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White Papers & Presentations
FreeBalance is a leader in public financial management and government resource planning. The following white papers are based on government PFM case studies and other topics relevant to government accountability, transparency, good governance for government 2.0.
FreeBalance is often a guest speaker or panel member at public financial management conferences around the world. The following presentations is a list of FreeBalance slide decks delivered at these high-profile events.
White Papers
| How to Become a For-Profit Social Enterprise (FOPSE)
The white paper provides the business and ethic case for making Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) core to company strategy. The FreeBalance white paper outlines the FOPSE business model and identifies the critical factors to transform an existing enterprise to a FOPSE. Companies who become FOPSE commit to CSR as core to their business models.
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Aid Transparency Integration
The white paper describes how integration between donor and government financials systems reduces transaction costs and corruption through automation. This improves efficiency and effectiveness by data harmonization. The white paper also details how manual methods of integration compromises data quality and timeliness resulting in less coordination and less effective aid. It reveals that tracking disbursements from donors and payment by recipient governments does not show progress, so aid transparency and effectiveness can be improved by following the commitment cycle used in government commitment accounting.
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Government "Budget 2.0"
Transparency mechanisms, oversight, policy management, budget formulation, budget comprehensiveness, budget execution, timeliness and international standards represent the eight dimensions of the FreeBalance “Budget 2.0” assessment framework. The framework is budget-centric because budgets represent the legal embodiment of government policies. Public Financial Management (PFM), e-government and Government 2.0 processes are evaluated in the framework.
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Public Financial Management Case Study: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
This Case Study details the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's success at improving governance through PFM reform. The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan PFM Case Study covers the sequence of PFM reform from 2002 to the present day. PFM reform is critical to improving good governance. Good governance is critical to economic development.
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Public Financial Management Case Study: Kosovo
This Case Study covers the sequence of PFM reform in Kosovo from 1999 to the present day. The PFM Case Study analyzes Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments. The Government of Kosovo has achieved excellent results (B and higher) for over half of the assessment criteria.
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Selected Presentations
- Government 2.0 (PDF), presented at the Association for Budgeting and Financial Management (ABFM) conference, October 2011 in Washington, DC
- IFMIS-Debt Management Integration (PDF), presented at a forum organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, October 2011 in London, UK
- Shared Services-We can't get there from here (PDF), presented at the Financial Management Institute of Canada conference, June 2011 in Edmonton, Canada
- Post Conflict Public Financial Management (PDF), presented at the Aid and International Development Forum, June 2011 in Washington, DC
- Public Financial Management Control and Security in the Age of Transparency (PDF), presented at SEGURINFO, June 2011, in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Government Financial Transparency in Timor-Leste (PDF), presented at the International Consortium on Government Financial Management, May 2011, in Miami, Florida
- Open Systems Enabling Transparency Technology Leapfrog (PDF), describes open financial data, open systems and government transparency with the example of Timor-Leste, presented at the World Bank, Februrary 2011 in Washington, DC
- Achieving Government Financial Management Implementation Success (PDF), describes lessons learned in government financial management implementation and sustainability, presented at CIPFA, January 2011, in London UK
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