{"id":7609,"date":"2016-08-12T15:08:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=7609"},"modified":"2016-08-12T15:08:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:08:34","slug":"third-financial-management-training-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/third-financial-management-training-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"THIRD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>THIRD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR AWDF GRANTEES IN<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>LAGOS, NIGERIA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>16 \u2013 18 AUGUST, 2016<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cI am once more excited that The African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF) is able to organise this important training with support from Comic Relief. Since 2014, thirty-six (36) organisations have benefited from our Finance Management Skills Trainings. Of these, 22 have already reported steps put in place toward sound financial systems. As feminist grant makers we understand the need for accountability and results and therefore work towards building robust organisations by investing in human resource development of our grantees. This skills enhancement training on finance management for finance officers and managers in Nigeria is one of the ways by which we do this.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><b><i> Nafi Chinery,\u00a0Capacity Building Programme Specialist, AWDF<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7610\" src=\"http:\/\/africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"image1\" width=\"1300\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/wp-content\/uploads\/image1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1300px) 100vw, 1300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><i style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Second Financial Management Training held in 2015 in Uganda.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">The Capacity Building Unit of AWDF is organising its third Finance Management Training programme for finance officers and managers of grantee organisations.\u00a0This skills enhancement training will be held from<b> 16 \u2013 18th August 2016<\/b>\u00a0in Lagos, Nigeria. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">This training forms part of AWDF\u2019s mandate to provide technical skills to grantees in order to ensure sound and prudent financial management of resources for results in their organisations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">The three-day (3) training will bring together nineteen (19) finance managers and officers from twelve (12) grantee organisations from seven (7) states in Nigeria including Lagos, Akwa Ibom and Gombe states. The training will cover budgets and cash flow projections, grant management, internal controls and checks, compliance with statutory requirements, and financial reporting among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">It is our hope that participants will gain insights and skills into developing sound financial systems that meet minimum international standards for any financial management including donor reporting. Below are some expectations expressed by some participants ahead of the Lagos training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201c<i>My main expectation from the training is to gain additional best practice procedures to include in our Financial and Accounting Manual which is currently being developed. I expect to strengthen my knowledge on NGO regular financial recording and management.\u201d Ms. Joy Ngwakwe, Executive Director at Centre for Advancement of Development Right (CEADER) in Lagos.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>\u201cKnowing the logic in allowable and unallowable expenditures and developing the ability to analyse financial reports as well as develop skills in prudent financial resource management\u201d Lucy Auwalu, Executive Director, Women and Children of Hope Foundation, Lagos.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>To learn financial management best practices that will promote HELIN in her dealing with donors and how to harmonise the management of finances from diverse donors.\u201d Doris Brendan, Executive Director, Heal the Land Initiative Nigeria (HELIN), Uyo<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIRD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TRAINING FOR AWDF GRANTEES IN LAGOS, NIGERIA 16 \u2013 18 AUGUST, 2016 \u201cI am once more excited that The African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF) is able to organise this important training with support from Comic Relief. Since 2014, thirty-six (36) organisations have benefited from our Finance Management Skills Trainings. 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