Enugu State

SPARC is supporting the Enugu State Government  to access the tools and knowledge it needs to improve governance processes. In order to bring about better governance, we are working closely with the State Government to:

·         Develop appropriate, achievable policies that respond to peoples’ needs and well-thought out strategies to apply them

 

·         To set up a well-structured public financial management system that enables staff to properly prepare, spend, monitor, audit, and report on budgets

 

·         Evolve a public service of an appropriate size, with trained staff, procedures and responsive management system, providing public services that meet people’s needs.

 

What has been achieved?

The Enugu State Government has made progress towards improving governance with support from SPARC in a number of areas that include:

·         Preparation of a Medium Term Implementation Plan (MTIP). The MTIP is a decomposition of the State's long term vision into a four-year Implementable plan. It is the first such plan produced in the State; it addresses all key sectors and provides estimates of revenue and expenditure.

 

·         Preparing Medium Term Sector Strategies in 7 pilot sectors, which build on the MTIP and will serve as sector roadmaps for the next three years.

 

·         Strengthened Budget processes that contribute to increased budget credibility in the State. Over optimistic projections which undermine budget credibility are giving way to more realistic projections.

 

·         Promoting improved service delivery and accountability in the Civil Service, through the production of a document which defines the structure of the State government;  outlines the responsibilities of each government ministry and provides a basis for more focused planning. It is the first such document produced in the State.

 

 

Coordination in Enugu

As well as providing technical support to ESG, SPARC is actively involved in coordination activities with other SLPs, development partners and their programmes in the State. These activities, and news from our partners will be regularly posted here.