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Linking Planning and Budgeting: A case of Nepalese Education Sector

Linking Planning and Budgeting: A case of Nepalese Education Sector. Teertha Raj Dhakal Programme Director NPC Secretariat, Nepal. Presentation Outline. Linking planning and budgeting (education case) institutions involved, and Instruments used Capacities Challenges and risks.

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Linking Planning and Budgeting: A case of Nepalese Education Sector

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  1. Linking Planning and Budgeting: A case of Nepalese Education Sector Teertha Raj Dhakal Programme Director NPC Secretariat, Nepal

  2. Presentation Outline • Linking planning and budgeting (education case) • institutions involved, and • Instruments used • Capacities • Challenges and risks

  3. Initiatives towards result orientation • Government leadership, advocacy, orientation and trainings • Introduction of tools (log frame, Busi. Plan, MTEF) • Start small and expand coverage- learning by doing approach • Refine Regularly- participatory processes

  4. Planning & budgeting- linking instruments

  5. Institutional Linkages

  6. Contribution of Business Plan and MTEF in result-based education budgeting • Link project outputs with PRSP outcomes • Prioritization and reduced number of projects; funding guarantee to P1 projects • More realistic budgets (Predictable, participatory & unit costing) • increase per project allocation, • increased pro-poor allocation

  7. Pro-poor operational strategies in education

  8. Education theme and budget

  9. Information sources for monitoring results PRSP Sectoral Targets MTEF/Budget allocation Performance/Intermediate Indicators EMIS, PET Surveys, PPM, DPMAS Budget Release /Expenditure Outputs Outcomes HH Surveys (NLSS, NDHS) Impact Analysis, PPM, DPMAS Final indicators Impact

  10. Incentives • Sectoral- Increased allocation • Institutional- Budget allocation and release based on performance • Individual- performance-based incentive structure not institutionalized

  11. Capacities • Evolving gradually- start small and use learning by doing approach • Working group in the ministry- • on-the-job capacity building, and • institutional memory • In-country trainings and workshops • Refining unit cost in education is an area where capacity within the government needs to be improved

  12. Challenges and Risks • Protect the credibility of the planning and budgeting processes including MTEF • Protect the credibility pressure of various actors in planning and budgeting process • Internalization issues- take MTEF and business plan process as a core function of the ministry • Commitment from the policy levels to continue the reform process

  13. Thank you

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