ECUADOR

DMFAS user institution(s): Ministry of Finance; Central Bank
DMFAS start date (country) : 1995
Project status in 2008: Closed
DMFAS current installation:
Current:     5.3 in Ministry of Finance and Central Bank (April 2006)
Previous:   5.2 in Ministry of Finance and Central Bank (July 2000)
Version language: Spanish
System operational status:
Database regularly kept up to date (Ministry of Finance and Central Bank);
System used for monitoring and internal reporting (Ministry of Finance and Central Bank);
System used for external reporting and statistics (Ministry of Finance and Central Bank).
Link with other system: Yes
Note:
DMFAS has been successfully integrated with Ecuador’s integrated financial administration system (SIGEF).  However, the SIGEF is currently being reengineered and as a consequence, the link between the SIGEF and DMFAS will also have to be reengineered.
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.   It also included DMFAS Helpdesk user support.   The latter responded to 10 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
  • Signature of a proposed amendment to the current project
  • Participation (by the Central Bank and the Ministry of Economy and Finance) at UNCTAD’s workshop on debt statistics