Specific Experience and Expertise
IMCL has been supporting the development of financial management in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific for more than twenty years. This has provided a range of experience and a resource of senior and very experienced consultants.
Areas of Expertise
IMCL’s expertise can be broadly categorised into the following areas. The links will take you to specific areas of expertise, with case studies of assignments and summarised CVs of consultants:
Diagnostic Studies and Design of Reform - Diagnostic studies and design of reform programmes for public financial management (budget, accounting and audit)
Public Financial Management Reform - Management of public financial management (budget, accounting and audit) reform projects including institution building
Financial Management Information Systems - Acquiring, developing and implementing public financial management IT systems
Training and Professionalisation - Financial management training, capacity building and professionalisation
Financial Reporting and Audit - Training in, and implementation of, financial reporting and audit
A Participative Approach to Projects
IMCL has developed a participative approach to technical projects. We involve key stakeholders in the design and management of change using a range of participative tools. This approach builds ownership and ensures that solutions meet real needs. Constraints are identified and change strategies are developed by the stakeholders.
Ensuring Sustainability of Reforms
We address sustainability issues as part of the initial design, and work with stakeholders to ensure that changes can be sustained into the future. We give particular attention to issues of human resource capacity, training and institutional development. We have been successful in identifying institutional and financing arrangements that ensure long term continuity of reform processes.
Project and Programme Management
We use the UK PRINCE (PRoject IN Controlled Environments) II project management methodology to ensure a structured approach to project management. However, many projects have multiple outputs and require a programme approach to management. For this purpose we have integrated PRINCE with the Logical Framework approach, and have developed our own monitoring, control and reporting tools.
Managing Projects Across the World
A particular challenge is to manage projects throughout the world, often with stakeholders and donors in different countries. We have developed a web based system for remotely coordinating projects and ensuring information is available over a secure system.