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In cooperation with The Financial Academy, the Ministry of Finance launched the second edition of the Budget Ambassadors Program yesterday, with the Chairman of the Steering Committee at the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Abdulaziz Al-Furaih. This program is one of the initiative projects that enable government entities to sustain financial performance. This program enabled government entities to develop over 150 financial specialists. Those specialists have been selected based on methodological criteria among over 450 candidates in 18 targeted government entities. It is worth mentioning that this program was launched after the success of the Ministry of Finance's first edition- program.

The second edition of Budget Ambassadors is a competitive program. Where trainees go through three weeks of developing their skills in budget preparation and implementation and enhancing their technical and personal skills in The Financial Academy headquarter in Riyadh, and a week of on-the-job training in the Ministry of Finance. Afterward, there will be exams to examine trainees' performance. The best 50 trainees will be nominated for the Training of Trainers Program and will have a training session at the International Bank. They will be provided with the needed skills to lead change in their government entities. In addition, the Financial Skills Center, in the Ministry of Finance will provide a set of training packages that evolve their financial skills.​