UGANDA 

DMFAS user institution(s): Central Bank; Ministry of Finance
DMFAS start date (country) : 1985
Project status in 2008: Active
Funding source of active project: Government and Central Bank
Start date of active project: 2003
DMFAS current installation: 5.3 in Ministry of Finance (July 2004) and 5.2 in the Central Bank (June 2003)
Version language: English       
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 (Central Bank);

  • System used to provide input for debt analysis (Central Bank)

Link with other system: No
Note:
The government uses the automatic bridge between DMFAS and DRS, the World Bank’s Debtor Reporting System.
Activities in 2008 (project and non-project):

  • DMFAS 5.3 installation and technical training (eg DMFAS system maintenance) in the Bank of Uganda, in February;

  • Central Bank staff were trained in the use of the new functionalities of DMFAS 5.3 by a UNCTAD Functional Trainer in Kampala in March;

  • Officials from the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance participated at UNCTAD/MEFMI Regional workshop on the DMFAS system, in Kampala, in May;

  • One official from the Ministry of Finance enrolled in the MEFMI Fellow Development Programme, under which he participated in a DMFAS 5.3 training mission conducted at the Central Bank of Uganda by DMFAS consultants in March.

  • 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 34 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;

  • DMFAS experts will continue to support one official from the Ministry of Finance in the context of MEFMI Fellows Development Programme;

  • Discussions with officials from the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank regarding the implementation of DMFAS v 6 in Uganda;    

  • Organization of a study tour for Central Bank's Debt Officers in one of DMFAS user countries;

  • Participation of officials from the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank in UNCTAD's 7th Inter-regional Debt Management Conference, November 2009;    

  • Participation in MEFMI - UNCTAD DMFAS Training Workshop, to be held in Zambia in December 2009.