Role of Bilateral Institutions in Capacity Building A Study of EU SRIP in Anambra State, Nigeria

The study evaluated the role of bilateral institutions in capacity building with a focus on the European Union Support for Reforming Institutions Programme EU SRIP in Anambra State. The study examined relevance of EU SRIP goals, effect of EU SRIP on enhancement of civil servants competence in public finance management and challenges facing implementation of EU SRIP in Anambra State. Data were collected from 330 senior civil servants from two purposively selected ministries Ministries of Finance and Economic Planning and Budget. Mean, frequency counts and tables were used to present and describe collected data. Also hypotheses were tested through the application of t tests at the 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that the goals of EU SRIP were in line with critical capacity building needs of Anambra State public finance management that EU SRIP had positive effect on the fiscal management competence enhancement of civil servants. The study therefore, recommends among others a simplification of operational procedures of EU SRIP to make it easier for government official at state and local governments to key in. Grace C. Madubuike | Prof. M. C. Muo "Role of Bilateral Institutions in Capacity Building: A Study of EU-SRIP in Anambra State, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd44943.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/public-sector-management/44943/role-of-bilateral-institutions-in-capacity-building-a-study-of-eusrip-in-anambra-state-nigeria/grace-c-madubuike