Why and How to Engage in Pro-em ploym ent Budgeting? 1 E. DACHON - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• E. D’ACHON & N. PAGÈS

CEPOL -EMP/ POLICY 14-16, SEPTEMBER 20 10

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Why and How to Engage in Pro-em ploym ent Budgeting?

Why to Engage in Pro-em ploym ent Budgeting?

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• Beyond intention & policy formulation : Towards operationalization
• “National policy announcem ents on job creation are rarely linked to

quantifiable budget targets and disappear once the budget preparation process is com pleted. In other w ords, em p loy m ent d oes not fea ture in the end -of-cy cle a ssessm ent of the b ud g et… coord ina tion a cross m inistries, esp ecia lly m inistries of fina nce a nd la bour, ha v e been a m issing link w hen it com es to em p loy m ent p olicies”, Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance, March 2010

• “W ha t is the use of a Na tiona l Em p loy m ent Policy if w e ha v e no

m ea ns to im p lem ent it?” , MoE., Burkina Faso, March 2010

• “Public Budget and how to increase its employment outcome identified as a

top priority by ILO constituents, Decent Work Issues in Poverty Reduction Strategies and National Development Frameworks” (Turin, Dec. 2008)

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• Central source of funding of National Development Plans
• External Assistance provided through Public Budgets
• Main tool to operationalize employment targets (ILC, 2010)

and translate NEP into reality

• Being out of the loop for resourcing through national

budgeting can result in missed opportunities

Public Budgets: Why Are They Im portant?

How to Engage in Pro-em ploym ent Budgeting?

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A pragm atic approach

• Working from existing tools : PER and MTEF/ Programme

Budget

• A twofold approach: (i) MoE, (ii) Sector ministries
• In complementarity with employment targeting and

diagnosis tools:

• Employment targeting tools at macro and sector levels
• Employment impact assessments of sector policies to sector

budgeting

The Burkina Faso Experience

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• NEP (2008) linked to Vision 2025 and PRS
• Request from MoFinEcon. to implement PER/ PB on

employment for effective implementation of NEP

• PER & Programme Budget: main budgeting tools of MoF and

key sector ministries (WEAMU directives)

• Interministerial Committee on Pro-employment Budgeting

(Decree October 2009) to monitor the process from 2 entry points : (i) Ministry of Youth and Employment (ii) Sector level: Ministry of Agriculture

The Burkina Faso Experience

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• Validation workshop March 2010 on main results :
• PER of MoYE: missing link - budget allocation and NEP priorities-

Effective implementation of NEP needs adequate resources allocations and optimal use of these resources according to NEP priorities

• Program Budget of MoYE (2010-13) linking expenditure, NEP
• bjectives and performance targets
• MoYE among the 7 key ministries selected by MoFinance
• PB of MoYE examined by Budget conference and National Assembly

in 2010

• Employment targets in the PB of Ministry of Agriculture :
• Preliminary study: indicators and methodologies
• In depth analysis: impact simulations & Programme Budget

Conclusions

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• Key conditions to succeed in implementing a pro-

employment budgeting:

• Designing NEP & its Action Plan with MoFinance
• Interministerial coordination (MoE, MoFinance, sector

departments)

• Internal process led by MoFinance
• Capacity building of MoE and constituents for monitoring

employment targets included in pro-employment budgeting tools at national level.

• Work in progress: draft Guidelines

Thanks for your attention!

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