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INVITATION to a Stakeholders Consultation

UPDATE:  Cancellation of Stakeholders Consultation on the Draft Amendments to Public Procurement Regulations and the Framework Agreement and Pooled Procurement Regulation

MFPE Mid-Term Budget Review Consultations with CSOs

Dear civil society activist,

On behalf of the IPPR and CIVIC +264, we would like to invite you to a budget consultation meeting with the Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises to take place on the afternoon of Monday 15 July. Please find further details in the attached invitation letter.

Stakeholder Consultation & Comments on Draft Bill

The Ministry of Finance and Public Enterprises has extended an invitation to civil society organisations (CSOs) to a stakeholder consultation on the draft Public Finance Management (PFM) Bill on 26 April 2024. The Ministry has also requested written comments by 31 March on the draft PFM Bill which is aimed at replacing the State Finance Act, 1991 (Act No. 31 of 1991).

On 22 July 2022, the Civil Society Information Centre Namibia (CIVIC +264) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) hosted a consultative meeting with the Minister of Finance, Hon. Iipumbu Shiimi, regarding priorities for 2022/23 Mid-Year Budget Review. 

NATIONAL BUDGET | On Wednesday, 6 July 2022, the Civil Society Information Centre Namibia (CIVIC +264) and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) hosted a training for civil society on the national budget process - with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and National Planning Commission (NPC) staff.  The training was aimed at enabling civil society activists to better understand the national budget process. 

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) recently released their latest Citizen's Guide to the National Budget FY2022/23 booklet. The 31-page booklet is available in softcopy on their website and as a hardcopy insert in today's, 8 April 2022, Namibian newspaper.