INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (IFMIS)

Abstract

This toolkit was prepared to support effective delivery of the SFTAS Technical Assistance (TA) on State’s deployment of an Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). The toolkit contains guidance notes (briefing and instruction notes), a gap analysis template, IFMIS requirement document, guidance note on procurement approach as well as IFMIS implementation, operation, and maintenance. The key beneficiary MDA for this Financial Statements toolkit are the State Ministry of Finance, State Ministry of Budget and Planning, Office of the Accountant General, Office of the Auditor General, State Bureau of Public Procurement, State Internal Revenue Service, Office of the Head of Service and all major MDAs The objective of this toolkit is to assist States with a comprehensive and consistent set of instruments (tools) to aid the design, procurement and implementation of a State Integrated Financial Management information system (IFMIS). The implementation of an IFMIS by a State will in turn be part of the overall effort aimed at increasing fiscal transparency and accountability, which is a key result area of SFTAS.