OHK designed and implemented an extensive study tour program of workshops and site visits for Egyptian government officials in South Africa, focusing on decentralization of government budgeting, development of rolling spending and forecast plans, reduction of budget micromanagement by the treasury, and maximizing national and provincial departments’ accountability for decisions and outcomes. The tour was intended to help the Egyptian officials learn from South African efforts to push forward a sustainable agenda for public service innovation, finance service infrastructure, and enhance inclusive and collaborative governance.

Among the nine modules that OHK designed for the tour participants were visits and exchanges with various South African government entities such as the Departments of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Energy, Public Enterprises, Public Services and Administration, and Public Works, as well as various public and private developers in South Africa. Given South Africa’s prodigious efforts in creating a successful public private partnership capacity, we conducted site visits to learn about the Public Finance Management Act, the Treasury’s PPP Unit, and the Municipal Finance Management Act as models for Egyptian financing of public services.