WINDHOEK-NAMIBIA, Sunday 22 August 2021 – The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) will host a virtual consultative workshop on Monday, 23 August 2021 on the role of Parliament in strengthening Public Finance Management (PFM). 

PFM is central in managing limited public resources with the aim of optimising budgetary outputs, maximising social welfare and economic impact. Accountability is increasingly becoming a matter of serious concern in most SADC countries – partly as a result of notable lapses in PFM systems as evidenced by the audited financial reports of numerous public, parastatal bodies and local authorities in the SADC Member States.

The purpose of the webinar is to understand the role of National Parliaments in ensuring financial accountability of public resources, especially during the period of a crisis or a pandemic and provide a platform for sharing country specific experiences on PFM for purposes of benchmarking. 

Details of the session are as follows: 

Date: Monday, 23 August 2021  

Time: 09h30 to 16h30 Johannesburg Time. 

Venue: Zoom Virtual Platform 

MEDIA ACCESS: Meetings of the SADC-PF are open to the media and journalists who are interested in covering them must register on the following link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIodeCvpzsiGNVQZyQTNhhMiPYkFT1pIpux

The meeting will be live streamed on the SADC-PF social media platforms on the links below and recorded for later broadcast on DSTV Channel 408: 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sadcpf

Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/sadcpf

YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCa0QZWjuXVxer_vm637pBmQ

ISSUED BY THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY PARLIAMENTARY FORUM 

Enquiries: Modise Kabeli +27 81 715 9969 or  [AT] </" data-ep-bc463="[DOT] </sm">