DMFAS user institution(s)(s): Ministry of Finance
DMFAS start date (country) : 1987
Project status in 2008: Closed
Version of DMFAS currently installed: 5.3 (January 2007)
Version language: French
Operational status of DMFAS system:
Database regularly kept up to date;
System used for monitoring and internal reporting
Link with other system: No
Activities in 2008 (project and non-project):

• Participation in an UNCTAD/Pôle-Dette workshop on debt statistics, in Lome, Togo, in May.

• Final project evaluation mission, in November; elaboration of a new project document aimed at reinforcing the Ministry’s technical capacity and enabling proper coordination among all the institutions involved in debt reporting and management. Donor to be found.

• On-going DMFAS Programme support (including project management, administrative, documentation and IT) regarding implementation of the DMFAS system as well as current and future capacity-building activities was provided from Geneva during the year.  In addition to the organization of project activities, this included, for example, an update (patch 20) to the DMFAS system currently installed in the Ministry of Finance as well as user documentation updates.  It also included DMFAS Helpdesk user support. The latter responded to 9 country-specific assistance requests during the year.

Planned activities:
Continued DMFAS support regarding implementation of the DMFAS system as well as other capacity-building activities in debt management.  Including:

• DMFAS Helpdesk user support
• n the framework of the new project: DMFAS 5.3 functional advanced training and DMFAS capacity-building workshops (data validation and debt statistics).