Result Based Management Framework - METAC

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C. Public Financial Management
Past Activities
Between 2006 and 2011, METAC’s activities focused on budget integration. Two
diagnostic missions (January 2010 and January 2011) were conducted by FAD with
METAC participation as part of the programmatic approach. These missions reviewed the
PFM reform and updated the action plan. METAC’s work on budget integration has
focused on institutional, managerial, and financial issues.
The responsiveness of the authorities to TA provided by METAC was good on the
following fronts:
The amendment of the Basic Budget Law prior to undertaking integration of
capital and current expenditures was completed in October 2006.
The transfer of competences and staff from the State Planning Commission (in
charge of capital expenditures) to the MOF in 2008 for 2009 budget preparation
(as recommended by METAC) was effectively done in mid 2008.
A “top-down” budgeting and an MTFF were implemented. A three-staff
forecasting team, set up in 2009 at the Budget Directorate, developed the first
forecasts in early 2010 with the support of METAC.
Following up on METAC TA in 2008-2009, a program based budget for 2010 was
completed starting with two pilot ministries (Education and Agriculture). The plan
was to include seven additional ministries in 2012 and gradually extend to all
others between 2013 and 2014.
The reforms were halted since the uprising in mid-March 2011. TA program would
resume once the political and security situation permits the delivery and implementation
of TA.
Objectives
Work Program
The January 2011 FAD/METAC/WB diagnostic mission took stock of the good progress
in the budget integration reform and indicated that, thanks to METAC’s support, the
MOF has now sufficiently upgraded its capacity to run the budget reform on its own.
METAC will continue to support the budget reform and will also offer additional TA to
treasury reforms. TA would be needed in the following areas: