Publication of Mid-Year Budget Performance Report (CI0037)

Brief description of the commitment

The commitment is to produce and publish the mid-year budget execution report (90 days after the end of the second quarter), based on a review of changes in macroeconomic assumptions and forecast revisions.

Definition of the problem

1. What problem is the commitment intended to address? - Poor information of the citizen on the evolution of the economic environment; - Poor citizen information on resource mobilization; - Poor information to the citizen on how resources are spent during the first six (6) months of the year. This lack of information does not allow OSCs to conduct a proper mid-term review of the government's compliance with its economic and budgetary commitments at the beginning of the year. This situation limits the ability of OSCs to question the authorities on the discrepancies observed between objectives and achievements mid-year.

1. What are the causes of the problem? A large number of budget documents and information are made available through several channels, including the Administration's website. The budget documents and information published on the Administration's website do not include the mid-year execution report of the state budget. The absence of this document, which provides an overall view of the budget execution situation and the evolution of the economic environment, does not allow the citizen to be fully informed of the evolution of the macro budgetary situation.

Description of the commitment

1. What has been done so far to solve the problem? The absence of the State Budget Execution Report in the middle of the year led the Ministry of Budget and State Portfolio to conduct reflections and studies to understand the drafting plan of this document in order to better draft it. Prior to this, quarterly communications to the Council of Ministers were and continue to be produced, limited to the execution of the budget law. The aim is to broaden the scope of the analysis to include the macroeconomic environment in which the budget is being executed, in order to provide comprehensive information.

2. What solution do you suggest? Produce and publish the State Budget Implementation Report mid-year (90 days after the end of the second quarter), based on a review of changes in macroeconomic assumptions and revised budget forecasts.

3. What results do we want to achieve by implementing this commitment? The publication and accessibility of budget documents promotes transparency. Thus, the respect of this commitment will make it possible to regularly inform the population on the execution of the State budget, taking into account the evolution of the underlying macroeconomic environment and the year- end perspectives.

Commitment analysis

1. How will Commitment promote transparency? Access to the state of execution of the Budget for the first six (6) months of the year by the population.

2. How will Commitment help foster accountability? - Improving budget transparency by putting the state of execution of the state budget online at mid-year; - Access to information for the population on the level of mobilization of budgetary resources and on the execution of expenditures authorized by the Parliament.

2. How will Commitment improve citizen participation in defining, implementing and monitoring solutions? - Possibility and opportunity for the population to understand more about the main lines of the budget; - Better appreciation by the population of the use of taxpayers' money by the State; - Citizen participation in the management of public affairs.

Planning the Commitment (Milestones | Expected results | Expected completion date)

1- Produce and publish the report mid-year based on a review of the evolution of macroeconomic assumptions and revise forecasts. | The mid-year report on the execution of the state budget is produced and published; Forecasts are revised. | June 2023- September 2023

2- Produce and publish the report mid-year based on a review of the evolution of macroeconomic assumptions and forecast revisions. | The mid-year report on the execution of the state budget is produced and published | June 2024 - September 30, 2024*

*Additional information: This report will be produced and published after the NAP deadline because it requires data from the end of June 2024. It will be published on http://www.budget.gouv.ci in PDF format.

Action Plan Review

Commitment 2. Produce and publish the midyear Budget Performance Report (90 days after the end of the second quarter)

● Verifiable: Yes

● Does it have an open government lens? Yes

● Potential for results: Modest