The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has undertaken to integrate the national dialogue outcomes into the draft of the Overall Strategy to Reduce  Poverty along with attention to capacity building of the states and localities as well as using the advantages of the decentralized governance  to develop their potentials and be qualified to effectively contribute in poverty reduction of their communities by benefiting from the local resources and their differentiation. The working paper of the decentralization and good governance confirmed the Poverty reduction strategy which was discussed in the Forum organized by the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the Overall Strategy Draft for Poverty Reduction funded by the African Development Bank ( in Grand Holiday Villa ) today – confirmed the importance of employing the good governance components represented in the Community management by the government , decentralized units, commercial business sector and civil society organization to reduce the percentage of poverty in the local communities and boasting the role of the social security institutions for the same goal. There was a consensus among the participants in the Forum on the importance of preparing basic database in coordination with the competent authorities at all governance levels towards serving the equity of resources allocations, distribution of microfinance opportunities according to accurate measurement standards and indicators that ensure access to financing and resources to their beneficiaries. There was also an agreement on the significance of empowering the informal sector and building of its capacity as well as enacting laws and legislations that govern it to contribute in the achievement of poverty reduction goals in the Country.

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has undertaken to integrate the national dialogue outcomes into the draft of the Overall Strategy to Reduce  Poverty along with attention to capacity building of the states and localities as well as using the advantages of the decentralized governance  to develop their potentials and be qualified to effectively contribute in poverty reduction of their communities by benefiting from the local resources and their differentiation. The working paper of the decentralization and good governance confirmed the Poverty reduction strategy which was discussed in the Forum organized by the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with the Overall Strategy Draft for Poverty Reduction funded by the African Development Bank ( in Grand Holiday Villa ) today – confirmed the importance of employing the good governance components represented in the Community management by the government , decentralized units, commercial business sector and civil society organization to reduce the percentage of poverty in the local communities and boasting the role of the social security institutions for the same goal. There was a consensus among the participants in the Forum on the importance of preparing basic database in coordination with the competent authorities at all governance levels towards serving the equity of resources allocations, distribution of microfinance opportunities according to accurate measurement standards and indicators that ensure access to financing and resources to their beneficiaries. There was also an agreement on the significance of empowering the informal sector and building of its capacity as well as enacting laws and legislations that govern it to contribute in the achievement of poverty reduction goals in the Country.

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning announced the arrangement of the end of the financial year 2016 arrangements, aiming at strengthening the financial and accounting discipline and confirming the mandate of MOF on the public money as well as commitment to close the government's accounts in the scheduled date of the year end. The Accounts Chamber at the Ministry issued the a financial circular under which it ratified the payment of wages for all state employees for the month of current December, applying the unified wages structure for the year 2013, and the Public Service Chamber Circular for the year 2013, applying the Cabinet Resolution for the year 2016 and circulars of the Public "Service Chamber regarding bonuses and allowances. The Circular determined the 27^th of current December shall be the deadline for finalizing the payment procedures in accordance with applicable rules in the Financial and Accounting Procedures Regulations for the year 2011, while all the allowances and bonuses due in December and any other dues shall be paid before the 27^th  of the month, along with transferring all the deductions kept in the debit balances account ( trusts) and any other obligations to their beneficiaries before the said date. The Circular directed the national government units to pay the cash balances remained in the treasury after completing the inventory procedures and preparing their balance to the account of the Ministry of Finance at the Bank of Sudan at or before 12:00 o'clock 29/12 noon, along with preparing a detailed statement of the bounced payments. The general corporations and government companies, under this circular, undertake to pay balances to the commercial bank accounts to their accounts in the Central Bank or its branches in the states on 29/12/ for the implementation of the Minister of Finance's decision in this regard. The Circular signed in the name of the Accounts Director General / Hisham Adam Mahdi , further, directed The public bodies and the government and mixed companies to pay the sums due to the Ministry of Finance which include dividends of the government's shares of investment profits, and the Ministry's share of the surplus to the Ministry's account in the Bank of Sudan on or before 29/12 provided that the General Administration of the Government corporations and companies in the Ministry should follow up payment. The Circular determined the end of March 2017 in the deadline for all the accounts units to close their final accounts for the financial year 2016 and to deliver them to the Chamber on the same date in accordance with the GFS system.

The Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning, Taxation Chamber directed to finalize the computerization of the taxation system and redouble the efforts towards increasing the outcome and reducing the cost of tax collection. Ustaz / Badr El-Din Mahmoud, Minister of Finance during his field visit to the Secretariat General of Taxation Chamber today with the participation of First Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance renewed his commitment towards the budget of this year not to impose any new taxes, directing to the completion of computing programs at the Chamber towards access to a greater base of financiers in addition to activation of coordination with the relevant authorities to provide as much as possible information to get to the taxpayers along with the need to focus on quick collection and strengthen control organ to prevent tax evasion. The Minister also directed to prepare a practical plan for the current year for increasing direct tax collection by expanding the taxation umbrella towards improving the contribution of taxes in the GDP in order to increase the national income and ensure equitable distribution among the citizens, pledging to provide technical and financial support that could enable the Chamber to perfect its performance. Abdullah Al-Musaad Secretary General of the Taxation Chamber, that the computerized taxation system has been finalized by more than 90% to begin implementation as from tomorrow on the use of the two paper and computerized systems side by side until the completion of the technical and technological arrangements required to finalize the computerization of the base system by the end of 2017, announcing the launch of the billing system in the last week of next April. The Secretary General directed the financiers and dealers in trade and services to extract The Taxation Identification Number and registering it in the Taxation Chamber

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning confirmed its interest to complete the computing units of government programs and infrastructure development required for the stability of the e-government services. Upon his meeting in his office with Dr. Tahani Abdullah Minister of ICT, Ustaz/ Badr Al-Din   Mahmoud, Minister of Finance affirmed the commitment of the Ministry to support technical projects  in government units and the completion of the computerization of the required systems to complete the e-government project and promised to allocate funding to the Center of the Electronic Approval of the Ministry of Communications in the year 2017 budget, as promised to support the infrastructure required for the stability of electronic services and support of computing units programs government, while Dr. Tahani confirmed the importance of the Authentication Center in securing the  government data and ensuring the confidentiality of information, pointing to the need to keep up with global technology developments in order to ensure the achievement of the e-government targets. In the broad meeting there was a discussion with participation of the First Undersecretary of Finance and Undersecretary, and Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, and the Director of the National  Telecommunications Corporation, and director of the National Information Center on the on the mechanism of implementing telecommunications cards linked with National Number in coordination with the competent authorities in order to ensure the protection of the citizen and achieve security against computer crime.

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning disclosed the focus of the 2017 Budget on priority production sectors in partnership with the private sector or stimulate the banking sector to finance the direct production projects of the private sector. Ustaz/ Badr Al- Din Mahmoud, Minister of Finance upon his briefing the Banks Union today in the Ministry  the Draft Budget of 2017 and the role of the Banking system as essential in the healthy economic performance, calling on banks to participate actively with the private sector in financing the production sectors to increase exports and substitute imports to achieve the five-year program objectives in increasing production and raising productivity, stressing interest in promoting the role of banks in involving the resources in the banking system, noting the key role of the banks in the implementation of recent reforms issued by the Ministry of Finance, consistent with the goals of the five-year program and the program of reform of the state and accommodation of national dialogue outcomes as the most important reference points.  The Minister revealed the interest of the new budget in the social support for the segments affected by economic reform and the transition from the social insurance packages to the social security packages as well as expansion in the ownership of the means of production for vulnerable segments besides expansion of microfinance umbrella and focus on the financing of health care, basic education, literacy and enforcement Zero program thirst. The Minister pointed to the attention of the budget to increase of revenues from actual resources, rationalization of government spending and the order of priorities of spending according to the technical reform, mainstreaming of  computing systems and completion  electronic payment in coordination with the banks as well as strengthening of financial control organs to enhance the State mandate on the public money, besides the budget 's focus on restoring balance in the external sector, sustainability, reduce the import bill and confine the budget deficit in the sustainable limits. The Banking System call for a design of programs to attract expatriates investments besides rationalizing the demand for foreign exchange. For his part, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Hassan Governor of the Central Bank emphasized his attention to maintain the entitlements of banks and interest towards the success of  financing portfolio and the transition from short –term to medium- term funding, announcing the completion of the capital of Nilain Bank- Abu Dhabi branch of 40 million dirham in order to intensify its efforts as a correspondent for foreign banks, improve Transactions and transfer the savings of workers in the Gulf into the country.

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning confirms its interest in the management and control of risks associated with economic issues in order to anticipate them and control their impacts. The State Minister Ustaz Magdi, upon addressing today the Workshop of  Risk Management, Control and Prevention organized by the Ministry of Finance in collaboration with Frederich Foundation in the Banks Union  Hall pointed out that the Ministry pays attention to the management and control of risk effects and follows what is provided  in terms of scientific and practical support to the leaders of the Ministry by clarifying the existing and anticipated risks associated the decisions taken in the areas of financial and economic policy, plans and development projects and feasibility studies, stressing that science and knowledge of expected risks in terms of  implementing policies enable to read the future and estimate the size and cost of the risk and then to anticipate them. For his part, Mustafa Yousif Holi the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance pointed out that  Risk management has been established by the Ministry in its new structure , believing in the importance of risk prevention in the management of macro and micro economy, pledging to support the administration by providing all the work aids, opening training opportunities for its employees to keep pace with global developments in its field, stressing the importance of the workshop as a practical start for the management tasks in coordination and integration of efforts with universities, units of the Ministry of Finance and the competent authorities in order to develop and improve performance. He said” the current workshop shall be followed by specialized workshops to open scientific dialogue that can be useful in managing the economy and development in order to achieve the goals of the Five-year program for economic reform in its second year , pledging all to enforce the recommendations of the workshop that drive economic action forward. Dr. Abdulmoneim Mohamed Al-Tayeb underscored, Chairman of the Financial and Economic Studies Academy underscored the importance of risk management in support of the Ministry 's efforts in the development of macroeconomic management , stressing his interest in building and training of personnel capabilities. For her part the director of risk management Department M/s Awatif Al-Ashi the interest of the department in monitoring and assessing the risks faced by the Ministry’s activities and its various units, noting that the economy risk increases as we are closer to globalization. The workshop discussed a working paper on the management, control and prevention of hazards which included the definition of risk management, the goals, and the most important risks surrounding the economic institutions.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has initiative for apprenticeship positions to equip and provide youth with exposure to professional level skills through recruit them at Bank’s ongoing projects in member countries.

To implement this initiative in Sudan, the Public financial management and Macroeconomic Capacity Building Project,

which is financed by the AfDB, invites all candidates that have the conditions and qualifications below to submit their C.Vs  as well as copy of relevant certificates for competitive evaluation and consideration for the apprentice position:

1. Education: Bachelor Degree in relevant discipline, master Degree is highly preferable.
2. Age: Not less than 18years and not more than 32 years old by the end of the month of the announcement
3. languages: Arabic, English
4. Computer Skills: Microsoft Office (word, excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
5. Duration: 3 month probation and a minimum cumulative apprentice period of six months