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OPM supplied a team to review fiduciary risk assessments (FRAs) undertaken on behalf of DFID country offices.  The FRAs are completed in order to determine the level of risk associated with the provision of Poverty Reduction Budget Support to the country in question, particularly in terms of the extent to which the funds provided are properly accounted for, will be used for the intended purpose, and represent value for money.  The review process considers the extent to which the conclusions drawn in the FRAs are well supported by appropriate evidence, are consistent with background materials used, and are in line with DFID guidelines.

The following FRA assignments have been undertaken by OPM;

• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment of the Core Public Financial Management and Accountability Systems of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, December 2007
• Suggested guidance on assessing the financial impacts of fiduciary risk, February 2008
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment for the Proposed Budget Support to the Health Sector of the Government of Nepal, August 2007
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment for the Nepal Peace Trust Fund, August 2007
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment for the Rural Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Sector Development Programme of Nepal, August 2007
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment for the Proposed Budget Support to the Education Sector of the Government of Nepal, August 2007
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment of the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (ERRA) and its Affiliates, Pakistan, January 2008
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment of the Maternal and Newborn Health Programme in Pakistan, February 2007
• Comments on revised Pakistan ERRA FRA, March 2008
• Review of the Palestinian National Authority Fiduciary Risk Assessment Report, February 2008
• Review of the Fiduciary Risk Assessment Report, Ghana, March 2008