30 Mr. Anwar Musadat Senior Policy Analyst, Dir Gen of Regional Fin, MoHA Indonesia
31 Mr. Boyke Martz Siagian Central & Reg Fin Analyst, Ditjen Bina Keuda Kem, MoHA Indonesia
32 Ms. Muliani Pargio Head of Sub Dir for Local Government Finance, MoHA Indonesia
34 Ms. Erica P. Harris IT Strategy Unit, Public Exp Policy Coord Div, MoFP Jamaica
35 Mr. Dauren Yegemberdiyev Main Chief of Analy, Eval & Risks Div, Treasury Com, MoF Kazakhstan
36 Mr. Tengiz Chikanayev Head of the Div, Treasury Com, MoF Kazakhstan
40 Mr. Vee-Musa Fofana Coordinator, Reform Coord Unit – MoFDP Liberia
41 Mr. Fenwick Kamanga Governance Officer, AfDB Malawi
42 Mr. Abdoul Karim Magassouba Chef DEI, MEF / CAISFF Mali
43 Mr. Abdoulaye Soumare Chef de Div Dév et Maint du Sys d'Info, Dir Gén des Imp Mali
44 Mr. Amadou Diarra Chef de Div Eval, DEPSI, Dir Nat de la Plan du Dév (DNPD) Mali
45 Mr. Elhadj Darhamane Maiga Chef Cellule Informatique, Direction Nationale du Trésor Mali
46 Mr. Ibrahim M'baye Coord Adjoint, Min de l'Economie et des Finances/CAISFF Mali
47 Mr. Ousmane Kone IT Officer, General Directorate of Budget, MoF Mali
50 Mr. Abdessamad Kasimi General Treasury, Ministry of Finance Morocco
51 Mr. Aziz Bouazzaoui Directeur, TGR Morocco
52 Mr. Farid Radah Inspecteur des Fin, Inspection Générale des Finances Morocco
53 Mr. Fatiha Moutchou Head of Dept, Gen Treasury of the Kingdom of Morocco Morocco
54 Mr. Mohamed E. A. Seghrouchni Chef de la Division de Développement Informatique, TGR Morocco
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55 Mr. Rabah Ounissi Research Analyst, WBG Morocco
56 Mr. Dário Fortes Director de Serviço, Min da Economia e Finanças - CEDSIF Mozambique
57 Ms. Sheila Neves Financial Management Analyst, WBG Mozambique
58 Ms. Pike Pike Aye Public Sector Specialist, WBG Myanmar
60 Mr. Raj Kumar Shrestha Account Officer, PEFA Nepal
61 Mr. Adamu Idris Kabo State SIFMIS Coordinator, Kano State SIFMIS, Nigeria Nigeria
62 Mr. Ambe Anthony SIFMIS ICT Consultant, SLOGOR CRS Nigeria
64 Mr. Ibiba Owubokiri ICT Officer/Data Ctr, Rivers St Emp & Exp for Results Prj Nigeria
65 Mr. Ikechukwu Nweje Senior Public Sector Specialist, WBG Nigeria
66 Mr. Michael Ojo Individual Consultant NIgeria
67 Mr. Mustapha Muhammad Sadi System Administrator, SLOGOR, Kano State Nigeria, Kano State
68 Ms. Sheryll Grace Aromin Information Tech Officer III, Dept of Budget and Mgmt Philippines
69 Ms. Soledad González Business Developer, QUIDGEST Portugal
81 Mr. Rostislav Suharev System Architect, Business Analyst, Key Systems Russia
82 Mr. Jean Rurangirwa Coordinator of IFMIS, MoFEP Rwanda
83 Mr. Placide Mukwende IFMIS Project Coord, Min of Fin and Economic Planning Rwanda
84 Mr. Enagnon Ernest Eric Adda Senior Public Sector Mgmt. Specialist, WBG Senegal
86 Mr. Abdiaziz Hussein Budget Director, Min of Finance, Southwest of Somalia Somalia
87 Mr. Adam Abdulkadir Adam Director, Somalia Fin Mgmt Information Sys, MoF, FGS Somalia
88 Ms. Anab Sabriye Consultant (Accounting & FM), Office of Acct Gen, FGS Somalia
90 Ms. Khadija Moalim Hussein Director General, HSS, Ministry of Finance Somalia
91 Ms. Amanda Haggett-Haagner Deputy Director: HR Information Systems, DPSA South Africa
92 Ms. Amra Srdanović Regional PFM Adviser, IMF/AFRITAC East Tanzania
93 Mr. Nitesh Parmar Solution Architect, Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd Tanzania
94 Ms. Rosemary Sway Manager - Business Dev, Soft-Tech Consultants Ltd Tanzania
96 Mr. Samuel Alain Ebono Coordonnateur Régional de Gestion Financière, AfDB Tunisia
97 Mr. Edward Koos PFM Advisor U.S.A.
98 Mr. Basel Al Bishtawi SFMIS Specialist, PFM U. A. E.
99 Mr. Phill Bernier Director, PFM Training Limited United Kingdom
101 Ms. Huyen Vu Thanh International Cooperation Dept., Vietnam State Treasury Vietnam
104 Ms. Elena Nikulina Senior Operations Officer, WBG Washington, DC
105 Ms. Love Ghunney Public Sector Specialist, WBG Washington, DC
108 Ms. Ratidzai Machawira Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, MoFED Zimbabwe
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WBG: 2020 GovTech Maturity Index
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WBG: Next generation e-Hojo (Korean Local Government FMIS)
Morocco: SIPCE
Nigeria-Kano State: SIFMIS
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Somalia: SFMIS
KPFIS Future Plans: Consulting
KPFIS: Knowledge Sharing Program
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Annex 8: List of attendees
# Title Name Position / Organization Location Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

1 Mr. Amar Fellah Directeur, Dir Gén des Impôts, Ministère des Finances (MF) Algeria - - X -
2 Ms. Fatiha Loucif Seiad Sous-Directrice, Direction Générale du Budget, MF Algeria X - X X
3 Ms. Fazzia Makhlouf Sous-Directrice, Dir Gén de la Comp, Dir IT Systems & Networks, MF Algeria X - X X
4 Mr. Hamid Ouldache Sous-Directeur, Direction Générale des Douanes, MF Algeria - - X X
5 Mr. Khaldi Noureddine Directeur Général, Direction Générale des Douanes, MF Algeria X - - -
6 Mr. Mohamed Reda Benmeradi Directeur, Dir Gén des Relations Econ et Fin Extérieures, MF Algeria X - - -
7 Ms. Ouahiba Moussa Sous-Directrice, Dir Gén de la Comp, Dir IT Systems & Networks, MF Algeria X - X X
8 Ms. Wassila Ennouar Chef de Bur de la Fisc de la Cons, Dir Gén de la Prév et des Polit, MF Algeria X - X X
9 Mr. Almeida Fernandes Technical Studies and International Relations Office, MoF Angola X - - -
10 Ms. Carla Verissimo Rebelo IT Analyst, Ministry of Finance Angola X - - -
11 Ms. Esperanca Bumba Account Technician at BFD Consultoria Angola X X - -
12 Ms. Gertrudes Bastos Department of Economic and Financial Studies, MoF Angola X - - -
13 Mr. Gilmar Verissimo Senior Information Technology System Engineer, MoF Angola X - - -
14 Mr. Hélder Felix Senior Internal Auditor in Public Sector Angola X - - -
15 Mr. Helder Wembe Second Technician, MoF Angola X - X X
16 Ms. Indira Maiato Director of the Office of Studies, Planning and MAT Statistics Angola X - - -
17 Ms. Isabel Pinto Muhongo da Silva Técnica de Estátistica, Ministério das Finanças Angola X X - X
18 Ms. Isamara Santos Second Technician, MoF Angola X X - -
19 Ms. Jexca Valéria Mandongo Técnica, Ministério das Finanças Angola X X X X
20 Mr. João Lusanga Software Manager, Catholic University of Angola Angola X - - -
21 Mr. Joel Gomes Deputy IT Director, SETIC-FP, MoF Angola X X - -
22 Mr. Lusanga Miakongo Ministry of Finance Angola X X - -
23 Ms. Teresa Castro Analyst of Economics at Ministry of Finance Angola X - - -
24 Mr. Winston Cole Lead Financial Management Specialist, WBG Bangladesh - - - X
25 Ms. Yelena Slizhevskaya Consultant, WBG Belarus X X X X
26 Ms. Karma Yangkee Chief ICT Officer, ICT Division, Ministry of Finance Bhutan X X X -
27 Mr. Kezang Jamtsho Senior Accounts Officer, Department of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan X X - -
28 Mr. Kuenga Lhundrup Deputy Chief ICT Officer, ICT Division, MoF Bhutan X X - -
29 Ms. Kinzang Norbu Deputy Chief Finance Officer, Dept of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan X X - -
30 Mr. Pema Ngawang Chief Finance Officer, Department of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan X X - -
31 Mr. Phuntsho Wangdi Chief Budget Officer, Department of National Budget, MoF Bhutan X - - -
32 Mr. Sonam Tobgyel Chief Accounts Officer, Department of Public Accounts, MoF Bhutan X X X X
33 Mr. Moses Moreri Assistant Accountant General - Systems, MoFED Botswana - - X X
34 Mr. Antonio Seco Consultor, BID / Jupiter Brazil X X X X
35 Mr. Roberto Garcez Consultant/Adviser, Roberto Cartaxo Garcez Consultoria Ltda Brazil X X X -
36 Mr. Fatoumata Toure Chargé de Gestion Financière, AfDB/BAD Burkina Faso X X X -
37 Mr. Douglas Hadden Executive VP Strategy & Innovation, FreeBalance Canada X X X X
38 Mr. Wyatt Grant Independent Consultant Canada - X - -
39 Mr. Paul Viet-Minh Nguyen Consultant/Digital Development Specialist, WBG Central African Rep. X X X X
40 Mr. Mamadou Lamarane Deme Senior Financial Management Specialist, WBG Congo, Dem. Rep. X - - -
41 Mr. Vurce-Arsene M. Lossombot Financial Management Specialist, AfDB Congo, Dem. Rep. X X X X
42 Ms. Cécilia Cortese Technical Advisor to the Prime Minister in charge of Econ & Fin Côte d’Ivoire X - - -
43 Mr. Eshetu Yimer Legesse Financial Management Specialist, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire X X - -
44 Mr. Sekou Keita Regional Financial Management Coordinator, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire X - X X
45 Mr. Gabriel Prisma Encargado Departamento de Normas y Procesos del SIAFE, MoF Dominican Republic - - - X
46 Mr. Soheir Fahmy Budgeting and Accounting Specialist, DAI Egypt - - - X
47 Mr. Bereket Getachew Consultant, Ministry of Finance Ethiopia - - X -
48 Mr. Kedir Ali Adem IFMIS Team Leader, Ministry of Finance and Economic Dev Ethiopia X - X X
49 Mr. Melaku Tadesse Senior FM Officer, AfDB Ethiopia X X X X
50 Mr. Workenh Eshatuu Sime Consultant Ethiopia X - - -
51 Mr. Nicolas Botton Directeur IDEA Europe, IDEA-International France X - - -
52 Mr. Alhagie Fafa Ceesay IT Specialist, MOFEA Gambia - - X -
53 Mr. Ousman Darboe Deputy Accountant General IFMIS, Government of The Gambia Gambia - - X -
54 Mr. Kakhaber Kheladze CEO, FINA LLC Georgia - X - X
55 Mr. Alfred K. Essel Senior Auditor, Network Admin, IT Tech Unit, Ghana Audit Service Ghana X - - -
56 Mr. Emmanuel Kevin Vanderpuye Assistant Director, Ghana Audit Service Ghana X - - -
57 Mr. Herby Mars Chef de Service a La Dir Gen du Tresor et de la Comp Pub, MEF Haiti - X X -
58 Mr. Peter Erdosi Senior Director, Oracle Hungary - - - X
59 Ms. Arushi Sood E T Consultant, WBG India X X - -
60 Mr. Ashmeet Singh Consultant, WBG India X X X X
61 Ms. Bitopi Sharma Software Developer, Dir of Treasuries & Accts, Guwahati India X - - -
62 Mr. Krishna Sankaranarayanan Senior Financial Management Specialist, WBG India X - - -
63 Mr. Major C. S. Kaushik Consultant India - X - X
64 Ms. Shirly Priscilla Manager, Public Finance Practice, PwC India X X - -
65 Mr. Tanuj Mathur Senior Financial Management Specialist, WBG India X - - X
66 Mr. Saikat Sutradhar Finance & Accounts Officer India, Assam State X - - -
67 Mr. Sandeep Gogoi Senior Software Developer at ASPIRE India, Assam State X - - -
68 Mr. Tamojyoti Bose Assist Sys Admin, Dir of Accounts & Treasuries, Gov of Assam India, Assam State X - X -
69 Mr. Agung Ariyanto SE Head of Reg Sect IB, Dir of Reg Fin Impl & Acc, MoHA Indonesia - X - -
70 Mr. Ahmad Taufik Central & Regional Finance Analyst, DG Regional Finance (P2KD) Indonesia X - - -
71 Mr. Anwar Musadat Directorate General of Regional Finance, MoHA Indonesia X X X X
72 Mr. Boyke Martz Siagian Central & Regional Financial Analyst, Ditjen Bina Keuda Kem, MoHA Indonesia - - - X
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73 Ms. Muliani Pargio Head of Sub Directorate for Local Government Finance, MoHA Indonesia - X X X
74 Ms. Noriko Toyoda Senior Governance Specialist, WBG Indonesia X X X X
75 Ms. Erica P. Harris IT Strategy Unit, Public Exp Policy Coord Div, MoFP Jamaica X - - X
76 Mr. Dauren Yegemberdiyev Chief Expert of Analy & Eval Div, State Treasury Comm, MoF Kazakhstan X X X X
77 Mr. Tengiz Chikanayev Head of Analy, Eval & Risks Div, State Treasury Comm, MoF Kazakhstan X - X X
78 Mr. Addy Waichigo Deputy-Director, OAG Kenya - - X -
79 Ms. Claire Sophie Marie Davanne Consultant, WBG Kenya X - - -
80 Mr. Ian Onyango Assistant Manager - Cloud Infrastructure at I&M Bank Ltd Kenya X - - -
81 Mr. Ron Finance Attaché, Kenya Embassy Seoul Kenya - - X -
82 Mr. Sebefoly Fani Senior Financial Management Officer, AfDB Kenya X X - -
83 Ms. Elnura Sarieva Coordinator ORP, Ministry of Finance Kyrgyz Republic X - - -
84 Ms. Pathoumthip Khounthalyvong Technical Staff, National Treasury, MoF Lao P.D.R. X X X X
85 Mr. Viengsone Phetsynouan Deputy Director of Division, National Treasury, MoF Lao P.D.R. X X X X
86 Mr. Botseba Daniel Sesinyi Senior ICT Support Officer, IFMIS Team, MoF Lesotho X - X -
87 Ms. Relebohile Ralitsie Assistant Application Support Officer, IFMIS, MoFDP Lesotho X - X -
88 Mr. Anthony Waddell Chief Innovation Officer, IBI Liberia - - X -
89 Mr. Benjamin Wilson Lead FM Officer, IFMIS, PFM Project, MoFDP Liberia X - X -
90 Mr. Spencer A. Weah Senior Financial Management Officer, IFMIS Lead, MoFDP Liberia X - X X
91 Mr. Vee-Musa Fofana PFMRCU Coordinator, Reforms Coordination Unit, MoFDP Liberia X X X X
92 Ms. Olivia Rakotomalala Governance Specialist, WBG Madagascar - - X -
93 Mr. Fenwick Kamanga Governance Officer, AfDB Malawi - - - X
94 Mr. Patrick Machika SDD -IT, AGD, Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning & Dev Malawi X X X -
95 Mr. Abdoul Karim Magassouba Head of Research & Engineering Div, CAISFF, MoF Mali X X X X
96 Mr. Abdoulaye Soumare Chef de Division Dév et Maint du Sys d'Info, Dir Gén des Impots Mali - - - X
97 Mr. Amadou Diarra PIM Division Head, Ministry of Finance Mali X X X X
98 Mr. Bilali Konate General Directorate of Public Debt, MoF Mali X X - -
99 Mr. Elhadj Darhamane Maiga Chef Cellule Informatique, Direction Nationale du Trésor Mali - - - X
100 Mr. Elly Prosper Arama Executive Director, Public Debt, Ministry of Economy and Finance Mali X - - -
101 Mr. Ibrahim M'baye Support Unit for Comp of Tax and Fin Serv, MoF Mali - X X X
102 Mr. Mohamed Aliou Diallo Senior Financial Management Officer, AfDB Mali X - - -
103 Mr. Mohamed Coulibaly Head of the IT Center, General Dir of Public Debt, MoF Mali X X - -
104 Mr. Ousmane Kone IT Officer, General Directorate of Budget, MoF Mali - X - X
105 Mr. Seydou Djimde Head of Studies Div, Public Finance Reform Support Unit, MoEF Mali X X - -
106 Mr. Yezid Khatry Adviser to the Minister, MoF Mauritania X - - -
107 Ms. Ina Gorea Head of Section, Minisry of Finance Moldova X X X X
108 Mr. Oyunbaatar Sharkhuu Consultant, Ministry of Finance Mongolia X X X -
109 Mr. Abdessamad Kasimi General Treasury, Ministry of Finance Morocco X - - X
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110 Mr. Aziz Bouazzaoui Director of Resources a& Info System, General Treasury, MoF Morocco X - X X
111 Mr. Farid Radah Civil Servant, Ministry of Finance Morocco X X X X
112 Mr. Fatiha Moutchou Head of Dept, The General Treasury of the Kingdom of Morocco Morocco - - X X
113 Mr. Mohamed El Amine Seghrouchni Head of IT Division, General Treasury, MoF Morocco X X X X
114 Mr. Rabah Ounissi Research Analyst, WBG Morocco - - - X
115 Mr. Dário Fortes Director of Information Systems Dev, CEDSIF, MoF Mozambique X X X X
116 Mr. Jacinto Muchine Director Geral Adjunto, CEDSIF, MoF Mozambique X X - -
117 Mr. João Alguineiro Head of Project Management Office, CEDSIF Mozambique X X - -
118 Mr. Nilza Rafael Directora do SOM at CEDSIF, MoF Mozambique X - - -
119 Ms. Sheila Neves Financial Management Analyst, WBG Mozambique - - - X
120 Ms. Pike Pike Aye Public Sector Management Specialist, WBG Myanmar X X X X
121 Mr. Gorakh Bahadur Shahi PEFA Secretariat, IFMIS Team, DFCG, FCGO, MoF Nepal X X X X
122 Mr. Mukti Raman Parajuli PEFA Secretariat, IFMIS Team, MoF Nepal - X X -
123 Mr. Raj Kumar Shrestha Officer, PEFA Secretariat, MoF Nepal X X X X
124 Mr. Aboubacar Ahé Directeur Informatique, MoF / Dir de l'Informatique Financière Niger X X X -
125 Mr. Ambe Anthony SIFMIS ICT Consultant, SLOGOR CRS Nigeria - - X X
126 Ms. Helen Okeke Operations Analyst, WBG Nigeria X X X X
127 Mr. Ibiba Owubokiri ICT Officer/Data Center, Rivers State Emp & Exp for Results Project Nigeria - - - X
128 Mr. Ikechukwu Nweje Senior Public Sector Specialist, WBG Nigeria - - - X
129 Mr. Joe Cosma Advisory Sector Leader - Gov & Infrastructure, Ernst & Young Nigeria X - - -
130 Mr. Adamu Idris Kabo SIFMIS Coordinator, Kano SLOGOR, Nigeria Nigeria, Kano State X - X X
131 Mr. Mustapha Muhammad Sadi System Administrator, SLOGOR, Kano State Nigeria, Kano State X - - X
132 Mr. Michael Ojo SIFMIS Project Team Member, Ondo State Nigeria, Ondo State X X X X
133 Mr. Akmal Minallah Sr. Financial Management Specialist, WBG Pakistan X - - -
134 Mr. Joyce Banzuela Management Consultant, Development Finance International, Inc. Philippines X - - -
135 Mr. Seok Yong ("SY") Yoon Public Mgmt Specialist (e-Gov), Public Mgm, Gov & Part Div, ADB Philippines X - X -
136 Ms. Sheryll Grace Aromin IT Officer III, Project Coord & Quality Assur Div Chief, DBM Philippines X X X X
137 Mr. Carlos Leão ICT Consultant Portugal - X - -
138 Ms. Soledad González VP for Latin America, Quidgest Portugal X X X X
139 Mr. Rostislav Suharev Business Analyst, Keysystems Ltd., Cheboksary Russian Federation X X X X
140 Mr. Jean Rurangirwa Coordinator of IFMIS, MoFEP Rwanda X - - X
141 Mr. Placide Mukwende IFMIS Project Coord, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Rwanda X - - X
142 Mr. Enagnon Ernest Eric Adda Senior Public Sector Mgmt. Specialist, WBG Senegal - - - X
143 Mr. Lassana Sako Consultant, Trade & Logistics Dynamics 365 FO, Dynaminqs Senegal X X - -
144 Mr. Samba Cor Diop Spécialiste en gestion financière - Sénégal Cap-Vert, AfDB Senegal X X X X
145 Mr. Abdiaziz Hussein Budget Director, Ministry of Finance, Southwest of Somalia Somalia - - - X
146 Mr. Adam Abdulkadir Adam Director, Somalia Financial Mgmt Information System, MoF, FGS Somalia X - X X
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147 Ms. Anab Sabriye Consultant (Accounting & FM), Office of Acct Gen, FGS Somalia X - - X
148 Ms. Jenny Sinclair Budget Advisor, PREMIS Somalia X X - X
149 Ms. Khadija Moalim Hussein Director General, HSS, Ministry of Finance Somalia - - - X
150 Mr. Omar Salaad Hassan Head of Accounting, BRA, Benadir Region Somalia X - - -
151 Mr. Alain Nna Ebono Chief Regional Fin Mgmt Coordinator (West Africa Region), AfDB South Africa X X X X
152 Ms. Amanda Haggett-Haagner Dep Director (HRMIS-IFMS), Dept of Pub Serv & Adm South Africa X X X X
153 Mr. Devinder Goyal Chief Regional Financial Management Coordinator, AfDB South Africa X X - -
154 Mr. Marius Klue Office of the Accountant-General, National Treasury South Africa X - - -
155 Mr. Philip Doghle Financial Management Principal & Officer, AfDB South Africa X - X X
156 Mr. Rômulo Corrêa Senior Country Economist, AfDB South Africa - X - -
157 Ms. Amra Srdanović Regional PFM Adviser, IMF AFRITAC East Tanzania X X X X
158 Mr. Nitesh Parmar Manager - Software Dev / Solutions Architect, SoftTech Tanzania X X X X
159 Ms. Rosemary Sway Project Manager, IFMIS, SoftTech Tanzania X X X X
160 Mr. El Assad El Khalil Directeur Général, Ministères des Finances Tunisia - - X -
161 Mr. Femi Fatoyinbo Senior Financial Management Officer, AfDB Tunisia - X X X
162 Mr. Mamadou S. Traore Principal IT Service Management & Delivery Officer, AfDB Tunisia X - - -
163 Mr. Mehdi El Batti Public Sector Specialist , WBG Tunisia X - - -
164 Ms. Sarra Achek Principal FM Officer, AfDB/BAD Tunisia - - X -
165 Mr. Edward Koos PFM Advisor U.S.A. - - X X
166 Mr. Rui L Consultant, Flag U.S.A. - X X -
167 Mr. Tetie Bakayoko Financial Management Specialist, AfDB U.S.A. X - X -
168 Mr. David Muthusi Mutuku Principal Financial Management Officer, AfDB Uganda X - - -
169 Mr. Basel Al Bishtawi SFMIS Specialist, PFM United Arab Emirates X X X X
170 Mr. Phill Bernier Director, PFM Training Limited United Kingdom - - - X
171 Mr. Đỗ Quang Huy IT Specialist, Vietnam State Treasury Vietnam X X X X
172 Ms. Huyen Vu Thanh International Cooperation Dept., Vietnam State Treasury Vietnam - - - X
173 Mr. Phạm Thi Tú Technical Specialist, State Treasury of Vietnam Vietnam X - X X
174 Mr. Phuong Bui The Director, IT Department, TABMIS Implementation Unit, MoF Vietnam X - - -
175 Ms. Vu Thanh Huyen Director, TABMIS Implementation Unit, MoF Vietnam X - - -
176 Mr. Cyril Desponts Economist, WBG Washington, DC - - X -
177 Ms. Elena Nikulina Senior Operations Officer, WBG Washington, DC X - - X
178 Ms. Love Ghunney Public Sector Specialist, WBG Washington, DC - - - X
179 Ms. Patricia Palale Makwebo Senior Financial Management Operations Officer, AfDB Zambia X X - -
180 Mr. Gift Gumbira Individual Consultant Zimbabwe - X - -
181 Ms. Ratidzai Machawira Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, MoFED Zimbabwe - - - X
Organizers
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1 Mr. Chang-Wan Ahn Head of Middleware Operations, dBrain, KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
2 Mr. Cheol Hyun Kim General Manager, Technical Support Division, KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
3 Ms. Han Wool Oh Associate, KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
4 Mr. Jae Hoon Kim President, KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
5 Ms. Joanne Kim Interpreter (English), KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
6 Mr. Kang Seok Le Manager, Technical Support Division, KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
7 Mr. Ki Young Lee Manager, KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
8 Ms. Rena Pyoun Interpreter (French), KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
9 Ms. Sarah Park Interpreter (French), KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
10 Ms. Seunghee Kang Interpreter (English), KPFIS Republic of Korea X X X X
11 Mr. Frank Mvula Director, Fiduciary & Inspections Dept, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire X X X X
12 Ms. Olivia Adjibi Team Assistant, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire X - - -
13 Mr. Owusu Mensah Agyei Principal Financial Mgmt Specialist, AfDB Côte d’Ivoire X X X X
14 Mr. Augustin Mpanda Senior IT Assistant, Client Services, WBG Congo, Rep. of - X X -
15 Mr. Mamadou Cisse IT Analyst, WBG Mauritania X - X X
16 Mr. Hoon Sahib Soh Country Manager, WBG Republic of Korea X X X X
17 Mr. Mark Volk Knowledge Management Associate, WBG Washington, DC X X X X
18 Mr. Young-Seok Kim Senior Governance Specialist, WBG Washington, DC X X X X
19 Mr. Cem Dener Lead Governance Specialist, WBG Washington, DC X X X X
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Annex 9: Overview of IFMIS solutions in 11 invited countries
IFMIS features Angola The Gambia Liberia Malawi Morocco Mozambique Nigeria- Philippines Rwanda Somalia Tunisia
Kano
System name Service Portal IFMIS IFMIS New IFMIS SIPCE e-SISTAFE SIFMIS BTMS Smart IFMIS SFMIS MIZANIATOUNA
Operational Dec 2019 Jan 2007 Jul 2011 Jul 2020 Jan 2020 Nov 2004 Dec 2019 2018 Jul 2010 2015 Dec 2015
Modules Revenue Budget Budgeting, Budgeting, Accounting, Budget Budget Plan, Budget Planning, Budget Plan, Open Budget
collection, Planning & Expend, GL, Payments, Reporting, Planning & Exec, PIM, Mgmt, Budget Budgeting, Exec, Treas, Portal
Own resource Execution, Treasury, Revenues, GL, Asset Execution, Acct, Rep, Utilization, Payments, Acct, Rep,
expenditure PIM, Purchasing, Cash & Bank, Mgmt. Accounting, BI Asset Mgmt, Treasury Receipts, Asset Mgmt, Future System:
Accounting, HR/Payroll, Procurement, & Reporting, Debt Mgmt, Management, Asset Mgmt, Debt Mgmt, SIGFP
Reporting, Budget Asset Mgmt, Asset Mgmt, Purchasing, Accounting, Accounting, Purchasing, expected in
Purchasing Planning Inventory, Prj Purchasing, Payroll Reporting. Consolidation, Payroll 2022
(not in use) and Contracts HRM/Payroll Reporting.
Interfaces SIGFE (IFMIS) Tax, Customs, None (Tax, HRMIS, Payroll Budget, Exp, e-Procurement KIGRA (Rev e-Proc, e-Proc, e-Tax, Tax, Cust, Procurement,
Proc, Meridian, Central Bank Pensions, RBM, Tax, Payroll, Tax Portal Adm) Payments, Payroll, Central Bank Tax, Payroll,
HR/Payroll planned) MRA, CS-DRMS Cust, Banking EDMS Central Bank Central Bank
Application SW Custom SW Epicor FreeBalance SAP Oracle Custom SW Oracle FreeBalance Custom SW Custom SW Custom SW
Scope All public Central Gov + Central Central Central Central State Level Central Central Gov & Central Central
institutions Local Gov, Sub- Government Government Government Government Government Local Gov Government Government
that provide Treasuries, + Local Gov (possibility to + Local Gov, (Districts,
services to Embassies, Self- roll out to Districts, Sectors,
citizens and Acct Prj, Sub Local Gov) Municipalities Hospitals,
companies. Agencies, Health centers,
Municipalities and Schools)
System users 6,123 545 425 336 3000 39,598 82,060 9,396 12,385 515 -
Concurrent 2,450 70 165 2,000 - 1,000 162 10,000 4,218 300 -
# of units conn 110 85 50 10 out of 81 551 1,516 14 MDAs 17 MDAs 240 70 MDAs -
# of local gov - 8 4 - - 571 - - 3,868 - -
Hosting env Main Data Main Data Main Data Main Data Main Data Main Data Main Data DBM Data Data Centers Gov Cloud Main Data
Center Center + Center Center + Center Center + Center + DRC Center + DICT Data Center
Disaster Rec Ctr (no DRC) Disaster Rec Ctr Disaster Rec Ctr MK2 Center Center
Serv bus & APIs Proprietary Open source No GSB or Proprietary Proprietary Open source Proprietary No service In-house Open -
interoperability & proprietary API interoperability interop. and in-house interop. bus yet; Enterprise source
platform (SIFP) platform platform platform solutions platform System APIs Service Bus
developed. based on XAP
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2021 IFMIS Capacity Building Program

Date Time 1 Sessions 2 Who

09:00-09:10 Opening remarks KPFIS, AfDB, WBG

09:10-09:30 Session 1 > Next Generation dBrain KPFIS

May 11 09:30-09:55 Session 2 > Presentation of Country 1 Angola

(Tue) 09:55-10:20 Session 3 > Presentation of Country 2 Philippines

10:20-10:45 Session 4 > Presentation of Country 3 Rwanda

10:45-11:00 Closing remarks KPFIS

09:00-09:10 Opening remarks KPFIS, AfDB, WBG

May 13 09:30-09:55 Session 6 > Presentation of Country 4 Malawi

(Thu) 09:55-10:20 Session 7 > Presentation of Country 5 Mozambique

10:20-10:45 Session 8 > KPFIS Presentation + Q&A session -

10:45-11:00 Closing remarks KPFIS

09:00-09:10 Opening remarks KPFIS, AfDB, WBG

09:10-09:30 Session 9 > dBrain & Information Security KPFIS

May 18 09:30-09:55 Session 10 > Presentation of Country 7 Liberia

(Tue) 09:55-10:20 Session 11 > Presentation of Country 8 Gambia

10:20-10:45 Session 12 > Presentation of Country 9 Tunisia

10:45-11:00 Closing remarks KPFIS

09:00-09:10 Opening remarks KPFIS, AfDB, WBG

May 20 09:30-09:55 Session 14 > Presentation of Country 10 Morocco

(Thu) 09:55-10:20 Session 15 > Presentation of Country 11 Nigeria - Kano State

10:20-10:45 Session 16 > Presentation of Country 12 Somalia

10:45-11:00 KPFIS Presentation + Closing remarks KPFIS

Day 3 – May 18, 2021

Day 4 – May 20, 2021

IFMIS Capacity Building Program (CBP)

Date & Time : May 11, 2021 @ 18:00-20:00 Seoul

# Title Name Position / Organization Location

KPFIS presentation: Next generation dBrain

Philippines: Budget and Treasury Management System (BTMS)

Rwanda: Smart IFMIS

IFMIS Capacity Building Program (CBP)

Date & Time : May 13, 2021 @ 18:00-20:00 Seoul

# Title Name Position / Organization Location

KPFIS: Official Development Assistance (ODA)

Malawi: New IFMIS

IFMIS Capacity Building Program (CBP)

Date & Time : May 18, 2021 @ 18:00-20:00 Seoul

# Title Name Position / Organization Location

KPFIS: Information Security System of dBrain

The Gambia: IFMIS

Tunisia: ZANIATOUNA (Open Budget)

IFMIS Capacity Building Program (CBP)

Date & Time : May 20, 2021 @ 18:00-20:00 Seoul

WBG: 2020 GovTech Maturity Index

Nigeria-Kano State: SIFMIS

KPFIS Future Plans: Consulting

KPFIS: Knowledge Sharing Program

# Title Name Position / Organization Location Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4

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