concurrent session : participatory budgeting processes
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Impact through Insight
Concurrent Session : Participatory Budgeting Processes
Elizabeth Kariuki, PhD
Africa Center for Strategic Studies:
Session A – Security Sector Stakeholder Involvement in
Budgeting
11 December 2019
Elizabeth Kariuki
Agenda
Budget cycle
Link to sector strategy
Participation in the budget cycle
Discussion questions
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Medium-term budget framework
Budget credibility is key to any government. It requires that: expenditure plans are
affordable; that they are prioritized; and inclusive
Fiscal
framework
Budget
preparation
Budget
execution
Accounting
and
reporting
Control and
audit Legal
framework
Source: IMF recommended practice
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Medium-term budget framework
It is good practice to prioritise, present and allocate revenue and expenditure using a
medium-term budget framework (MTBF)
MTBF
Annual
budget for
year x
Annual
budget for
year x+1
Annual
budget for
year x+2
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Link to sector strategy
Line ministries, departments and agencies that constitute the security sector are
encouraged to use a sector strategy to identify funding needs for the MTBF
Impact
indicatorsOverall goal
Outcome
indicators
Specific
objective 1/
programme 1
Specific
objective 2/
programme 2
Specific
objective 3/
programme 3
Output
indicatorsActivity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Input
indicators Financial resources
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The open budget initiative (OBI) survey results provide a useful basis to guide reforms to
improve budget transparency, engagement with citizens and civil society, and effective
formal oversight
81-100 Extensive information available
61-80 Substantial information available
41-60 Limited information available
21-40 Minimal information available
0-20 Scant or no information available
Source: https://www.internationalbudget.org/open-budget-survey/open-budget-index-rankings/
Participation in the budget cycle
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Participation in the budget cycle
OBI provides a useful basis to guide reforms to improve budget transparency,
engagement with citizens and civil society, and effective formal oversight. 2017 survey
results for select countries are as follows
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
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South Africa has an exemplary OBI rating on account of a number of initiatives instituted
during the annual budget cycle
Participation in the budget cycle
Initiative Objective
Civil society budget and
expenditure consultations
• Promote civil society engagement with Treasury officials through the Budget
and Expenditure Monitoring Forum
• Create a Citizen’s Guide to the Budget, to supplement the Treasury’s People’s
Guide.
Public participation in
economic, finance and
monetary affairs
• Deploy the National Economic Development and Labor Council, as a formal
vehicle for government, organized labor, business and community
organizations to cooperate on economic, labor and development issues .
Citizen supervision and
monitoring of public services
• Appoint community-level development workers to create a link between citizens
and the provision of services.
• • Create a Presidential hotline to receive citizens’ complaints regarding public
services.
Citizen monitoring of
government expenditures
• Launch a citizen based monitoring pilot process to give citizens direct access
to information regarding how public services are being delivered.
• Strengthening government effectiveness by making it more responsive to
citizen concerns and deepening democracy.
Source: http://www.fiscaltransparency.net/southafrica.pdf
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10
Discussion questions
On the basis of your experience, please comment on the following
What budget development model is used in your country?
How are stakeholders involved? What participatory tools
are used? At which stage?
Can development of national security strategy improve
public participation in the security sector budget cycle?
How?
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Ameseginalew
šukran
Obrigado
Merci
O seYin acaa muoc
Thank you
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