EU budget focused on results initiative - Ronnie Downes, OECD
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This presentation was made by Ronnie Downes, OECD, at the 12th Annual Meeting on Performance and Results held at the OECD, Paris, on 24-25 November 2016
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EU budget focused on results initiative - Ronnie Downes, OECD
- 1. Performance Aspects of EU Budget: Suggested points for discussion Ronnie Downes Deputy Head, Budgeting & Public Expenditures, OECD Network on Performance & Results, 24 November 2016
- 2. 1. Highly specified performance framework 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 SLOVAK REPUBLIC SPAIN ICELAND PORTUGAL HUNGARY ISRAEL UNITED STATES LUXEMBOURG JAPAN GERMANY ITALY BELGIUM TURKEY NORWAY AUSTRALIA GREECE POLAND NEW ZEALAND FRANCE IRELAND ESTONIA CZECH REPUBLIC CHILE SWEDEN DENMARK SLOVENIA NETHERLANDS SWITZERLAND FINLAND MEXICO AUSTRIA CANADA UNITED KINGDOM KOREA Existence Use Consequences
- 3. 1. Highly specified performance framework 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 SLOVAK REPUBLIC SPAIN ICELAND PORTUGAL HUNGARY ISRAEL UNITED STATES LUXEMBOURG JAPAN GERMANY ITALY BELGIUM TURKEY NORWAY AUSTRALIA GREECE POLAND NEW ZEALAND FRANCE IRELAND ESTONIA CZECH REPUBLIC CHILE SWEDEN DENMARK SLOVENIA NETHERLANDS SWITZERLAND FINLAND MEXICO AUSTRIA CANADA UNITED KINGDOM KOREA EUROPEAN COMMISSION Existence Use Consequences
- 4. 2. Linked to High-Level Goals EUROPE 2020 TARGETS Employment – 75% of 20-64 year olds employed R&D – 3% of EU-GDP to be invested Climate change / energy sustainability – 20:20:20 greenhouse : renewables : efficiency Education – 40% of 30-34 year olds to complete 3y Poverty and social exclusion – 20m fewer at risk
- 5. 3. Institutional Engagement • European Court of Audit – Active, critical, constructive engagement with performance aspects of budgeting • European Parliament – Opportunities centred on annual budget set-pieces – More limited engagement by sectoral committees • Council of the EU – Interest but more limited engagement
- 6. 4. Impact? • Core aims: – Clarity about “where?” “why?” “how well?” – Confidence among stakeholders • Resource allocation: very limited responsiveness – Strongly multiannual process • Challenge of “shared management” – Weak interaction of EU and national frameworks – Adds to general challenge of performance measurement
- 7. Reflections for national frameworks? 1. Highly specified performance framework Extending the “value added” focus to more areas of expenditure? 2. Linkage to high level goals Necessary or desirable? Role of SDGs? 3. Institutional engagement Is performance audit now a necessity for audit bodies? Is budgeting too important for just budget committees? 4. Assessing impact? A role for “performance budgeting” without “budgeting”? Enhance alignment of EU and national frameworks? The communication challenge