New Participants - PPB
08 April 2010
New Participants Join the Local-Level PPB Pilot
The budget reform launched in Ukraine with adoption of the Budget code in 2001 provides for improved practices of budget formulation and execution using state-of-the-art techniques and progressive approaches proven by international experience. The component part of this process involves implementation of a medium-term budget planning, using one of the modern budgeting tools, namely the Performance Program Budgeting (PPB).
Realizing the importance of this issue, the Institute for Budgetary and Socio-Economic Research (IBSER), with the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine continue their efforts in 2010 aimed at implementation of Performance Program Budgeting (PPB) for planning and execution of local budgets, which is one of the key components of the Municipal Finance Strengthening Initiative (MFSI) Project implemented with support of the American people, provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Based on results of the meetings of the Intergovernmental Working Group at the Ministry of Finance, held in 2009, an Action Plan for PPB implementation for local budgets for the year 2010 has been drafted. Also, based on the proposals provided by local State administrations and local governments, 36 local budgets have been selected for participation in the pilot project of local-level PPB-based budget formulation and execution:
The 2010 Action Plan of PPB implementation for local budget provides for the following:
- Delivering training workshops for the staff of local finance departments, directorates/departments of education, health, and housing and communal services;
- Drafting and approving budget programs in the sectors of education, public health, and housing and communal services for the year 2010;
- Monitoring the progress of approved budget programs and their performance indicators;
- Automating the process of PPB-based local budget formulation and execution;
- Holding regular meetings of the Interdepartmental Working Group to prepare the methodological foundations for PPB implementation at the local level;
- Continue systemic efforts aimed at improving the methodological framework for PPB implementation in local budgets;
- Monitoring and evaluation of pilot’s progress.
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