Presentation by Michael Kell at the 10th annual meeting of the Senior Budget Officials Performance and Results Network held on 24-25 November 2014. Find more information at http://www.oecd.org/gov/budgeting

1. Helping the nation spend wisely
SAIs promoting better performance budgeting and management Michael Kell UK National Audit Office

2. Helping the nation spend wisely
Our outputs
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Financial audit: 430 accounts, 355 bodies
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Value for money audit: 60-65 reports a year
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Of programmes/operations: Usually ex post; often find poor ot absent performandce and cost information
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Of Budgeting process: one report, 2012
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Performance Improvement
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Option appraisal, evaluation
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Performance data systems

3. Helping the nation spend wisely
What SAIs bring
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Access
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Resources
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Quality
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Quantity
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Back catalogue
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Reputation
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Independence
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Reliabilty

4. Helping the nation spend wisely
Challenges
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Remit?
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Engaging government
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Getting Parliamentary and media interest
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Skills and experience

5. Helping the nation spend wisely
Options for more influence
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Support improvement in financial management (costing, forecasting…)
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Sectoral assessments
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Comparing departments
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Enable other independent analysts
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Keep at it: SR15, SR18…