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Enhancing African Parliaments' Role in Budget Processes for Effective Governance

Explore the importance of African parliaments in budget processes, focusing on accountability and involvement. Delve into the challenges and benefits of parliamentary engagement in budgeting for improved governance and fiscal performance.

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Enhancing African Parliaments' Role in Budget Processes for Effective Governance

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  1. THE ROLE OF AFRICAN PARLIAMENTS IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESSESESPECIALLY IN THEMEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK (MTEF)presenterMzwanele G. MfunwaUN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

  2. UN INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING EFFORTS • UN General Assembly Mandates, e.g. • Resolution 53/92 • Resolution 53/176 of 1999 • Resolution 59/155 of 2004

  3. UNECA’s CONTRIBUTION • UNECA’s new direction Meeting Africa’s needs & demands Work Programmes & structure readjusted

  4. OBJECTIVES MPs’ budget accountability involvement • The case for parliamentary budget involvement Nature of parliamentary involvement Parliaments, budgets & PRSP processes Determinants & impediments of parliamentary budget involvement

  5. Budgets as a common pool? Entrenches checks & balances? THE CASE FOR PARLIAMENTARY INVOLVEMENT Good fiscal performance? Ensure country ownership? Promotes good governance? Gender mainstreams budgets? Instills budget credibility? PRS & HIPCs processes improved?

  6. MPs’ Environment of Budget Accountability INTEREST GROUPS POLITICAL PARTY MEDIA CONSTITUENTS Lines of Business Lines of Business MPs EXECUTIVE GOVERMENT DEPARTMENTS Lines of Business Lines of Business PUBLIC & PARA-PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS PARLIAMENTARY BODIES & SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS PRIVATE SECTOR THE MODEL

  7. The Overall Budget Cycle Planning Public Accountability INTERNAL Budgeting system Internal Audit Accounting System Cash/Debt Management System Managerial Reporting Independent Audit/ Evaluation CONTROLS Budgeting Revenue & Expenditure Financial Reporting BUDGET STAGES

  8. Constitutional/legal mandates Composition of Legislature PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS & IMPEDIMENTS Debt & budget support Political power relations Resources & capacity PRSP & HIPC processes Participation Others

  9. Constitutional/legal mandates PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES

  10. Political power relations PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES

  11. Resources & institutional capacity Own budget Budget committees Constituency fund Human resources & other professional staff Material resources PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES

  12. Participation & consultation PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES

  13. Composition of Legislature PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES

  14. Debt & budget support PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES

  15. PRSP & HIPC processes: how much Parliamentary involvement is there? PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES

  16. Other factors PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES

  17. Paper not a blueprint CONCLUSIONS • How we move forward? • Government • CSOs & Media • Donor community • Others

  18. ENKOSI!

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