Title: Computerized accounting system
Client: Ministry of agriculture, natural resources and
rural development - west agriculture department direction
Country: Haiti
Year: 1999
Financing: Canadian International
Development Agency
Description of project and services rendered
It is within the frame of the technical assistance Canada / Haiti project that the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development has requested the establishment of a methodology for the development of a computerized accounting system for the West Agriculture Department Direction (WADD).
The main objective of the development of a computerized accounting system for the West Agriculture Department Direction (WADD) is to improve its accounting and financial management.
The specific objectives are to:
- produce standardized reports from the computer system which are more reliable and done quicker;
- supply more reliable and pertinent information to the decision makers;
- raise the competency of managers in accounting and financial management.
The expected results are:
- diagnosis of the accounting system of the WADD;
- conception of a computerized accounting system;
- purchase and installation of an accounting software already experienced by the Canada/Haiti technical assistance project;
- Elaboration of an accounting and financial procedures' manual;
- Elaboration of an accounting and financial utilization manual;
- Training of the personnel on the application of procedures and utilization of the computerized accounting system.
To accomplish the above results, the consultant's mandate will be to:
- Write a report on the diagnosis of the accounting system of the WADD;
- Conceive a computerized accounting system;
- Write a document stating and justifying the choice of an accounting software suited to the managers' needs and buy it;
- Write a procedures' manual of accounting and finance;
- Write a user's manual;
- Conduct the training of the accounting personnel of the WADD on the applications' of the procedures and the use of the computerized accounting system.
