This manual, supported by the School of the Built Environment at
Copperbelt University and the Institute for Housing and Urban
Development Studies, The Netherlands, aims to bring together various
aspects of Public Finance covered in the various workshops and
seminars conducted by SINPA. It is intended that the Copperbelt
University will use the manual as part of the requisite training material for
accredited training in Public Finance, a branch of financial management
now not seriously covered by local training institutions. This is important
as current financial management training available in Zambia is
commercial. The training therefore provides a bridge for professionals
trained in commercial financial management into the public finance area.
As the manual is in modular form, some concepts may be covered, to
different degree in more than one module. Module one is a must read for
all persons identified as target groups.
The initial phases of the programme have been developed over the past
three years in the context of SINPA Zambia, a Netherlands Government
supported programme and in close cooperation of the Kitwe City Council
which has been the focus of the SINPA Zambia programme. A number of
pilot training courses have been undertaken with Kitwe City Council in
the development of this programme