This presentation was made by Andrew BLAZEY, OECD, at the 15th Annual Meeting of OECD-CESEE Senior Budget Officials held in Minsk, Belarus, on 4-5 July 2019

1. Managing and Prioritising Public
Finances and Budgets in Support
of Strategic Development in the
Slovak Republic
A TARGETED BUDGET REVIEW
15th Annual Meeting of
OECD-CESEE Senior Budget Officials
4-5 July 2019
Minsk, Belarus
Budgeting and Public Expenditure Division
Public Governance Directorate

2. Improve the governance tools and frameworks
for:
 setting a vision for national
developmental priorities
 stable investment planning
 resourcing for sustainable
economic development.
 Contribute to “Developing the Intervention Logic
of Strategic Planning by Central Government
Authorities” 2
Objective of the Targeted Review

3.  …support the strategic development
objectives of the Slovak Republic
3
A targeted OECD budget review…
Alignment
with
medium-term
plans and
priorities
Performance,
evaluation &
VfM
Capital
budgeting
framework
Public Governance Directorate
RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL ON
BUDGETARY GOVERNANCE

4. 4
Strengthening the budgeting framework and
medium-term dimension
Government balance projections
in successive General
Government Budgets
Source: Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, General Government
Budgets
CZE
AUS
BEL
DNK
EST
JPN
KOR
NLD
PRT
SVK
TUR
FRA
HUN
LUX
NZL
NOR
USACHL
POL
IRL
CHE
AUT
CAN
FIN
DEU
GRC
ISL
ISR
ITA
LVA
SVN
ESP
SWE
GBR
Debates and
approves
Debates
No
Other
Debates and
approves
Debates
No
Other
Does the legislature debate or approve
the medium-term budget framework?
Source: Data drawn from question 3, 2018 OECD Survey on
Parliamentary Budget Practices.

5.  Introduce regularly updated baseline estimates
of expenditures
 Introduce a strategic debate into the budget
cycle to enhance collective fiscal
responsibility
 Introduce binding ceilings for public
expenditures
5
Selected Recommendations

6. 6
A strategic approach to capital investment to
achieve medium-term priorities
Source: Budget information system, Ministry of Finance SR
Pyramid of strategic planning
• International level
Agenda OSN 2030 and
EU 2020
• Definition of desired future state
Long-term vision of society
development
• Methods of achieving objectives
Strategy of society
development
• Sectoral and inter-sectoral strategiesStrategies
• Priorities of strategic infrastructureNIP

7.  Enhance co-operation across Ministries,
including by sharing expertise
 Ensure a top-down approach to the National
Infrastructure Plan, taking into account future
risks and uncertainties
 Implement a system to monitor the
implementation of the National Infrastructure
Plan
7
Selected Recommendations

8. 8
Align performance and evaluation to budget
allocations
Main challenges for the implementation of performance budgeting
Source: OECD Performance Budgeting Survey 2018

9. • Strive to improve the quality of performance
information
• Ensure sufficient time and capacity to encourage
parliamentary engagement
• Establish a co-ordinated system to monitor,
evaluate and manage quality
9
Selected Recommendations

10. Comments by written procedure until
30 July 2019
10
Next steps
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11. Thank you
Andrew Blazey
Andrew.BLAZEY@oecd.org
Ana Maria Ruiz Rivadeneira
AnaMaria.Ruiz@oecd.org
Juliane Jansen
juliane.jansen@oecd.org
Budgeting and Public Expenditure
Public Governance Directorate, OECD