| When |
Subject |
Time / Key Officials |
| DAY 1 – Wednesday, 7 July, 2010 |
| 09:00 |
Welcome, introduction |
|
| 09:15 |
Analysing Budget User Requests
- Format for submission of budget requests
- Criteria for analysis
- Basis of recommendations
- Format for advising Ministers
- Making decisions on final budget allocations
|
1,5 hour
Mojca Voljč |
| 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
15 min |
| 11:00 |
Budget Systems
- IT software systems supporting budget preparation
- Implementation and training
|
1,5 min
Mojca Voljč |
| 12:30 |
Lunch |
1 hour |
| 13:30 |
Overview of Slovenian Budget Planning Cycle
- Enabling legislation
- Budget planning and preparation procedure
- Role of Stakeholders in the Budget Process including:
- Government and Ministers;
- Ministry of Finance;
- Budget Users;
- Parliament;
- Department in charge of policy development;
- Working relationships between stakeholders (e.g. between Budget Users and Ministry of Finance)
|
1,5 hour
Alenka Bratušek |
| 15:00 |
Coffee Break |
15 min |
| 15:15 |
MoF Organisational Structure and Staffing involved in budget development including:
- Structure of the Budget Directorate (including positions and competencies)
- Relationships and workflows between the Budget Directorate and other MoF directorates
- Relationships and workflows between Budget Directorate and Budget Users
|
45 min
Alenka Bratušek |
| 16:00 |
Budget Documentation
- Structure and content of the annual budget submission to Parliament;
- Use of supplementary explanatory information;
- Role of Parliament – scrutiny and review
|
45 min
Alenka Bratušek |
| 16:45 |
Close of Day 1 |
|
| 17:00 |
City Tour Ljubljana |
|
| DAY 2 – Thursday, 8 July, 2010 |
| 09:00 |
Macroeconomic and Fiscal Policy
Fiscal Strategy
- Macroeconomic indicators
- Medium term financial framework
- Setting fiscal targets (aggregate revenues and overall fiscal balance)
- Maintaining Fiscal Discipline
|
1,5 hour
Gonzalo Caprirolo |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
15 min |
| 10:45 |
Prioritising Government Expenditure
- National Development Plan
- Sector strategies and plans
- Linking policy priorities with budget allocation
- Prioritising and approving budget allocations (including new high priority expenditure proposals)
- Identifying budget savings (low priority and poor performing programmes)
- Reordering spending priorities in accordance with Government policy
- Processes for submitting, analysing and approving budget requests
|
1,5 hour
Gonzalo Caprirolo |
| 12:15 |
Lunch |
1 hour |
| 13:15 |
Budgeting for results
- Programme or results-based budgeting in Slovenia
- Developing performance indicators and performance targets
- Measuring and evaluating programme performance
- Using performance information to:
- Improve budget outcomes
- Strengthen programme management
|
1,5 hour
Franc Radman |
| 14:45 |
Close of Day 2 |
|
| 20:30 |
Study Tour Dinner – Sponsored by DFID (PKF Project) |
|
| DAY 3 – Friday, 9 July, 2010 |
| 09:00 |
Public Accounting Directorate
- RS State budget accounting system
|
45 min
Mateja Oman |
| 10:00 |
Financial Reporting |
60 min
Stane Vencelj |
| 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
|
| 11:15 |
Developing a Consolidated Budget |
45 min
Stane Vencelj |
| 12:00 |
Lunch |
|
| 14:30 |
Depart for Airport |
|
