Transcript UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Facility

Government of Malawi
UNDP-UNEP Poverty- Environment Initiative
Malawi Poverty-Environment
Initiative
Introduction to:
‘Support to MoF in Incorporating Environmental
Policy and Tools into the Budget Guidelines’
Country Experience
Presented to the PEI Africa Regional Economic Forum
8-11 November 2010
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Background to the Project
• The Ministry of Finance (MoF) prepares a revised set of
budget guidelines annually which need to include
environment, sustainable natural resource management
and climate change issues.
• MoF requested some guidance, tools and capacity
building in order to train the sector ministries on how to
incorporate environment and sustainable natural
resources management in their budgeting processes.
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Background cont
• ODI reviewed the budget process, interviewed the key
actors in the interface between the budget process and
environmental policy.
• From this they prepared a guidance note proposing how
environment and sustainable natural resource
management can be better incorporated into the budget
process.
• After the guidelines material is vetted, ODI will train key
MoF and MDPC staff members in integration of
environment and sustainable natural resource
management in budgeting processes.
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The Budget Cycle
Source: Public Expenditure Management Handbook, World Bank, 1998.
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Study Methodology
• Desk reviews and interviews
– MOF
– Environmental related
Ministries/Departments/CSOs
– Agriculture and Environment Committee
• Stakeholder consultative meetings
• Vetting by Directors
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Recommendations
• Conduct a detailed public environmental expenditure
review
• Examine options for securing domestic revenue for the
Environment Domain, including the operationalisation of
the Environment Fund
• Undertake Strategic Environment Assessment for specific
issues, sectors and policies as a step towards bridging the
gap between policy and analysis on environmental
management
• Ensure the new Environment Outlook Report is regularly
produced as this is a key environment M&E tool.
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Recommendations
• Conduct, through a collaborative effort between EAD,
MDPC and DAD, a survey on donor funding to
environmental-related investments and activities, which be
used to identify resource gaps constraining the pursuit of
environmental objectives
• Use the financial monitoring and activity quarterly reports
and cross reference with the environment domain
activities described in the theme and sub-theme
classifications in the budget, to ensure that planned
activities are being fully funded in a timely manner
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Recommendations
• Utilise the theme and sub theme segments in the budget
classifications to track environment-related revenue,
expenditure and activities
• Enhance accessibility and understanding of EIAs by
including the key points and recommendations made in
these assessments in regular and broader evaluation
reports
• Support the operationalisation of the Environment and
Natural Resources Sector Working Group
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Lessons learnt
• Environment Domain is wide and overlapping
• Environmental Fund is legislated (EMA, 1996) and not
adequately funded (only IEA) –not other penalties (polluter
pays principle, green window fund at the Assembly)
• Mainstreaming takes time and requires a lot of investment
• PEER would be essential to give clear expenditure
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