2011 05-17 government financial transparency in timor-leste
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This presentation describes how the Government of the Republic of Timor-Leste employs the FreeBalance Transparency Portal and other mechanisms to create public financial management transparency to assist civil society, build infrastructure, set education goals, involve citizens, and improve government performance. The presentation describes how transparency was sequenced with other government reform.
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2011 05-17 government financial transparency in timor-leste
- 1. Strengthening Public Financial Management through Transparency in Timor‐Leste International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management May 17, 2011
- 2. Confusion? Strengthening Public Financial 2 Management in Timor‐Leste
- 4. How can Timor‐Leste afford government transparency? Timor‐Leste United States Comparison Independence 2002 1776 3.4% GDP Per Capita $2,600 $47,400 5.5% GDP Growth 8% 2.7% 338% Unemployment 20% 9.7% 206% Below poverty line 42% 12% 350% Life Expectancy 67.95 78.92 86% Literacy 58.6% 99% 59% Strengthening Public Financial 4 Management in Timor‐Leste
- 5. globalization Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 6. = competition Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 8. citizens are watching Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 9. empowered Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 10. Democratic Republic of Timor‐Leste (RDTL) Transparency Objectives Strengthening Public Financial 10 Management in Timor‐Leste
- 12. build infrastructure Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 13. build capacity Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 14. build citizen involvement in government Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 15. improve government performance Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 17. 3 Benefits of Transparency AUSTRALIA HIGH 2 Government Effectiveness and GDP* Normalized Government Effectiveness Index 1 PAPUA NEW GUINEA UGANDA 0 -1 Higher the government effectiveness -2 = higher the country GDP Per Capita LOW 209 Countries -3 Source: The World Bank GDP Per Capita (PPP, logs) * At purchasing power parity Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 18. 3 HIGH Benefits of Transparency Voice and Accountability and GDP* AUSTRALIA 2 Normalized Voice and Accountability Index PAPUA NEW GUINEA 1 UGANDA 0 -1 Higher the government accountability -2 = higher the country GDP Per Capita LOW 207 Countries . -3 Source: The World Bank GDP Per Capita (PPP, logs) * At purchasing power parity Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 19. 3 Benefits of Transparency AUSTRALIA HIGH 2 Control of Corruption and GDP* Normalized Control of Corruption Index 1 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 0 UGANDA -1 Higher the control of corruption = higher the country GDP Per -2 Capita 204 Countries LOW -3 Source: The World Bank GDP Per Capita (PPP, logs) * At purchasing power parity Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 21. = investor confidence Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 22. avoid the resource curse Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 23. technology leapfrog Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 24. use what works Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 25. skip what doesn’t work Strengthening Public Financial 25 Management in Timor‐Leste
- 26. skip stages Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 27. modernize Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 29. review Transparency and Accountability The next generation of public financial management technology will allow the public to track the budget live, to see where every dollar is being spent, and to gain renewed confidence in the process Democratic Republic of Timor‐Leste Vision Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 30. sequenced Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 31. Public Financial Management – Foundation for Country Growth Public Financial Management Decentralization Human GoTL LAWS Resource Autonomous FMIS Development Agencies (software and hardware) Procurement Capacity Ministries Commission Building (Training) Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 33. 1. International Standards Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 34. IPSAS International Public Sector Accounting Standards Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 35. EITI Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 36. GFS Government Financial Statistics Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 37. MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 38. IATI International Aid Transparency Initiative Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 39. 2. Manager’s Dashboard Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 40. review examines budget execution data integration with macro‐economic data integrated with back‐office procurement & commitment accounting within IFMIS Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste 40
- 41. 3. Document Management Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 42. manages correspondence with senior managers repository for freedom of information
- 43. 4. e‐Procurement Portal Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 44. review government tenders published vendor alerts integrated with back‐office procurement & commitment accounting within IFMIS tender results published Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste 44
- 45. 5. Transparency Portal Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 46. review www.transparency.gov.tl Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste 46
- 47. articles subscribe drill down
- 48. Expenditures, Transparency Portal 10 years of data drill through the chart of accounts
- 49. Expenditures, Transparency Portal export to xls, doc, pdf, html, xml track commitments
- 52. Lessons Learned Strengthening Public Financial 52 Management in Timor‐Leste
- 53. 1. Leadership Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 54. Goodbye Conflict, Welcome Development Timor‐Leste will be the country that goes down in history as the nation to put a stop to falling victim to large companies and the resource curse Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 55. 2. Learn from the mistakes of others Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 56. Goodbye Conflict, Welcome Development When we in the developing world face these types of crisis, which we do on a more regular basis than our colleagues in more economically advanced nations — then we are repeatedly told to increase our openness to the global economy, to trust in the market but to regulate them well. To be honest this approach has worked Minister of Finance Emilia Pires Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 57. 3. Transparency is not an Option Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 58. citizen auditors YouTube Facebook Twitter SMS Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 59. 4. Transparency = Performance > Embarrassment Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 61. Role of Civil Society • NGO’s can help organise literacy groups and provide materials. They can provide private education and education for the blind. They can provide school materials for students, and assist with school equipment chairs and books • NGO’s can help us organise and run technical training courses in our villages Timor‐Leste National Vision Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 62. 5. Sequenced Holistic Multiple‐ Year PFM Strategy Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 63. review Public Financial Management – Foundation for Country Growth Improve government performance Improve transparency & accountability Improve budget execution Improve government capacity Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 64. 6. Build Capacity Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 65. review PFM Modernization Alignment with Capacity Building • Training beyond • Intuitive systems software – Translation including – IT capacity terminology – Project management – Simple & goal‐oriented – Government accounting interfaces • Beyond training • Mentoring – Adaptable help – E‐Learning – Knowledge management Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 66. 7. Require Sustainability in Partner Performance Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 67. 8. Adopt International Standards Strengthening Public Financial 67 Management in Timor‐Leste
- 68. 9. Leverage Open Systems Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 69. Transition to Open Environment: Transparency Domain Closed Transition Open Transparency Access to Information Document Machine Readable Do not Publish as Data Availability Data for Sale Publish as Exception Exception Publish, Audited & Near Real‐Time Mode Mixed Vetted Publishing What are they going to do Government as ROI Reason Revenue Generation with the data? Platform Citizens Target Business Community Civil Society & Press
- 70. Transition to Open Systems: Technology Domain Closed Transition Open Proprietary within Support for Industry Service Oriented Integration Suite Standards Architecture Proprietary = Proprietary/Open Tactical Open Standards = Middleware Customer Lock approach Customer Choice Open Systems reduce Open Systems extend Open Systems = Viewpoint system performance value Extensibility Need for vendor Low Cost Application Extensibility High Costs Ecosystem Assembly
- 71. 10. Leapfrog is possible Timor‐Leste United States Comparison GFS, IPSAS, EITI, IATI, 1. Standards ? Leaped MTEF 2. Performance Various tools across Manager’s Dashboards To leap Management government 3. Document Manager Document Various Records & Catching Up Management Management Correspondence 4. e‐Procurement August 15 FedBizOpps To leap Data.gov & others ‐ Leaping 5. Transparency Transparency Portal underfunding Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 72. www.revenuewatch.org Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 73. How? Timor‐Leste United States 1 Year Budgets, complex Strategic Vision Holistic election cycles Government Structure Unitary Federal Civil Society & Media Seen as Improving Results Seen as “Special Interests” Government Intervention Seen as Good Seen Suspiciously Ease to Move to International Long History of Entrenched 1. Standards Standards National Standards 2. Performance Management 3. Document Management Single system data source Multiple entrenched systems 4. e‐Procurement 5. Transparency Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste
- 74. Links • Open Systems Enable Government Transparency Leapfrog http://www.freebalance.com/blog/?p=1559 • E‐Government Transparency in Developing Countries http://www.cutter.com/offers/egovt.html • Developing Countries can Leapfrog Developed Countries in Government Transparency http://tech.state.gov/profiles/blogs/how‐ developing‐countries‐are • More: dhadden@freebalance.com Strengthening Public Financial 74 Management in Timor‐Leste
- 75. Goodbye Conflict, Welcome Development Strengthening Public Financial Management in Timor‐Leste