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END OF TRAINING OF SECOND WAVE COMMUNITY ACTORS ON THE FINANCIAL EXECUTION MANUAL IN MANGA

which began on April 1, ²⁰²⁵ , ended this Friday, April 4, 2025, in Manga. The training was organized by the Environmental Intervention Fund (FIE) and the Sustainable Management of Municipal Landscapes for REDD+ Project (PGPC/REDD+).

The Manga session brought together the municipalities of the PGPC/REDD+ branches of the Koudougou and Tenkodogo branches. The municipalities concerned are those of Pô; Tiébélé; Nobéré; Gogo; Zabré; Baskouré; Gounghin; Tibga; Diapangou; Poa ; Zawara; Ténado; Nébiélianayou; Kyon; Guiaro and Saponé from the regions of Center-West, Center-East, Center-South and East.

With the formation of this group, all 30 municipalities of the second wave have just seen their skills strengthened on the financial execution manual of PDIC/REDD+. Indeed, in order to supervise the financial execution of PDIC/REDD+ by the municipalities, a sub-manual for the execution of financial operations of PDIC/REDD+ has been developed. It is in this sense that the training was held for the benefit of the actors of the municipalities of the second wave of the PGPC/REDD+ on the said sub-manual.

The objective of the training is to enable municipal actors involved in the implementation of PDIC/REDD+ to take ownership of the sub-manual for the execution of PDIC/REDD+ financial operations.

During four (4) days, the trainers presented to the municipal actors the system and procedures for the technical execution of PDIC/REDD+ including the tools; presented the system and procedures for the financial execution of PDIC/REDD+ including the tools; shared with the municipal actors the procedure for the execution of administrative, budgetary, financial and accounting operations of PDIC/REDD+ including the tools .

They also presented to the municipal stakeholders the provisions of the financing agreement and the principles of good management accepted in the implementation of PDIC/REDD+; strengthen the skills of local stakeholders on the principles of efficient internal control in order to facilitate the work of reporting, monitoring, control and auditing; share with the municipal stakeholders the monitoring-evaluation and reporting system of PDIC/REDD+ including the tools.

The various modules that were administered were prepared by the UGP and FIE specialists who provided the training.

The last day of the training, namely this Friday, April 4, 2025, was devoted to the continuation of the module on the financial execution of PDCI/REDD+; the presentation of the financial reporting module on the use of funds allocated to PDIC/REDD+ for the benefit of municipalities and to a presentation on the principles of project control and audits. The rest of the presentation on the financial execution of PDIC/REDD+ was provided by Antoine SEBOGO, Director of Finance and Accounting (DFC) of the FIE.

Following the DFC, Olivier DAKOURE, head of the FIE budget department, presented the module on financial reporting on the use of funds allocated to PDIC/REDD+ for the benefit of municipalities. He indicated that the municipality must submit a quarterly financial report, no later than 15 days after the end of the quarter, on the use of funds. The report provides an update on the activities implemented during the period and the results obtained. Using a template and a practical case, he showed participants how to prepare the report to facilitate activity monitoring.

The junior internal auditor of the dedicated PDIC/REDD+ team at the FIE, Kassoum NASSA, supported by the internal auditor of the FIE, Sayouba ZIGUI, led the module on the control and audit of PDIC/REDD+. He noted, above all, that the audit is not intended to create problems for others. Mr. NASSA focused his intervention on how to carry out PDIC/REDD+ activities in compliance with standards, in order not to fall under sanctions , following audits that reveal breaches of regulations.

Based on the cases experienced during previous audits in the first wave municipalities, the communicator emphasized that for better execution of activities, it is necessary to comply with the administrative and financial regulations in force. This requires good planning of activities, by developing terms of reference (TOR) for activities; mission orders approved during field trips; attendance lists for activities; minutes of meetings; regularly verifying expenses incurred in the context of the implementation of PDIC/REDD+…

Likewise, the communicator indicated that it is useful to establish a supervision mechanism for each distribution of acquisitions for the benefit of beneficiaries within the framework of the implementation of PDIC/REDD+.

At the end of the four (4) days of training, the participants expressed their satisfaction and committed to implementing the knowledge acquired during the meeting. Gilbert NAKOULMA, PDIC/REDD+ project manager at the FIE, presented an action plan resulting from the meeting; which will guide the implementation of future project activities. After discussions, the said plan was adopted by the stakeholders.

DCRP/FIE