The 7th annual meeting of the OECD network on performance and results took place on 9-10 November 2011 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris.

The meeting was chaired by Christian Kastrop, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany.

 

Agenda [GOV/PGC/SBO/A(2011)8]:

 

Wednesday 9 November 2011

 

Session 1: Strategies for the use of spending reviews for fiscal consolidation and improved government performance, and the implementation of spending reviews

Presentations by:

• The OECD Secretariat: a proposed taxonomy of spending reviews [GOV/PGC/SBO(2011)9].
• David Enns, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management, Canada: lessons from the strategic review process.
• Peter van den Berg, Director, Budget Affairs, Deputy Director General of the Budget, Ministry of Finance, Netherlands.
• Pauliina Pekonen, Budget Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Finland: lessons from the Finnish productivity programme.
• H.E. Chris Barrett, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD: spending and strategic reviews.
• Julien Dubertret, Budget Director, Ministry of Budget, Public Accounts and Civil Administration, France: fiscal aspects of the Révision générale des politiques publiques.

Background document:

The Performance Framework of the Australian Government, 1987-2011 - extract of the OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 2011/3 - HandHand-Out.

 

Session 2: Roundtable discussion on the changing role of performance information in management and budget

Presentations by:

• The OECD Secretariat: recent public governance trends and the use of performance information.
• Niels Refslund, Chief Advisor, Danish Agency for Governmental Management, Ministry of Finance, Denmark.

 

Background document:

Hand-Out - Building on Basics

 

 

Session 3: OECD Budgeting Database – draft questionnaire on performance budgeting

Presentation by the OECD Secretariat: draft questions concerning performance information in the budgeting process.

 

Background documents:

GOV/PGC/SBO(2011)11 - Budgetary institutions that strengthen fiscal policy: Results from the OECD budgeting practices and procedures database.

Hand-Out - Introduction to 2011 OECD performance budgeting survey.

 

Thursday 10 November 2011

 

Session 4: Progress reports on development of performance management systems in member countries

Presentations by:

• The OECD Secretariat: overview of performance budgeting in Poland.
• Kadri Jogiste, Head of Budgeting Methodology and Development Department, Ministry of Finance, Estonia.

 

Background document:

Hand-Out - Overview of performance budgeting in Poland - extract of the OECD Journal on Budgeting, Volume 2011/1.

 

Session 5: Making performance information public: use it or useless?

Roundtable participants:

• Elliott Ball, Performance and Reform Unit, HM Treasury, United Kingdom.
• Andrew Gravener, Parliamentary Scrutiny Unit, United Kingdom.
• David Enns, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Expenditure Management, Canada.
• Kevin Page, Parliamentary Budget Officer, Parliament of Canada, Canada.
• Ingvar Mattsson, Head of Secretariat, Finance Committee, Swedish Parliament, Sweden.

 

Summary record of the meeting ("Highlights")

 

Related Documents

 

Senior Budget Officials network on performance and results