OPEN BUDGET INDEX AND MONGOLIA

9/28/2022

In 2011, government leaders and civil society advocates came together to create a unique partnership—one that combines these powerful forces to promote accountable, responsive, and inclusive governance. Everyone everywhere should have the opportunity to engage with the budget process in a meaningful way. First launched in 2006, the Open Budget Survey is the world’s only independent, comparative, and fact-based research instrument to measure these essential aspects of governance and accountability.

Budgets in most countries are not sufficiently transparent. The global average score for budget transparency is 45 out of 100, demonstrating that the public needs more information to engage in meaningful debate on government funds and to make the distribution of resources more equitable. About 30 percent of surveyed countries have sufficient levels of budget transparency.


With the support of the European Union and the World Bank, the Ministry of Finance of Mongolia has been implementing the Strengthening Fiscal and Financial Stability project and the Strengthening Governance in Mongolia project to support Government's effort to strengthen fiscal transparency and accountability in Mongolia. Within the framework of strengthening budget transparency, establishing a mechanism for preparing, and distributing Citizens' budgets online in a timely manner to the public, and improving the comprehensiveness of the Year-End report has been evidenced by the achievement in the 2021 Open Budget Index (OBI). Mongolia scored 60 in the 2021 survey which represents 16 points above compared with 46 in 2017. 


The OBS assessed activities are undertaken and eight documents should have been published by December 31, 2020. Further enhancing this initiative from 2021, the Ministry of Finance has begun to develop a MID-YEAR ECONOMIC AND BUDGET REVIEW to expand budget information for the public. The mid-year review provides information on economic and fiscal performance in the first half of the year and expected performance at the end of the year based on it. As a result, the OBI for Mongolia will improve in the next round of assessment.

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WORLD BANK WORKING GROUP MET WITH PIU AND IMPLEMENTING ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE COMPLETION REPORT OF THE STRENGTHENING GOVERNANCE IN MONGOLIA PROJECT

4/3/2023

Concerning the Strengthening Governance in Mongolia project, which was completed on February 28, 2023, the World Bank working group to develop the project completion report had an official meeting with Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and implementing organizations on March 30, 2023. The purpose of the working group meeting is to review the implementation of the project, the results achieved, and the fulfillment of the project indicators.

PERFORMANCE BASED FINANCING: INSPIRING NEW APPROACHES TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH AND EDUCATION

3/23/2023

Performance based financing (PBF) links funds or payments to service providers to results achieved and gives them considerable autonomy in the use of these funds. The strategic approach is appealing to many individuals and organizations as it motivates them to perform better and channels resources directly to the frontlines. This in turn fosters greater accountability. Using this approach has been popular in different sectors with some promising results emerging. 

AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR RESULTS-BASED MEDIUM-TERM BUDGET PLANNING: IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS OF IMPROVING BUDGET PLANNING, BUDGET EFFICIENCY AND PROGRAM OUTCOME.

3/7/2023

    Under the scope of improving public financial management, Mongolia is aiming to introduce result-oriented medium-term budgeting, transitioning from the traditional input-based budgeting. This goal is aligned with development policy of Mongolia to shift from medium-term fiscal framework (MTFF) to medium-term expenditure framework (MTEF).

The MOF is entering the new phase of PFM Reform Action Plan

2/28/2023

Within the framework of the European Union financed, World Bank managed “Strengthening Governance in Mongolia” project, the Ministry of Finance, in compliance with the “Sustainable Development Vision 2030” and the “Action Program of the Government of Mongolia for 2016-2020”, has approved and implemented the Public Financial Management (PFM) Reform Strategy and the Action Plan for 2018-2022. The overarching objective of the strategy was to improve governance and achieve effective resource allocation and efficient public service delivery. The implementation status of the PFM Action Plan is indicated as “Certain results have been achieved” at the rate of 85 percent.

LAUNCHED BETA VERSION OF THE REDEVELOPED GLASS ACCOUNT PORTAL

1/20/2023

The Ministry of Finance Mongolia has developed and successfully launched the new version of the Glass Account Portal in 2023 within the framework of the Strengthening Governance in Mongolia Project jointly implemented by the EU and the World bank.

New systems and services are added in the Intermediate service platform for fiscal and financial systems

1/11/2023

The Ministry of Finance Mongolia has developed and successfully launched the Intermediate Service Platform (ISP) in 2022 within the framework of the Strengthening Governance in Mongolia Project. The main purpose of the system is to provide a possibility of information /web services/ exchange between the independent systems of the Ministry of Finance and other organizations in a easy and flexible way. In addition, it is solving the issues of overlapping connections and development between many information systems and organizations, transferring them to a unified standard, making it has no complexity, and more secure.

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