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THE ROLE OF AFRICAN PARLIAMENTS IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESSES ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK (MTEF) presenter Mzwanele G. Mfunwa UN.

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1 THE ROLE OF AFRICAN PARLIAMENTS IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESSES ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK (MTEF) presenter Mzwanele G. Mfunwa UN 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 The case for parliamentary budget involvement
MPs’ budget accountability involvement Nature of parliamentary involvement Parliaments, budgets & PRSP processes Determinants & impediments of parliamentary budget involvement

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

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

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

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

9 PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES
Constitutional/legal mandates

10 PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES
Political power relations

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

12 PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES
Participation & consultation

13 PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES
Composition of Legislature

14 PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES
Debt & budget support

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

16 PARLIAMENTARY EFFECTIVENESS: DETERMINANTS/HINDRANCES
Other factors

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

18 ENKOSI!

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