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Budget Transparency – Accountable future

11/3/2020

The Ministry of Finance /MoF/ of Mongolia has facilitated initiatives to disseminate budget information to the public. Today, booklets containing budget information is widely available both in a printed and digital version.To increase budget transparency, citizens' engagement, and further enhance budget efficiency, the Ministry of Finance is successfully implementing the "Strengthening Fiscal and Financial Stability Project" and the "Strengthening Governance in Mongolia Project" in cooperation with the European Union and the World Bank.

Moreover, MOF is actively collaborating with the "Global Initiative for Fiscal Transparency" to introduce and adopt international principles and standards on budget transparency.

Strengthening Governance in Mongolia project is being implemented to improve Mongolia's budget transparency and increase citizens' engagement.

Open Budget Index

On account of the collaboration of the Government of Mongolia, international and civil society organizations, the Mongolian budget transparency index, which is calculated once every two years, has reached 56 points in 2019, progressing by 10 points from 2017.




The above booklets can be downloaded from the "Citizens' Budget" menu on the Ministry of Finance website at https://mof.gov.mn/.

Citizens' understanding and knowledge of the budget - from the findings of the research

In the field of budget and financial transparency, our organization conducted a study on the implementation of the Glass Account Law and Regulation, the use of the system, and the citizens' budget. As a result of the research:

  • The most used information among the activities carried out to provide information on the citizens' budget was the approved budgets of the General Budget of Mongolia for 2018 and 2019 and "Execution of Citizens' Budget" brochures for 2018. The booklets were rated as 60 percent for meeting information needs and more than 80 percent for information simplicity and clarity.
  • It is concluded that the dissemination of information using user-friendly channels such as websites, mobile applications, social networks, the public campaign is required due to insufficient awareness and understanding of the Citizens' budget, which is more than 80 percent.

S.Battulga, Senior researcher of "Mongolian economic analysis, research center" NGO

 

As a CITIZEN with accurate knowledge and access to information, you can contribute to improving BUDGET EFFICIENCY.


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

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

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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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