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IDM's commitment to advancing the government's national agenda has been confirmed by the Institute’s ability to respond to its varied customer base. In order to address the skills gap at the various government departments and enable them to report in accordance with the international accounting standards, IDM recently trained Botswana Defence Force on the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS). This program was designed to equip practitioners with required knowledge and skills to improve the financial accounting system.
 

Botswana Campus has been certified BOS ISO 9001: 2015. IDM was lauded for the great feat, and described as ‘a deserving institution’ by the Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) Director, Commercial Enterprises, Mr Keeper Morgan. He said the certification enhances an organization’s credibility by showing customers that its products and services meet their expectations.

Recently Eswatini campus hosted the regional Academic Body meetings at Nkonyeni where the academic teams from BLE met to discuss policies, make resolutions and plan the calendar of events for next year. This session coincided with an mou signing between IPM and IDM Eswatini for the provision of training programs. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration.

Matsapha Town Council and the Institute of Development Management signed an mou recently that aims to be mutually beneficial to the two entities for capacity building and for collaboration.
The agreement was signed at the Matsapha Town Council chambers. Speaking at the event Dr Mabila IDM Country Director said Matsapha Town Council should not limit themselves to the sourcing of skills for development locally but also open up to the tripartite in which IDM operates (Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini). IDM is turning 50 next year and the regionality is yet to live on.