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The DMFAS Programme organized a two-week workshop in November 2021 on debt statistics and an introduction to debt portfolio analysis at the Treasury of Burkina Faso, in the framework of the World Bank financed project for the implementation of DMFAS 6.
Twenty-three staff participated in this workshop, many of which were newly recruited by the DMO and who were participating for the first time in a DMFAS training event. Four agents already had considerable knowledge and contributed to the success of the workshop by enriching the discussions.
During the workshop, the participants analysed the debt statistical bulletin, which had been a product of a previous workshop in 2019 and had been finalized by the Burkinabe Debt Management Office in 2021. The workshop then trained the participants on cost risk analysis of the debt portfolio, the formulas for the calculation of debt ratios and cost/risk indicators as well as the extraction of data from DMFAS to do calculations in Excel.
In addition, the workshop included some training on DMFAS reporting functions to ensure that all participants were able to do standard tasks for reporting and statistics. Moreover, working groups were organized in such a way that the “champions” helped the less experienced participants by explaining concepts and operations in DMFAS, which enabled the transfer of knowledge within the team.
The DMFAS debt experts were assisted by Mr. Rhassane Marhoum of the Moroccan Treasury, who participated as a trainer on debt portfolio analysis through videoconference from Rabat, as well as by Mr. Tchaa Abidji Gnassingbe from the Togolese Treasury who provided training on DMFAS reports and data extraction.
At the end of the workshop, the working groups produced a draft debt portfolio analysis report using data exported data from DMFAS and used an elaborate Excel file developed by Mr. Marhoum for the Burkina Treasury staff. The report will be submitted to the Burkinabe authorities in 2022 for their approval and will contribute to improve debt transaprency in Burkina Faso
This was the last activity of the current project but there is a high demand for continued assistance to ensure the sustainbility of the results achieved.
