Live Online Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course
Live online, instructor-led · next cohort Oct 19, 2026 · from USD 1,700
Governments and public entities are asked to deliver more services with uncertain revenues, rising debt service and sudden shocks from commodity prices, climate events or contingent liabilities. Budgets that merely extend last year's lines hide those risks and give little information on what spending achieves. This ten-day programme teaches practitioners to prepare budgets that are realistic, risk-aware and tied to results.
The first week covers the budget cycle, macro-fiscal frameworks, revenue forecasting, expenditure ceilings, medium-term expenditure frameworks, costing, budget calendars and call circulars, along with Excel budget models. The second week introduces fiscal risk analysis, including macroeconomic sensitivity, public debt, state-owned enterprises, guarantees, public-private partnerships and arrears, then moves to programme budgeting, performance indicators, results-based classification, budget execution, in-year reporting, cash management and evaluation. A closing project integrates a full budget proposal and risk statement. It suits budget directors, finance and planning officers, treasury staff, internal auditors, legislators' staff, county and municipal finance teams, and finance leads in agencies and development projects. Afterwards you can cost a programme, prepare a fiscal risk statement and defend an outcome-based budget request. Classroom, online and in-house formats lead to a CPD-accredited certificate.
At a Glance
How Live Online Training Works
Live online training, led by a trainer in real time, for participants anywhere.
More about live online training →- Format
- Live online, instructor-led
- Duration
- Mon - Fri (10 Days)
- Fee
- USD 1,700 (KES 160,000)
- Next start dates
- Oct 19, 2026, Nov 16, 2026, Dec 14, 2026
- Certificate
- Certificate of Completion
- What you need
- A computer with a reliable internet connection, a webcam and a headset
About this course
Public financial management reforms across Africa and beyond are moving from inputs and line items toward budgets that show what citizens receive for their money. At the same time, shocks to revenue, exchange rates, interest costs and contingent liabilities have made fiscal risk disclosure a central test of budget credibility. Officials who can combine sound budget preparation with rigorous risk analysis and performance information are in short supply.
The Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course runs over two weeks. In the first, participants master the technical foundations: the budget cycle and legal framework, macro-fiscal forecasting, setting ceilings, bottom-up costing, medium-term frameworks, budget documentation and legislative scrutiny. The second week builds on these foundations by teaching how to identify and quantify fiscal risks, then how to restructure budgets around programmes, outputs and outcomes, set indicators and targets, and monitor execution and results.
Participants spend much of the time in spreadsheet and case-based work. They build forecasting and costing models, draft a fiscal risk statement and prepare a programme budget submission, and the final days are devoted to an integrated exercise that pulls the elements together and is reviewed by facilitators and peers.
Training Objectives
At the end of the ten days, participants will be able to:
- Explain the stages, actors and legal framework of the public budget cycle.
- Prepare macro-fiscal forecasts and derive consistent revenue and expenditure ceilings.
- Cost programmes and activities using unit costs, norms and realistic assumptions.
- Develop a medium-term expenditure framework and budget documentation.
- Identify, classify and quantify fiscal risks, including contingent liabilities and arrears.
- Prepare scenario and sensitivity analyses for revenue, debt and expenditure.
- Restructure line-item budgets into programme and outcome-based formats with indicators.
- Monitor budget execution, cash plans and performance results through in-year reports.
What you'll learn
Key Takeaways
Participants return to work with:
- A working spreadsheet model for medium-term revenue and expenditure forecasts.
- A programme costing template with unit costs and assumptions.
- A draft fiscal risk statement with quantified scenarios.
- A programme structure with outputs, outcomes and performance indicators for their sector.
- A budget execution and cash plan monitoring tool.
- A reform action plan for strengthening budget credibility in their organisation.
Training Methodology
The two weeks are built around practice and are taught through:
- Concise technical presentations followed by guided spreadsheet modelling
- Costing and forecasting exercises using realistic public sector data
- Case studies of budget reform and fiscal crises in different regions
- Role plays of executive review and legislative committee hearings
- A group capstone project reviewed by facilitators and peers
Day 1: Public Budgeting Foundations
- Functions of the budget: allocation, stability, control and accountability
- The budget cycle and calendar
- Legal and institutional framework for public finance
- Budget classifications and chart of accounts
- Common weaknesses that undermine budget credibility
- Exercise: reading a budget document
Day 2: Macro-Fiscal Framework and Revenue Forecasting
- Macroeconomic assumptions and their sources
- Revenue forecasting methods for tax and non-tax revenue
- Fiscal rules, deficits and financing
- Debt service projections
- Setting aggregate expenditure ceilings
- Workshop: building a simple macro-fiscal model
Day 3: Costing and Expenditure Planning
- Costing recurrent and development expenditure
- Unit costs, norms and staffing costs
- Capital project appraisal and recurrent cost implications
- Baseline, new and discontinued spending
- Prioritisation criteria and trade-offs
- Exercise: costing a service delivery programme
Day 4: Medium-Term Expenditure Frameworks
- Purpose and structure of a medium-term framework
- Sector ceilings and strategic budget allocation
- Budget call circulars and sector working groups
- Linking plans, policies and budgets
- Dealing with donor and off-budget funding
- Workshop: preparing a sector medium-term budget
Day 5: Budget Documentation, Approval and Scrutiny
- Content of budget proposals and citizen budgets
- Executive review and legislative scrutiny
- Presenting and defending budget submissions
- Supplementary budgets and reallocation rules
- Transparency and public participation
- Role play: a budget committee hearing
Day 6: Fiscal Risk Identification and Analysis
- Types of fiscal risk: macroeconomic, specific and structural
- Public debt sustainability and exchange rate exposure
- State-owned enterprise and subnational government risks
- Guarantees, public-private partnerships and other contingent liabilities
- Expenditure arrears and pending bills
- Exercise: mapping risks for a sample government
Day 7: Quantifying and Managing Fiscal Risk
- Sensitivity and scenario analysis
- Fan charts and stress testing of fiscal aggregates
- Fiscal risk statements and disclosure practices
- Contingency reserves and mitigation strategies
- Risk governance and institutional responsibilities
- Workshop: drafting a fiscal risk statement
Day 8: Programme and Outcome-Based Budgeting
- From line-item budgets to programme budgets
- Programme structures, outputs and outcomes
- Selecting performance indicators and setting targets
- Costing programmes and allocating shared costs
- Performance information in budget documents
- Workshop: restructuring a ministry budget into programmes
Day 9: Budget Execution, Performance and Evaluation
- Cash planning, commitment control and in-year reporting
- Virement, reallocation and managing arrears
- Monitoring programme performance during the year
- Spending reviews and programme evaluation
- Using results to inform future allocations
- Exercise: reviewing an in-year execution report
Day 10: Integrated Project and Reform Planning
- Group preparation of a budget proposal with a fiscal risk annex
- Presentations and facilitator challenge
- Lessons from reform experiences in other countries
- Sequencing outcome-based budgeting reforms
- Personal and institutional action plans
- Course review and evaluation
The programme is aimed at professionals who prepare, review or scrutinise public budgets, including:
- Budget directors and budget analysts in finance ministries
- Planning officers and economists in ministries, departments and agencies
- County, municipal and local authority finance teams
- Treasury, debt management and cash management staff
- Internal auditors and public accountants
- Parliamentary and county assembly committee staff
- Finance managers in state corporations and development projects
- Donor and development partner public finance advisers
Participants who attend all ten days and complete the modelling exercises and capstone project are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
Choose Where You Want to Learn
Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course Venues
KenyaNairobiNext Nov 9· 13 dates$3,000- KenyaMombasaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,200
- KenyaNaivashaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,000
- KenyaKisumuNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,000
- KenyaMachakosNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,200
UgandaKampalaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$3,800
RwandaKigaliNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,800
TanzaniaArushaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$3,800- TanzaniaDodomaNext Oct 26· 13 dates$3,600
- TanzaniaDar es SalaamNext Oct 26· 13 dates$4,000
- TanzaniaZanzibarNext Nov 16· 13 dates$5,200
NigeriaLagosNext Nov 16· 13 dates$5,600- NigeriaAbujaNext Nov 9· 13 dates$5,600
South AfricaPretoriaNext Nov 2· 13 dates$6,400- South AfricaJohannesburgNext Nov 2· 13 dates$6,800
- South AfricaCape TownNext Oct 26· 13 dates$7,600
UAEDubaiNext Oct 26· 13 dates$7,600
GhanaAccraNext Nov 16· 13 dates$9,000
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Frequently Asked Questions About Live Online Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course
Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
By the end of the Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting programme, you'll be able to explain the stages, actors and legal framework of the public budget cycle, prepare macro-fiscal forecasts and derive consistent revenue and expenditure ceilings, cost programmes and activities using unit costs, norms and realistic assumptions, and develop a medium-term expenditure framework and budget documentation. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is aimed at professionals who prepare, review or scrutinise public budgets, including: Budget directors and budget analysts in finance ministries, Planning officers and economists in ministries, departments and agencies, County, municipal and local authority finance teams, Treasury, debt management and cash management staff, Internal auditors and public accountants, Parliamentary and county assembly committee staff, Finance managers in state corporations and development projects, and Donor and development partner public finance advisers.
Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course typically runs as 10 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting starts November 16, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Planning and Implementation of Budgeting, Fiscal Risk & Outcome-Based Budgeting Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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