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The OECD work on budgeting is carried out by the Working Party of Senior Budget Officials (SBO) and its associated networks. Established in 1980 and composed of budget directors and other senior officials from member countries, the SBO is recognised as the world's leading forum on international budgeting issues. The secretariat for the SBO is provided by the Budgeting and Public Expenditures Division.
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03-Mar-2008
The dates of the upcoming meetings of the OECD Working Party of Senior Budget Officials and its networks, and related events, are now announced.
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15-Apr-2008
Tight budgets and demanding citizens put governments under increasing pressure to show that they are providing good value for money. Providing information about public sector performance can satisfy the public's need to know, and could also be a useful tool for governments to evaluate their performance. This Policy Brief looks at the challenges governments face in using performance information to make the budget process more efficient and offers some guidelines to assist in the process. The Policy Brief complements the OECD publication, Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries.
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from 21-Feb-2008 to 22-Feb-2008
A two-day seminar entitled "Public-private Partnerships: Affordability, Value for Money and the PPP Process" was held in Zürich, Switzerland, 21-22 February 2008. The overall focus was on sharing practical experience of how countries organise the PPP process and handle the often complex issues that governments face when using PPPs. Particular issues included affordability, risk sharing, value for money, budgeting and accounting for PPPs, and the institutional and regulatory aspects.
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19-Feb-2008
In August 2007, the Danish government presented its new medium-term fiscal framework: the 2015 Strategy. It is remarkable for holding up fiscal sustainability as an overarching objective for budgeting and government policies. Nevertheless, clearer mechanisms are needed to prevent spending overruns in regional and local authorities, this report argues.
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Performance Budgeting in OECD Countries
