DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

DMFAS user institution(s): Public Debt Management Office (Office de Gestion de la Dette Publique).
Note: 
The Public Debt Management Office is a separate debt management office, under MoF tutelage.
DMFAS start date (country) : 2005
Project status in 2008: Active
Funding source of active project: IDA / AfDB
DMFAS current installation:  5.3 (May 2005)
Version language: French
DMFAS system operational status:
Database regularly kept up to date;
System used for monitoring and internal reporting;
Use of the UNCTAD-World Bank's Debt Sustainability model (DSM+) as support for debt analysis.
Link with other system:  No
Activities in 2008 (project and non-project):

  • Needs assessment mission in June.

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

  • DMFAS training mission in data validation and debt statistical bulletin elaboration, in June.

  • Preparation of a follow-up project to cover the integration of DMFAS with the Ministry of Finance's expenditure system and to install DMFAS at the Central Bank (with reading access only)

  • 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, three updates (patches 18, 19 and 20) to the DMFAS system currently installed as well as user documentation updates.  It also included DMFAS Helpdesk user support. The latter responded to 2 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
  • Finalize the elaboration of the new project and identify possible source of funding