4. Revision and introduction of participatory mechanisms in the budgeting process
| Commitment Start and End Date: | 11.2022 - 06.2024 |
| Lead implementing agency: | Ministry of Finance |
| Person responsible from implementing agency: | Ministry of Finance |
| Title, Department: | Ministry of Finance |
| Email: | ruzanna.gabrielyan@minfin.am |
| Phone: | +37411800252 |
Other actors involved
Other state actors involved
Office of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, Government bodies
Civil society, private sector
Non-governmental organizations
"International budget initiative" organization, German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), Private sector, other organizations
Issue subject to regulation
What problem does the commitment aim to address?
Revision and introduction of participatory mechanisms of budget formation, implementation and monitoring in the budgeting process.
Increase of participatory capacities and skills within the state administration bodies, local administration bodies and within the circles of civil society partners.
Promotion of transparency, accountability and integrity in budgeting processes.
Main objective
Ensuring of participatory processes carried out by state bodies, automating, simplifying and unifying the budget formation processes for the public as much as possible, contributing to the increase of CSOs’ participation in the budgeting process.
Brief description of commitment
Ensuring of participatory processes carried out by state bodies, automating, simplifying and unifying the budget formation processes for the public as much as possible, contributing to the increase of CSOs’ participation in the budgeting process.
OGP challenge addressed by the commitment
In order to avoid such problems within the framework of the budgeting process of 2023 and to demonstrate the necessary consistency, there was a need to be guided by the methodological instructions for ensuring public participation in the process of developing budget programmes of state bodies within the framework of development of State Medium-Term Expenditure Plan of the Republic of Armenia for 2023-2025 developed by the Ministry of Finance and draft State Budgets of the Republic of Armenia for 2023, as well as to submit — to the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia within the specified period — complete information on public participation in the programmes, recommendations and their progress.
Relevance to OGP values
1. How will the commitment promote transparency?
Ensure the accessibility and availability of budgetary and other information for the public, creating necessary conditions for equal participation by all beneficiaries in the participatory processes and for consistent dissemination of these processes among wide circles of the public and the establishment of participatory culture.
2. How will the commitment help foster accountability?
Should support and serve through public awareness raising measures/notifications regarding participatory processes, publication/publicizing of information on the State budget and budget programmes, presentation of public remarks and proposals, conducting public discussions, presentation of state bodies respond (feedback) regarding the presented proposals, remarks and discussions, provision of information on the process of accepted proposals.
3. How will the commitment improve citizen participation in defining, implementing, and monitoring solutions?
Through presentation of public remarks and proposals, conducting public discussions, presentation of state bodies respond (feedback) regarding the presented proposals, remarks and discussions, and provision of information on the process of accepted proposals.
Ambition
Ensure the accessibility and availability of budgetary and other information for the public by creating necessary conditions for equal participation by all beneficiaries in the participatory processes and for consistent dissemination of these processes among wide circles of the public and the establishment of participatory culture.
Should support and serve the implementation of the following functions related to participatory processes:
● provision of public awareness/notifications regarding participatory processes;
● publication/publicizing of information on the State budget and budget programmes, including on Simplified (and/or Interactive) Budget, Citizen's Budget, Budget Requests, Reports on the Implementation of the Budget, other reports (Audit Opinions, Monitoring Reports, Budget Programme Evaluations), Research and Analysis, Accepted Proposals (status), etc., presentation of public remarks and proposals;
● conducting public discussions, including in an on-line format (discussions can be organized on different topics. It should be an open platform for constructive dialogue and for presenting users’ remarks, proposals and opinions on the topic. There are no restrictions in terms of consideration, posting and using of information. Only users registered on the platform can make remarks and proposals and vote in the discussions).
● respond (feedback) by state bodies regarding the proposals, remarks and discussions;
● furnishing information on the process of accepted proposals;
● evaluation of participatory processes.
Potential Impact:
Implementation status
UN Goals
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