1. Update on Progress of the Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group (PPBWG) and Future Plans
PEMPAL Budget Community of Practice (BCOP)
Program and Performance Budgeting Working Group
Nikolay Begchin
MoF Russian Federation, PPBWG Lead
March 2019

2. Reminder: Working Group Factsheet
Goal: To identify main trends observed in program budgeting and spending reviews in developed and PEMPAL countries so that efficient approaches to such practices can be subsequently developed and spending effectiveness improved.
BCOP members continuously identify program and performance budgeting as a priority area in their countries’ budgeting reforms, including in the pre-event plenary meeting survey.
Objectives:
to identify key trends in program and performance budgeting implementation and spending reviews
to learn from specific PEMPAL and international country examples in these areas.

3. Reminder: Working Group Factsheet
Extensive partnership with the OECD: OECD is an important content source for PPBWG, through participation in the OECD’s Performance Budgeting Survey (2016 and 2018 iterations) and participation and contribution to the meetings of the OECD Senior Budget Officials’ Network on Performance and Results and meetings of the OECD Senior Budget Official's for CESEE region, which also often discusses program and performance budgeting topics.  
Working Group members (15 countries): Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

4. PPBWG Activities in 2016-2018 1 7 3 5 2 6 4 Country Cases & Knowledge
Product
Decision 3 7 5
Report for
Knowledge
Product on Indicators
Participation
in OECD PB Survey
Launch and 1st meeting in Ljubljana
Participation in
2016 OECD PB
Survey
Launch and
Taking Stock
Participation in
2016 OECD PB
Survey
Attending OECD P&R meeting
and presentation of preliminary 2018 survey results
Collecting further data on health and education indicators
Prepared the report on Performance Indicators in PEMPAL Countries: Trends and Challenges
Examining 5 PEMPAL countries
Presentation of 2016 survey results to OECD CESEE SBO
Decision to work
on KP on indicators
Spring- Summer ‘17
Spring-Summer ‘16
Fall-Winter 2018
Winter ‘17
Work on KP on
Indicators
Examining PB
in Austria and
OECD Best PB
Practices
International
Practices
Review
Fall ‘16
Fall ‘17
Collecting indicators from 9 countries
Workshop to define 10 criteria for analyzing indicators for KP and collecting data
Attending OECD
P&R meeting and presenting
preliminary
findings from KP and country case of Russia
Spring 2018
Attending OECD P&R meeting
Workshop to
review latest
WB research, French, Irish and Dutch experience
Workshop with Austrian MF and Performance Management Office
Examining Draft OECD Best PB Practices
Examining 2
PEMPAL country cases 2 4 6

5. Details on PPBWG Activities in Last Year
Timeline
Activity
Mar 13th 2018
Workshop of the PPBWG to examine performance budgeting in Austria with the Austrian Ministry of Finance and the Federal Chancellery of Austria
Austrian Budget Reform – Performance Budgeting
Regulatory Impact Assessment
Role of the Federal Performance Management Office: Quality Control of Objectives and Indicators, Monitoring and Reporting
Technical discussion
Mar 15th 2018
PPBWG Day in BCOP Plenary meeting in Vienna:
Presentation of the summary findings of the knowledge product on Performance Indicators in PEMPAL Countries: Trends and Challenges
Presentation of the OECD’s Draft Best Practices in Performance Budgeting
Presentation on two PEMPAL country case on performance indicators
Discussion groups

6. Details on PPBWG Activities in Last Year
Timeline
Activity
May – July 2018
Preparation for 2018 OECD Performance Budgeting Survey
Translation of Survey Questionnaire and Glossary to Russian and BCS languages
Quality Assurance of Translated Survey Questionnaire and Glossary to Russian and BCS languages
August – October 2018
PEMPAL Countries Filling Out the 2018 OECD Performance Budgeting Survey:
14 countries took part: Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan
Same countries also filled out the 2016 survey, with the exception of Kazakhstan, thus offering for the first time a possibility of capturing trends over time in PEMPAL countries
More details to be given in the next presentation today
BCOP Resource Team was also corresponding with individual countries in this process to answer their technical questions about the questionnaire

7. Details on PPBWG Activities in Last Year
Timeline
Activity
Nov 2018
Participation of a small PPBWG delegation at the meeting of the OECD’s Network for Performance and Results in Paris:
Presented PPBWG’s work and preliminary aggregate results of PEMPAL countries on 2018 OECD Performance Budgeting Survey
Participated at the OECD Performance and Results Network’s sessions, including i) international trends in performance budgeting (with presentations by the OECD and PEMPAL), ii) spending reviews; iii) using performance information for management; and iv) improving the quality and impact of annual reporting.
Participated at the launch of OECD’s Best Practices in Performance Budgeting (which will be translated to Russian and BCS languages in the next months)

8. Details on PPBWG Activities in Last Year
Timeline
Activity
January 2018-Feburary 2019
Further analysis of results on the OECD 2018 Performance Budgeting Survey:
Preparing extended presentation of findings from the survey, to be presented later today
The formal knowledge product in a report format will be developed after the plenary meeting, based on the report for OECD countries (completed in March) and PPBWG discussions in terms of report content.
Mar 20nd 2019
PPBWG Day in BCOP Plenary meeting in Tashkent (today):
Presentation of the results of PEMPAL countries on 2018 OECD PB Survey
Presentation of trends and best practices in spending reviews in OECD countries by OECD
Presentation on spending reviews in PEMPAL countries Discussion groups on spending reviews

9. Future Activities of the Working Group
Topics related to program and performance budgeting remain priorities of our countries, based on data collected from you prior to this meeting
As presented yesterday by BCOP Chair, majority (70%) of PEMPAL countries that answered pre-event survey list one of the topics related to program and performance budgeting as their reform priority in upcoming period. Most frequently mentioned subtopic is monitoring and evaluations of expenditure including spending reviews.
The PPBWG leadership and the BCOP Executive Committee will take these inputs into account when developing the Action Plan for FY2020.
PPBWG focus for the next year is expected to be on spending reviews, with an event to review in detail spending review practices in one of the advanced countries and possible work on a knowledge product on spending reviews (these are activities that were originally planned to be initiated in this year, but due to PEMPAL’s financial constraints are now planned for FY2020).
Do our member countries have any additional thoughts on potential future knowledge product on spending reviews? What do you think of using a possible format similar to what BLTWG used for their KP on citizens’ budget – identifying 10 challenges for PEMPAL courtiers and providing options to address each of the challenges with examples? Or alternatively taking one example of a spending review that was conducted in an advanced country and walking through all steps?
We also hope to continue learning from OECD countries on methodological approaches and lessons learnt on the issues of the PPBWG focus.
Do our member countries have any additional thoughts on how we should we organize future activities of our Working Group?

10. Thank you for your attention!
All Working Group event materials can be found in English, Russian and BCS at and additional materials on BCOP OneDrive