FIN. & LEGAL MANAGEMENT UPGRADING

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The objectives of this project are to improve the flow of government business, improve the implementation of development programs, and facilitate reform, by removing identified obstacles through capacity building and institutional development in the areas of accounting and auditing, public sector procurement, legal drafting, the administration of justice, and the provision of business information. The project is divided into two main parts: financial management upgrading, comprising improvements to accounting and procurement services; legal management upgrading, which consists of improvements to legal services. The project will provide assistance for: (a) financial management improvement through: (i) accountancy development and training the main professional accountancy organization and three major accountancy training institutions; and (ii) procurement improvement by providing training, equipment, and technical assistance to the Zambia National Tender Board; (b) legal management upgrading through the provision of training, equipment, minor building rehabilitation works, and essential publications for the Ministry of Legal Affairs and its major agencies including the Judiciary, the Industrial Relations Court and the Law Practice Institute as well as for the Registrar of Companies and legal services of a few key ministries; (c) project coordination and management to pay for the office costs and salaries of two project coordinators: one for the financial management component, who will also serve as the project accountant, and the other for the legal management component, the costs of a procurement specialist, a supervising architect, the costs of the project launch workshop, the independent audit of project accounts, studies and computers software, and the incremental operating costs of project institutions.