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Project search glossary

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Actual expenditure to date

This is the total amount of money (£) that has been spent on the project.
Note: This figure has been rounded down to the nearest full pound.

Approved budget

Budgets are adjusted after approval and this field shows the revised total (£) of this.
Note: This figure has been rounded down to the nearest full pound.

Are all 3 partner country public financial management systems used?

This field shows if the project has met the Paris Declaration target on the use of national Public Financial Management (PMF) systems by summarising the answers to the following 3 questions: If the target has been met, the field displays a 'Yes'. This indicates that all 3 questions were answered with a 'Yes'.
  1. 'Uses national budget execution procedures?'
  2. 'Reported through partner Gov financial reporting procedures?'
  3. 'Audited through partner Gov systems?'

Are at least 2 partner country systems being used?

This field displays whether the donor support uses at least two of the following local systems:
  1. Project design
  2. Project implementation
  3. Financial management
  4. Monitoring and evaluation.

Are conditions attached?

DFID has been publishing conditions documents since April 2010. A condition is an action, circumstance or situation which is required for committed aid to be disbursed. If a condition is not fulfilled it could lead to payments being delayed or suspended. Transparent conditions are essential for accountability to the UK Parliament and public, ensuring that aid is used effectively and for the purposes intended. Making conditions transparent is also important to support country ownership and strengthen domestic accountability of developing country governments to their people and parliaments. This field indicates shows whether or not the project has any specific conditions attached to the pledge of aid. Note that as of January 2006, all project documents contain details of conditions under conditionality section 5.

Are partner country audit systems used?

This field should only be populated with a Yes if the funds provided will be covered by the audit opinions, issued by the country's supreme audit institution, on the government's normal financial reports/statements. The use of national auditing procedures means that donors do not make additional requirements on governments for auditing.

Are partner country budget systems used?

This field can only be populated with a Yes when the funds provided are managed according to the national budgeting procedures as they were established in the general legislation and implemented by government. This means that projects supported by donors are subject to normal country budgetary execution procedures for authorisation, approval and payment.

Are partner country financial reporting systems used?

This field should only be populated with a Yes if national financial reporting has been used and that donors do not make additional requirements on governments for financial reporting. In particular, it means that donors do NOT require:
  1. Maintenance of a separate accounting system to satisfy donor reporting requirements
  2. Creation of a separate chart of account to record the use of donor funds.

Are partner country procurement systems used?

This indicates if the funds used to procure goods and services use the Government's rather than DFID's procurement system.