Implement gender based budgeting

Budgets with a gender perspective

d) Develop and institutionalize gender responsive budgets, monitor gender budget analysis and the utilization of these gender budgets

Gender responsive budgeting was also a high priority.

In Senegal, parliamentarians requested that gender budgeting tools analyse women's vulnerability to HIV AIDS, and the steering committee of the gender budget project is undertaking a gender responsive budgeting exercise, in preparation for the country's third national plan for women.

Indicative budget for electionsa

A fit gap analysis is envisaged to assess the flexibility of the Atlas budgeting module to accommodate budgeting for results.

(d) Fully incorporate gender perspectives in programme budgets and multi year funding frameworks and into all results based budgeting processes

Gender sensitive budgets and public security issues include the prevention of gender based violence.

Programme budgeting and budgetary control

(viii) Preparation of budgets for extrabudgetary activities

77. Budget preparation.

(b) Budget formulation.

87. Budget preparation.

Indeed, UNIFEM was supporting gender responsive budgeting initiatives in every region.

Results based budgeting

The Budget Division of the Finance Department will again provide guidance on results based budgeting for purposes of the preparation of the budget for the biennium 2008 2009.

In the Philippines, Government agencies are held accountable for the promotion of gender equality through the gender and development budget policy, which requires them to prepare annual gender and development plans and budgets together with their regular agency plans and budgets.

Preparation of revised and supplementary budgets

UNDCP follows a biennial budget cycle.

Results based budgeting

Budget format and presentation

The Board followed up on its previous recommendation that the Department formalize its coordination with other departments and entities in memorandums of understanding or service level agreements.

A gap analysis is envisaged to assess the flexibility of the Atlas budgeting module to accommodate budgeting for results.

69. From its discussions on the subject of budget reform with the specialized agencies mentioned above, the Advisory Committee believes that the terminology introduced so far (e.g., results based budgeting, budgeting by objectives, strategic budgeting, policy oriented budgeting, etc.) may add to the difficulties of understanding what is being reformed and what is meant by results based budgeting in the United Nations system.

In this context, the Conceptual Guide 2004 for preparing institutional budgets with a gender perspective was published and the first version of the Analytical Guides for identifying and including gender mainstreaming in the Budget of Expenditure of the Federation.

55 231. Results based budgeting

The UNDCP budget model is compatible with the presentation of the regular budget of the United Nations to facilitate an integrated budget presentation.

Preparation of draft budget

Centrally budgeted resources

Harmonization of presentation of budgets and accounts

(e) Disseminate and replicate innovations in gender mainstreaming approaches, such as gender responsive budget processes and mandatory gender analysis in planning and review processes, in particular in the areas of health, education and employment

47. In 1997, when the budget for the biennium 1998 1999 was prepared, no special provisions were made to address the year 2000 issue.

Logistics budgeting and finance and personnel.

The Governing Council,

The Budget Officer will assist the Chief Finance Officer in preparing budgets and monitoring the performance of the budget of the Mission.

Budget preparation was modified to more fully integrate zero base budgeting techniques and overall planning assumptions, with a view to producing a budget which clearly reflected the aims of Agency programmes.

In 20 countries UNIFEM has supported the development of gender responsive budgets that look at how the allocation of public resources benefits women and men and addresses gender equality requirements.

The Committee believes that component 1, programme planning and budgeting, of the logical framework should include a reduction in the lead time in the budget preparation cycle as an expected accomplishment and the number of days required for the preparation as a performance measurement.

A thorough management review was essential and zero based budgeting was an avenue that should be explored.

Intranet support to budgeting

time needed for work plan development and elaborating a budget

They noted the move to prepare the budget in accordance with the principles laid out in the MYFF and Board decisions, commending in particular the shift towards results based budgeting.

The Government of the Czech Republic requested the Ministry of Finance to develop a methodology for gender budgeting at national, regional and local levels.

Innovations on gender mainstreaming in budget processes should be more broadly disseminated.