DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 

DMFAS user institution(s): Central Bank and the State Secretariat of Finance
DMFAS start date : 1996
Project status in 2008: Active (Ministry and Central Bank)
Funding source of active project:  Government (State Secretariat of Finance) and Central Bank (Central Bank)
Start date of active project: 2003 (Finance Secretariat); 1995 (Central Bank)
Version of DMFAS currently installed:  5.3 in the Finance Secretariat (July 2004). 5.2 in the Central Bank
N.B. The Central Bank installation (June 2000) was merged with the Finance Secretariat installation in July 2004
Language version: Spanish
Operational status of DMFAS system:
Database regularly kept up to date (Secretariat);
System used for monitoring and internal reporting (Secretariat and Central Bank);
System used only for domestic debt (Central Bank).
Link with other system:
Link with SIGEF, the government’s integrated financial management system.
Activities in 2008 (project and non-project):

    • 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.  This included DMFAS Helpdesk user support.  The latter responded to fourteen 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
    • mendment to the Project Document for the organization of a workshop on Advance Reports at the beginning of 2009
    • Potential project for DMFAS version 6