The training manual “Strategic Development Planning and Performance-Based Budgeting in the Medium-Term” for Local Government Officials is part of a series of training curricula designed to respond to the training needs of local government officials on public financial management practices. It is the result of intensive efforts of several authors coming from different backgrounds. This manual together with the manual on “Annual Budget Preparation” and on “Annual Budget Execution and Evaluation” is based on an initiative undertaken by HELVETAS Swiss InterCooperation in Albania, under the Decentralization and Local Development Program (dldp). The preparation of this document has benefited from the consultations with various institutions.