{"id":6629,"date":"2019-12-24T12:04:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T08:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccd.armla.am\/en\/?p=6629"},"modified":"2019-12-24T16:04:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T12:04:58","slug":"as-a-result-of-ala-recommendations-the-citizens-budget-simplified-report-will-be-more-accessible-and-productive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccd.armla.am\/en\/6629.html","title":{"rendered":"As a result of ALA Recommendations, the Citizen’s Budget (Simplified Report) will be more Accessible and Productive"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 9 October, a <\/a>working discussion<\/em>\u00a0of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the civil society organizations, in the scope if the EU funded \u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d project took place at the RA Ministry of Finance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The meeting was aimed at the contextual discussion of the Simplified Report on the Execution of the 2018 State Budget of the Republic of Armenia, which is part of the Public Finance Management Area. During the discussion, Mr. Hovhannes Avetisyan, Public Financing Management Expert\u00a0of the \u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d Project of the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association and Ms Lusine Nalbandyan, lawyer of the ALA, offered to present sector-by-sector the implemented programs in Citizen’s Budget section, to make understandable to the public how the money coming to the budget from taxes is spent.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the discussion, the\u00a0Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association elaborated and submitted\u00a0written recommendations <\/a>\u00a0to the Ministry of Finance, which are intended to make the budget report more comprehensible to the citizen<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0It was suggested to follow the principle of “value for money” when determining the content contained in the Citizen’s Budget (both planned and reporting) that is, to include mainly output indicators in the report. Specifically, submit the reports in three sections: 1) RA State Budget Revenue, 2) RA State Budget Expenditures, and 3) RA State Budget Deficit and Government Debt (Government Debt).<\/p>\n

Deputy Minister of Finance Karen Brutyan in his response on\u00a020.12.19\u00a0No. 01.1 \/ 26-1 \/ 21153-2019 response to\u00a0the letter of<\/em>\u00a0the President of the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association, Karen Zadoyan informed.<\/p>\n

In response to written submissions, Deputy Minister of Finance Karen Brutyan, in the letter to Karen Zadoyan, the President of the Armenian Lawyers\u2019 Association dated\u00a020.12.19.\u00a0# 01.1 \/8-5\/21137-2019<\/a>\u00a0stated:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. In relation to the proposals presented by the ALA in the scope of elaboration of the Citizen’s Budget, \u201c<\/strong>the RA Prime Minister\u2019s decision to launch a budgetary process\u00a0of 2021 it is envisaged expanding participatory processes <\/em><\/strong>in particular, conducting mandatory public debates with civil society organizations of the Republic of Armenia on budget requests to the RA Public Authorities. Notably, this change in public policy was also made on the basis of the ALA\u2019s recommendations under the CCD Project. Details are available here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n
  2. The aforementioned Draft also envisages submission of the RA Citizen’s Budget to the RA Ministry of Finance<\/em><\/strong> of the 2021 Citizen’s Budget in a separate format (format development work has started) by the RA public authorities<\/em><\/strong> (each on its area<\/em><\/strong>), and development and publicizing of Citizens’ Budget by the latter as part of the budgeting process.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Thus<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em>\u00a0we can state that within the framework of the \u201cCommitment to Constructive Dialogue\u201d project, another successful collaboration \u2013 the area of Public Finance Management can be considered as established. As a result, due to the ALAs recommendations the contents of the Citizens’ Budget will be amended, including each state body’s own sectoral report, which also summarizes annual performance indicators.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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