Financial sustainability of policy planning documents

Sector strategies include information about additional expenditure needs for all planned activities

Review of a sample of the five sector strategies adopted during the latest full calendar year and the relevant action plans to verify whether they include additional expenditure needs. If a strategy or its action plan does not provide any cost estimates for planned activities that are likely to have additional cost implications, then the costing of that particular strategy is considered not to be done. Additional costs are defined as those that are required for successful implementation of the planned activities and which are not included in the regular budgetary costs for capital or recurrent expenditure or salaries and premises of the units responsible for implementing the actions. Points are allocated based on a qualitative review of sample strategies.

Sector strategies identify sources of funding for costed activities, including donor funding separately

Review of a sample of the five sector strategies adopted during the latest full calendar year and the relevant action plans to verify whether they include sources of funding of costed activities. If a strategy or its action plan does not provide any cost estimates for planned activities that are likely to have additional cost implications, then the costing of that particular strategy is considered not to be done. Additional costs are defined as those that are required for successful implementation of the planned activities and which are not included in the regular budgetary costs for capital or recurrent expenditure or salaries and premises of the units responsible for implementing the actions. Points are allocated based on a qualitative review of sample strategies.

Budget preparation guidelines require ministries to consider estimates for sector strategy implementation

The review of the written guidelines, circulars or other instructions and methodological documents issued by the ministry or agency responsible for finance or the government for the preparation of the medium-term budgetary framework (MTBF) or the state budget to assess if the guidelines require the ministries to take into account the estimates for additional funds needed for implementation of measures or activities included in the relevant sector planning documents when preparing MTBF or state budget.