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World Wide delivers two training programs to Government of Iraq

Mon, 31 May 2010 01:58:00 GMT

World Wide has delivered two training programs to 35 officials from the Ministry of Finance, Government of Iraq under the Iraq Partnership Facility. The Public Financial Management and Governance program involved a program of site vists, meetings and expert presentations over 4 weeks in Australia on good governance and public financial management. The second activity was designed and delivered for Iraq MoF's Institute of Finance and focussed on accounting and finance education and training in Australia's public, private and education sectors. The client and participants rated both activities very highly.

World Wide Delivers Human Rights Training Program to Iraqi Government

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:56:00 GMT

World Wide has successfully delivered a four week training program in Australia to the Iraqi Ministry of Human Rights, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Planning from February to March 2010. The program involved high level meetings with Australia's peak human rights bodies and agencies as well as presentations from Australian human rights experts and academics. The program was highly evaluated by the 20 participants and is part of an ongoing program of governance assistance to the Government of Iraq under the AusAID funded Iraq Partnership Facility.

World Wide works with Samoan Ministry of Finance

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:41:00 GMT

World Wide is working with the Samoan Ministry of Finance on debt management and budget performance monitoring. The consultancy is funded by AusAID under the Samoa Public Sector Improvement Facility and has involved several person months of inputs in Apia by public financial managmenent experts with extensive track records in the South Pacific.

Government of PRC Studies Australia's Superannuation System

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:30:00 GMT

World Wide has delivered a working visit to Australia by 10 senior officials from China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and from various provinces. The delegation examined some of the regulatory and systems issues surrounding superannuation in Australia in the context of reforming China's pension system for migrant workers. This activity was funded by AusAID under the China Australia Governance Program and involved inputs from Centrelink, AMP, Australian industry super funds, IBM, Superratings and academic experts from the Centre for Pensions and Superannuation at the University of New South Wales.

Working Visit on Accounting and Finance Education delivered to Iraqi Ministry of Finance

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:25:00 GMT

World Wide designed and delivered a three week training program in Australia for 15 members of the Iraqi Centre for Accounting and Fiannce Training within the Ministry of Finance. Other participants came from the University of Baghdad, the Ministry of Higher Education, Iraqi Central Bank and several training colleges. The participants studied all aspects of Australia's accounting and finance training and education system and met with universities, TAFEs, the National Australia Bank, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Deregulation, the Australian Public Service Commission and other agencies.

Senior Delegation on Human Rights Policy – July to August '09

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:27:00 GMT

In July 2009 World Wide successfully delivered a program for a high-level Iraqi delegation on Human Rights Policy. The rationale for a visit to Australia by 16 Director Generals was to provide high-level policy discussions and technical advice in support of the GOI efforts to effectively meet its responsibility to promote and uphold basic human rights, including the development of Iraq’s National Human Rights Plan of Action. The SDHRP program represented a unique opportunity to provide a forum for high-level discussion on human rights policy, direct support to Iraq’s human rights policy development, as well as assist in defining the trajectory of Australian assistance in the future. The SDHRP program follows on from the successful outcomes of five previous human rights training activities in Australia starting with an initial HR program conducted in October 2004.

The program was an Australian Government, AusAID initiative. World Wide staff Paul Tippett, Kate Whelan and Janne Laukkala were involved in managing the project.

World Wide supports the Government of Samoa’s Ministry of Finance “Public Financial Management Reform” Program

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:25:00 GMT

Phase 1 of Samoa’s Public Financial Management Reform program is administered by the Samoan Ministry of Finance. After successfully tendering for part of the development work, World Wide is mobilizing two specialist consultants to assist in strengthening of the Government of Samoa’s core financial managements systems. These missions take place between April 2009 and December 2010.

Ian Storkey is the Debt Management Expert and will review current systems for the management and monitoring of Government debt and draft a Debt Management Strategy through a consultative process with stakeholders from the Ministries of Finance and of Revenue.

Tony Higgins is the Budget Performance Monitoring Expert and will work with senior Ministry staff to strengthen performance monitoring systems for implementation of the Government’s budget. Tony will also support work to strengthen the performance monitoring of the Government’s sector wide programs. Ministry of Finance staff will be engaged in identifying and developing the appropriate frameworks for monitoring budget performance, with capacity of the MoF also strengthened through the development and delivery of customized training modules and training of trainers.

PRC's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Visits Australia

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:05:00 GMT

The PRC's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security recently met with government and regulatory agencies, universities and NGOs in Australia on the design, delivery and evaluation of social security and pension schemes. The Ministry is designing systems to support migrant workers in China and visited Australia in May 2009 to learn from the Australian experience as well as receive technical advice from social security experts. The working visit was funded by the China Australia Governance Program (an AusAID initiative) and World Wide was sub-contracted to design and deliver the program in Australia.

World Wide completes 3rd training program for Iraqi Ministry of Finance

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:04:00 GMT

AusAID contracted World Wide to deliver Public Sector Financial Management Training to 20 officials of the Iraqi Ministry of Finance in Australia in May 2009. The training involved the delivery of expert presentations, site visits to local, state and federal government agencies as well as workshops and round table discussions. While the training focused primarily on budgeting, public sector accounting standards, taxation and auditing, it also covered public sector management topics such as strategic planning, human resources management, e-government, organisational change, and anti-corruption.

Ian Teese becomes a Senior Associate of World Wide

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:20:00 GMT

World Wide Project Management Services is pleased to announce that Ian Teese, B.Ag.Ec. (Hons) has joined us in the capacity of Senior Associate.

Please see his full details on our staff page.