The objectives of the Improving Public Sector Performance Project for Honduras are to strengthen the management of public finances and to establish a more efficient, effective and transparent public procurement system through: (i) upgrading the public financial management system; (ii) upgrading the e-procurement platform; (iii) enhancing the internal control systems over personnel expenditures; and (iv) building capacity of the central administration. There are five components to the project. The first component is strengthening and consolidating financial management systems.
The objective of this component is to upgrade the technological platform of the financial management system (SIAFI) and to strengthen its conceptual and functional framework in order to provide a more efficient processing and effective access to financial management information. The second component is to strengthening the public procurement system.
The objective of this component is to support the government's initiative to create a regulatory body with specific goals and objectives, thus strengthening overall governance in the public procurement system and to improve transparency and compliance. The third component is improving public sector human resource management. This component has the objective to improve human resource management (HRM) in the public sector through: (i) enhancing controls over personnel expenditures, and (ii) improving the attraction and retention of qualified personnel to gradually increase professionalization of the public service in selected institutions. The fourth component is strengthening government monitoring and evaluation capacity.
The objective of this component is to support the implementation and institutionalization of a results-based monitoring and evaluation system for two selected sector cabinets. The fifth component is project coordination.
World Bank.Document Date: 2011/11/01.Document Type: Project Appraisal Document.Report Number: 63307.Volume No:1 of 1
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