Strengthening the Relations Between the Processes of Strategic Planning, Budget Formulation, Public Investment Programming and Human Resources Management in the Public Sector

Brief Description of Main Deliverables/Outputs:
The general objective of the technical assistance was to assist the GS/MoF/CSA to develop and implement a comprehensives strategic prioritization process that takes into account strategic planning and policy making, budget formulation and public investment programming, human resource management and links proposed strategies with the achieved outcomes. Specific objective(s) The assignment has been described in five segments, with intention to achieve the five sets of specific objectives. However, the work during these segments needs to be closely integrated and overlapped. Since the general objective of the assignment was to strengthen the strategic management capacity within the GS/MoF/CSA, all tasks need to be carried out with the counterpart staff, as a way of training them in order to be able to transfer their knowledge to the strategic management staff in the line ministries.

Role on the Assignment

Throughout reviewing and analyzing of the current situation in four pilot institutions the technical assistance clearly identified the gaps in the liaison among the Strategic Prioritization and Budget Formulation, Strategic Prioritization and Public Investment Programming, Strategic Prioritization and Monitoring Outcomes and Effective Evaluation of the Budget Programs and Human Resources Planning, and based on that knowledge recommended appropriate measures to exceed those weaknesses.

Achieved objectives:

Strengthened relations between Strategic Prioritization, Budget Formulation and strategic human resource management.

Effective Evaluation of the Budget Programs completed.

Strengthened the relations between Strategic Prioritization and Monitoring Outcomes.

Strengthened the relations between Strategic Prioritization and the Public Investment Programming.

Strengthened the capacity for planning of human resources in accordance with the Strategic and Budgeting Processes.

Strengthened the relations between the processes of strategic planning, budget formulation, public investment programming and human resources management in the public sector.