Faisal Khawar Butt
Sialkot
To strengthen local government systems and to build capacity of Local Government officials on planning and budgeting, a training workshop on Cash Planning, Budgets, Accountability and Inclusion was held at DC office, Sialkot. The training was facilitated by the Sub-National Governance Program (SNG) that works to strengthen systems for local and provincial governments.
Additional Deputy Commissioner Sialkot, Meer Nawaz along with the District Team of SNG chaired the workshop. The ADC appreciated the work done by SNG at the local level and endorsed the importance of cash planning and management training for Local Government officials. He emphasized that the concept of aggregate LG spending is very crucial for effective cash management and thanked SNG for capacity building of LG officials in this critical area. Chief Officers Municipal Officers (Finance), Accountants for Town Committees, and a variety of Civil society Organization (CSOs) participated in the training workshop.