Civil Service Employees Receive Public Investment Training
The USAID-supported Public Investment Policy (PIP) Project, jointly with the Azerbaijan Center of Economic Reforms (CER), successfully completed the fourth round of the formal Training Program on topics of Integrated Project (Cost-Benefit) Analysis In December 2006. A total of 171 public service employees from the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Finance as well as cooperating sectoral line ministries learned modern techniques and methods of Public Investment Policy-making and Programming. The Training Program, launched in February 2006, is being executed under the framework of the USAID-PIP Project’s objective to prepare the necessary cadre of civil service employees capable to conduct complex analysis of public investment projects.
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| More than 170 cabinet and ministry staff expanded skills and knowledge through the comprehensive training provided by USAID through its Public Investment Policy Project |
Each round of the PIP Project-led Training Program consisted of two-day workshops for the mid-level management on macroeconomic and sector policy issues, sector development and budget planning, and Public Investment Program related topics. The formal workshop was then followed by the 10 days-long formal training for the sector practitioners – technical staff from the central and sectoral ministries – on issues related to sector development planning, project cycle management, integrated project (cost-benefit) analysis and completion of the newly approved format of the Public Investment Program Call Circular. The trainings rested on the interactive dialogue with the participants involved in discussions on the macroeconomic development, budget medium-term expenditure planning, sector development objectives, and programs/projects preparation.
As a result of this undertaking, the PIP Project trained 74 public service executives and 97 technical practitioners. An integral part of the Training Program was work on preparation of the Azerbaijan-specific case studies for productive and social sectors with consequent preparation of project concept papers, pre-feasibility studies, and conducting of technical, financial, economic, distributional and other components of integrated project analysis. The trainees also practiced technical exercises, pass mid-term and final exams, and prepared major case studies.
The trainees were awarded with the Certificates of Completion of the PIP Training Program, and are expected to use new techniques and skills gained in their day-to-day work in public investment project preparation and appraisal. The management of central and line ministries has expressed a deep appreciation to USAID and the Public Investment Policy Project for the significant contribution to the institutional capacity-building of the Azerbaijan government agencies.
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