More than 80 ministries and departments of Government are now connected to the system based on that solution. The latter is a powerful tool for automating the budgeting and planning process for Performance Based Budgeting in the context of establishing a Fiscal framework.

The core Budgeting function has been successfully used in real situation for the first time, for preparing the 2016/17 national Budget of the Republic of Mauritius. During this process, the solution has been used for inputs regarding Recurrent and Capital Investment Projects Expenditure and for establishing a Medium Term Expenditure Framework. Projections for revenue and for borrowing were generated by the SIL solution. The necessary tools were also used in connection with approval of Budget and for transferring Budget from the e-Budget to the Treasure Accounting System.

SIL staff provided 6 months of assistance to personnel of the ministries and departments using the solution, hence helping users to smoothly and efficiently evolve from the former manual system to the computerised process for the latest Budget.

The solution was implemented in two phases. First, the software for Financial Resources functions (the ones regarding Core Budgeting) as well as the adequate hardware, were installed and made to run in 2014. During that same phase, Release2 of the solution was implemented in 2015 – allowing for transition from Programme Based Budgeting to Performance Based Budgeting. The second phase consisted in implementing the Performance Monitoring functions, as from this year.

The benefits of the eBudget solution by SIL are numerous and include, inter alia, Process Automation and better control on budget bids submission, Reduced time taken in preparing the Budget, Improved accuracy of plans and forecasts, better sharing and analysis of data, integration with other systems and with existing MS Office software, as well as full data security.

Upon completion of both phases of the COTS projects, a total of over 127 police stations and units were covered by the system for the Republic of Mauritius and Rodrigues. COTS Phase II was completed in October 2015 and the running of the whole system in real working situation has now been evaluated and shows that the system stands the test of usage in real situation.

COTS from SIL is helping the Mauritius Police Force (MPF) achieve its objective in automating their process with the help of new technologies. As such, the processes of the MPF for law enforcement are optimized and foster better crime occurrence tracking. The automated process also equips the MPF with the necessary intelligence to keep track on the progress of cases. The availability of information and resources, guided by this intelligence, helps to better resolve criminal cases.

The COTS project was deployed in 2 phases where the first phase of the project consisted of deploying the application for two major divisions of the police force, which covered a total of 41 units and police stations. Phase I went live on 30th of November 2012 and included training of over 1,200 police officers.

The application was further extended to other divisions and police stations of the country, including the island of Rodrigues, with the implementation of Phase II of the COTS system. This involved extension of the existing network to the other police stations, upgrading of the existing hardware infrastructure at the police headquarters to accommodate for additional users on the system and provisioning of personal computers and communication equipment to equip the remaining police stations.

The successful implementation of COTS has proven its reliability and contribution to efficiency for the last two years. SIL has ensured that this system, based on technology from a world leader in software, runs as expected and delivers as per needs.