INTRODUCTION

This Local Government Financial Management (LGFM) training series has a short but rich history. We believe it’s worth relating to you for several reasons. First, many individuals and organisations contributed to its development, and now its redevelopment. They deserve to be recognised. Second, the redevelopment of the series was largely demand driven. Financial management and training professionals who saw the original set of chapters wanted them for use in their own countries. Consequently, they transported the old series across national borders from Slovakia to their own countries and ultimately created a demand for this new version. Finally, there are some lessons to be learned from the “redevelopment” of the original Slovak version of these training materials.