PMCG and ECORYS Conducted Seminar for the Ministry of Justice of Georgia

PMCG, together with Holland-based public policy consulting company Ecorys, are implementing the EU funded project, “Support to the Economic Department of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia”.

In the frames of the project, on the 3rd of May at the hotel Bazaleti, Dusheti, a one day seminar was conducted on the preparation of Medium Term Action Plans (MTAP) and Strategic Directions Budgets. The seminar was conducted by an international expert from Ecorys and two local experts from PMCG. PMCG also provided additional staff to organize and support the seminar.

The objective of the seminar was to give the clear understanding of the basic concepts of MTAP and Strategic Directions Budgeting to the senior staff of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia and Structural Units under the Ministry. The seminar was divided into four sessions. The first and second sessions were focused on development of MTAP and Strategic Directions Budgets. The sessions were also describing the preparation of Key Performance Indicators for the Medium Term Action Plans and the Strategic Directions Budgets and provided several examples. These sessions concluded with questions and discussions. The third part of the seminar was a work group session, where the participants prepared draft Key Performance Indicators, based on the materials and theoretical sessions presented during the seminar. The project team reviewed each group’s draft output indicators to plan its follow up program of technical assistance and support.