Senior International Public Finance Management Advisor
As the Senior International Public Finance Management Advisor for the Ministry of Finance of Iraq, I worked under the aegis of the Strengthening Public Finances and Financial Markets (FFM) project, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, co-funded by the European Union, and implemented by the GIZ in Iraq.
The program aimed to strengthen Iraq’s financial and fiscal governance systems to enhance macro-fiscal stability and economic development. Our collective actions were designed to improve budget credibility, strengthen and stabilize public investment, expand refinancing opportunities for the private sector, increase access to international finance, reduce public revenue dependence on exogenous oil prices, and support stronger rule of law and security.
This was done through supporting the reform coordination function of the Budget Department through organizational development and management advisory; trainings to improve the macro-economic and fiscal forecasting capacity; building capacities in collecting data, predicting, and reporting on macroeconomic factors; capacity building on digitalization and gender budgeting; supporting the development of gender and geographic budget classification corresponding to the 2019 PFM law; facilitating the dialogue on the way forward for fiscal decentralization; strengthening the Accounting Department (Treasury) with short-term revenue forecast and cash management capacities; support to the development and implementation of a reform plan for internal financial control and external audit.