| Venue:
The training workshop will be held at SDPI or in a local hotel in
Islamabad. |
Introduction
Financial management is an essential element of an organization’s structure and sustainability. Although financial managers have the required skills to manage finances but non-financial mangers like, project managers, supervisors of core units and administrative personnel lack necessary knowledge to plan and manage financial resources.
Program Benefits
Attend this program and you will return to your organization with:
- Ability to read, understand, and analyze financial information
- Working knowledge of accounting and finance concepts and tools
- Proven methods to determine the economic value of financial decisions
Who
should attend?
The workshop is designed for persons who are involved in core management, project management, budget making, project coordination, monitoring and evaluation of projects in public, private and non profit sectors, including executives, seniors and mid-level managers.
Objectives
By the end of the workshop the participants will be able to:
- Understand basic accounting concepts
- Grasp the difference between capital and revenue nature of investments
- Understand the accounting equations
- Understand financial statements
- Calculate accounting ratios
- Evaluate the financial performance of a project or an organization
- Understand budgeting techniques
- Assess the profitability of the projects
Methodology
The workshop will move from general to specifics, covering fundamental accounting principles, tools, financial concepts, financial techniques financial statements. It will include an overview of analysis techniques of financial instruments and statements. It will be an interactive and participatory workshop with individual and group exercises.
Medium
of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for this workshop. However, an effort will be made to conduct the workshop using both English and Urdu.
Contents
Understanding Basics of Accounting
- Debits and credits
- Nature of transactions
- Revenue and capital expenses
- Books of accounts
- Project accounting concepts
Understanding Financial Statements
- Income statement, balance sheet, cash flow statement
- What the statements tell you about the health of the organization
Evaluating Financial Performance
- Analyze financial statements to evaluate performance
- Techniques for determining financial trends
Managerial Accounting
- Basic cost behaviors and their measurement
- Cost-volume profit relationships
Creating Value through Financing Decisions
- Financial markets and instruments
- Alternative sources and capital
Budgeting and its Basic Concepts and Planning
- Determining the ideal size for a project
- Cash budgeting
Resource
person
Mr. Muhammad Wasim, is a Fellow of Financial Consultants (Canada) and an MBA in Finance and Human Resource. He has over 12 years experience in finance accounting and Human Resource. He is a financial expert and is well versed in the preparation of budgets, monitoring of budget lines, sub-granting, liaison with international donor agencies, coordination among host country and international consultants responsible for control on monitory transactions. Currently, he is working with SDPI as a Senior Finance Manager.
He will be assisted by other co-trainers.
Deadline for registration
Completed Registration forms should reach the Program Support Officer via fax or mail latest by 6 July 2006. The institute will confirm registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Please note that seats are limited and applicants will be registered on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close if all the seats are taken up before the last date.
Registration fee
Rs 10,500 per participant.
Discount
25% discount is available to the following:
- SDPI members
- HRDN members
on each nomination (HRDN members should send their nominations through
HRDN secretariat)
- PEP partners
on each nomination
- Students
registering through their institutions
- Other
organizations registering 2 or more persons
Withdrawal requests will be processed
as under:
| 10
or more days before workshop |
Full
refund |
| Nine
to four days before workshop |
75 percent
refund |
| Three
days before workshop |
50 percent
refund |
| Two
or less days before workshop |
No refund |
Cancellation/postponement
SDPI
reserves the right to cancel or postpone the workshop if circumstances
require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure that registered participants
are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will also refund registration fees
according to our refund procedures.
Award
of certificates
- Trainees
successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will
be awarded completion certificates.
- Trainees
who for genuine reasons are unable of complete 85 percent attendance
but attend 60 to 84 percent instructional sessions will be given partial
attendance certificates.
- Trainees
attending less than 60 percent of instructional sessions will be given
letters specifying the sessions that they attended.
Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)
Further information
For further
details, please contact Program Support Officer, SDPI at Tel. 92-51-2278134
or fax: 92-51-2278135.
Registration form
 
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Registration Form.
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