Councillors will learn how to improve the financial oversight and revision in the municipalities

In the next two days, the implementation of the Capacity Development Program continues to be implemented in Strumica, Veles and Skopje for municipal councillors from 6 municipalities.

The trainings that will be conducted by a team of experts, will help the councillors from the municipalities of Valandovo and Strumica learn how to improve the financial oversight and revision in the municipalities. At the same time, the councilors from the municipalities of Veles and Sveti Nikole will develop their skills in analyzing the financial reports of the local self-government units, while the councilors from the municipalities of Chair and Ohrid will have the opportunity to study in detail the management of obligations, procurements and revenues at the local level.

In addition to this, the program also includes trainings on other topics in public financial management, spatial and urban planning, as well as topics related to inter-municipal cooperation and gender equality at the local level.

The goal of the program is to strengthen the role of municipal councillors in local democracy through trainings on a total of 11 topics arising from their legal competencies.

The trainings are part of the “Empowering  Municipal Councils” Project of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation with a total value of CHF 3.4 million implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in cooperation with national and local partners.

In the next two years, this project will include additional 18 municipalities that will be selected through public calls.

In addition to the training for counsellors, a total of CHF 1.2 million is reserved for small grants intended for the realization of priority initiatives in all 24 municipalities that will participate in the project.