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ICAN Postpones Certification Course on Public Financial Management (Cert. PFM) Training and Publishes New Schedule
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nepal (ICAN) has postponed the “Certification Course on Public Financial Management” (Cert. PFM) training that was earlier scheduled as per the notice of 23rd June and has published a new timetable.
The institute stated that the program date was shifted considering the end-of-fiscal-year activities of fiscal year 2082/83, members’ work commitments, and requests from participants.
New Schedule and Other Conditions
According to the revised schedule, the program will now be conducted from 2083 Shrawan 8 to 17 (24th July to 2nd August 2026).
ICAN has clarified that all other conditions, including eligibility criteria, course structure, venue, and fees, will remain unchanged as per the previously published notice.
Registration Process
Members who have already registered will be automatically included in the batch under the new schedule. Members who are yet to register may submit their applications through the following link:
Registration Link: mctr.ican.org.np/mptrf
Proposed Program Details
The detailed revised schedule, modules, time, and resource persons for the program are as follows:
Day 1: 2083 Shrawan 8, Friday (Friday, Shrawan 8th, 2083)
Module 1: Public Financial Management and PFM Reform in Nepal
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Overview of PFM and PFM cycle; objectives, importance, and characteristics of PFM
Resource Person: Mr. Gokul Bastola
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): Financial Management and the implementation of fiscal policy; legal arrangements in PFM
Resource Person: Mr. Gokul Bastola
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Institutional arrangements for PFM
Resource Person: Mr. Gokul Bastola
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Implementation in practice and use of ICT systems in PFM
Resource Person: Mr. Gokul Bastola
Day 2: 2083 Shrawan 9, Saturday (Saturday, Shrawan 9th, 2083)
Module 1: M1: Public Financial Management and PFM Reform in Nepal
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): PFM reform initiatives, reform actors and role of PEFA Secretariat; PEFA assessment
Resource Person: Mr. Gokul Bastola
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): PFM reform strategy and financial management improvement plans; module-end summary and discussion
Resource Person: Mr. Gokul Bastola
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Module 2: M2: Planning, Budgeting and Execution
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Planning; development planning process, periodic plans
Resource Person: Mr. Gorakh Shahi
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Budget cycle and calendar, budgeting approach and budget classification; budget preparation process
Resource Person: Mr. Gorakh Shahi
Day 3: 2083 Shrawan 10, Sunday (Sunday, Shrawan 10th, 2083)
Module 2: M2: Planning, Budgeting and Execution
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Medium-Term Expenditure Framework; budget execution and control processes and procedures for incurring expenditure
Resource Person: Mr. Gorakh Shahi
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): Midterm evaluation and budget credibility; cash planning and public debt management
Resource Person: Mr. Gorakh Shahi
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Intergovernmental fiscal transfer
Resource Person: Mr. Gorakh Shahi
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Public investment management and common challenges; module-end summary and discussion
Resource Person: Mr. Gorakh Shahi
Day 4: 2083 Shrawan 11, Monday (Monday, Shrawan 11th, 2083)
Module 3: Government Accounting System of Government of Nepal
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Recording, accounting and reporting in GoN Accounting System; legal provisions, guiding laws and accounting policies
Resource Person: Mr. Mun Kumar KC
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): Central and operating-level accounting; OAG accounting formats, Chart of Accounts
Resource Person: Mr. Mun Kumar KC
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Major accounting branches
Resource Person: CA. Amrit Shrestha
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Major accounting branches
Resource Person: CA. Amrit Shrestha
Day 5: 2083 Shrawan 12, Tuesday (Tuesday, Shrawan 12th, 2083)
Module 3: Government Accounting System of Government of Nepal
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Deposit, fund, treasury and cash flow management; accounting software and NPSAS
Resource Person: Mr. Mun Kumar KC
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): Project accounts, accrual accounting in GoN system; module-end summary and discussion
Resource Person: Mr. Mun Kumar KC
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Module 4: Revenue Administration of Nepal
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Overview of Revenue Administration
Resource Person: Mr. Raju Pyakurel
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Concept and principle of revenue; revenue projection and collection
Resource Person: Mr. Raju Pyakurel
Day 6: 2083 Shrawan 13, Wednesday (Wednesday, Shrawan 13th, 2083)
Module 4: Revenue Administration of Nepal
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Divisible revenue and revenue allocation; tax system of Nepal
Resource Person: Mr. Raju Pyakurel
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): Revenue collection and improvement plans; module-end summary and discussion
Resource Person: Mr. Raju Pyakurel
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Module 5: Introduction to Public Procurement
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Principles of procurement; methods of public procurement
Resource Person: Mr. Babu Ram Shrestha
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Public procurement process (consultancy)
Resource Person: Mr. Babu Ram Shrestha
Day 7: 2083 Shrawan 14, Thursday (Thursday, Shrawan 14th, 2083)
Module 5: Introduction to Public Procurement
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Public procurement process (consultancy)
Resource Person: Mr. Babu Ram Shrestha
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): Public procurement process (civil work and goods)
Resource Person: Mr. Ramu Dotel
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Public procurement process (civil work and goods)
Resource Person: Mr. Ramu Dotel
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Public procurement process (civil work and goods)
Resource Person: Mr. Ramu Dotel
Day 8: 2083 Shrawan 15, Friday (Friday, Shrawan 15th, 2083)
Module 5: Introduction to Public Procurement
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Legal and institutional provision
Resource Person: Mr. Ramu Dotel
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): eGP System; reform in procurement practices; module-end summary and discussion
Resource Person: Mr. Ramu Dotel
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Module 6: Internal Controls and Auditing
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Introduction to internal controls, COSO framework components and principles
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Internal controls in GoN; laws and regulations, implementation
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
Day 9: 2083 Shrawan 16, Saturday (Saturday, Shrawan 16th, 2083)
Module 6: Internal Controls and Auditing
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Internal auditing standards and internal auditing practice in Government of Nepal
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): Public sector auditing practice in Nepal, performance and compliance audit
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Module 7: Accountability and Oversight
Session 3 (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Audit irregularity settlement process, follow-up audit, Nepal Government Auditing Standard; module-end summary and discussion
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
Break (1:45 PM to 2:00 PM): Tea Break
Session 4 (2:00 PM to 3:30 PM): Role of finance committee; fiscal accountability ecosystem, parliamentary scrutiny and oversight function
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
Day 10: 2083 Shrawan 17, Sunday (Sunday, Shrawan 17th, 2083)
Module 7: Accountability and Oversight
Session 1 (7:30 AM to 09:00 AM): Public Accounts Committee and its roles and responsibilities; fiscal transparency
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
Session 2 (09:00 AM to 11:30 AM): Citizen engagement for public accountability; module-end summary and discussion
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
Break (11:30 AM to 12:15 PM): Lunch Break
Closing Session (12:15 PM to 1:45 PM): Certificate Distribution and Closing of the Training
Resource Person: CA. Chandra Kanta Bhandari
