Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO Macroeconomic Support PEFA and Gender Indicators Chantal Bratschi-Kaye 30.10.2019
Overview • What are Public Finance Management (PFM) and Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA)? • PFM and PEFA: The SECO approach • GRB and PEFA • Opportunities and Challenges PEFA and Gender Indicators EAER/SECO/WEMU- btc 2
What are PFM and PEFA? • Public Finance Management (PFM) • Budget Stability – Domestic Revenue Management – Public Service Delivery and Accountability • Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) program and methodology • Developed in 2001 by seven international development partners • Framework to assess strengths and weakness of PFM • Quantitative indicators provide a snap shot of PFM performance • Understanding of changes over time • Baseline for reform PEFA and Gender Indicators EAER/SECO/WEMU- btc 3
PFM and PEFA: The SECO approach PEFA and Gender Indicators EAER/SECO/WEMU- btc 4
GRB and PEFA • Proposal for a Supplementary Framework For Assessing Gender Responsive Budgeting • A set of supplementary questions to collect information on the degree to which a country’s PFM system is gender responsive • Voluntary • Based on emerging global good practice • Covers full budget cycle: PEFA and Gender Indicators EAER/SECO/WEMU- btc 5
Supplementary Framework For Assessing GRB SCORE LEVEL OF GRB PRACTICE A Gender equality analysis is mainstreamed in the relevant PFM institution, processes, or system. B Gender equality analysis is partially mainstreamed in the relevant PFM institution, processes, or system. C Initial efforts have taken place to mainstream gender equality analysis in the relevant PFM institution, process, or system. D Gender considerations are not included in the relevant PFM institution, processes, or system; or performance is less than required for a C score. • GRB—1. GENDER IMPACT ANALYSIS OF BUDGET POLICY PROPOSALS • GRB—2. GENDER IMPACT ANALYSIS OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS • GRB—3. GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGET CIRCULAR • GRB—4. GENDER RESPONSIVE BUDGET DOCUMENTATION • GRB—5. SEX-DISAGGREGATED PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR SERVICE DELIVERY • GRB—6. TRACKING BUDGET EXPENDITURE FOR GENDER EQUALITY • GRB—7. GENDER SENSITIVE PROCUREMENT • GRB—8. GENDER INFORMATIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS • GRB—9. EVALUATION OF IMPACTS OF SERVICE DELIVERY ON GENDER EQUALITY • GRB—10. GENDER RESPONSIVE LEGISLATIVE SCRUTINY PEFA and Gender Indicators EAER/SECO/WEMU- btc 6
Opportunities and Challenges • Opportunities: • Project management • Inception: Analysis of political economy • Policy dialogue • Relevance of PEFA • Challenges: • Fragile PFM systems, limited capacities and data constraints • Discussion question: What should be the approach in these contexts: Individual indicators? Individual stages of budget cycle? • Emerging global practice: good practice vs. best practice • Agnostic tool vs. policy goals PEFA and Gender Indicators EAER/SECO/WEMU- btc 7
Annex: PEFA GRB Indicators PEFA and Gender Indicators EAER/SECO/WEMU- btc 8
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