A PUBLICATION OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE PLATFORM FOR DIALOGUE ON PUBLIC FINANCES
LE COURRIER N°001 of September 2023
DES REFORMES
INFORM - RAISE AWARENESS - ADVOCATE
Treasury: why a single account? (p.92)
The programme budget is 10 years old (pp.16-60)
- Insights from the Director General of the Budget
- The challenges and contours of the Programme Budget
- A cross-section of parliamentarians and civil society
- An expert's analysis
Interministerial Programme Review Committee (CIEP) : The Resurrection (p.15)
After a five-year break (since 2017), the Interministerial Programme Review Committee (CIEP) was held from 30 May to 10 June 2022. This followed the decree of 30 June 2021 by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, on its reorganisation and functioning.
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# H.E. Paul Biya, President of the Republic of Cameroon
The preparation of the budget for the 2023 financial year will have to continue the implementation of the actions contained in the Global Public Finance Reform Plan, in order to strengthen the use of the programme budget both in its preparation process and in its presentation, implementation and monitoring-evaluation.
Circular no. 001 of 30 August 2023 on the preparation of the State budget for the financial year 2024
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H.E. Paul BIYA
President of the Republic of Cameroon
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H.E. Joseph DION NGUTE
Prime Minister, Head of Government
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H.E. Louis Paul MOTAZE
Minister of Finance Chairman of the Steering Committee of the platform for dialogue on public finances
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10 ANS DU BUDGET PROGRAMME SOMMAIRE
# EDITO
P.8 « There can be no growth without reforms ... » H.E. Louis Paul MOTAZE, Minister of Finance, Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Platform for Dialogue on Public Finances.
REFORM UPDATES
P.12 PEFA evaluation: Episode III P.15 Interministerial Programme Review Committee (CIEP): The Resurrection P.17 Louis Paul MOTAZE, Minister of Finance: «The CIEP must be a framework for advising on and sharing best practice in performance-based budget management» P.18 How can public finance transparency be promoted through control and audit? P.20 Reflections on the results of the Open Budget Survey (OBS) P.21 Budget transparency: Cameroon in the era of the citizen budget P.23 Public finance reforms in 2022: stakeholders assess performance P.24 Annual review of the PGRGFP: The Implementation Structures meet in Douala P.26 MINFI/Civil Society exchange forum: «A new step in citizen participation» P.27 Dialogue between MINFI and civil society: Thinking together to improve public finance management P.29 Public Treasury and commercial banks: It is not working out!
P.31 Finance Law 2023: Budgetary risks under the microscope P.33 Endowment budgeting for constitutional bodies in the making P.34 Sectoral Budget Support (SBS) reviewed for the 2020-2022 triennium
SPECIAL PROGRAMME BUDGET FILE
P.37 From resource budgeting to program budgeting: The march towards modernization in public finance management P.40 Dr. Cyrill EDOU ALO'O, Director General of Budget: «The government's ambition is to see program-based budgeting applied to all public entities». P.49 Insights and views