DMFAS user institution(s): Ministry of Finance
DMFAS start date (country) : 1998 (Ministry of Finance)
Project status in 2008: Active
Funding source of active project: Swiss Trust Fund
Start of active project: 1998
DMFAS current installation:  5.3 (February 2006)
Version language: English
Operational status:

• Database regularly kept up to date;
• System used for monitoring and internal reporting;
• System used for external reporting and statistics

Link with other system: No
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.  The DMFAS Helpdesk responded to five country-specific assistance requests during the year.

• The Ministry of Finance co-organized with UNCTAD the First DMFAS Regional Debt Portfolio Analysis on November 2008. The one week event was well received by 10 countries and there was valuable feedback in order to distribute the module to all DMFAS countries.  

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 and possibly an urgent technical mission to assist them with the preparatory work required to link both the DMFAS and the local integrated system. 

• Study tour to a neighbouring DMFAS country or beyond by Jordanian debt managers during spring 2009.

• Drafting of a new technical cooperation agreement for follow-up capacity-building activities and installation of DMFAS 6 as requested by the Debt Management Offfice.