Tunisia

by IBP Consultant | Jan 23, 2013

Tunisia

by Jay | Sep 8, 2015

Transparency (Open Budget Index) 42/100 

The Government of Tunisia provides the public with limited budget information.

Public Participation 21/100 

The Government of Tunisia is weak in providing the public with opportunities to engage in the budget process.

Budget Oversight 

By legislature 33/100

Budget oversight by the legislature in Tunisia is weak.

By auditor 50/100

Budget oversight by the supreme audit institution in Tunisia is limited.

Recommendations 

Improving Transparency

Tunisia should prioritize the following actions to improve budget transparency:

• Produce and publish a Pre-Budget Statement and a Mid-Year Review.
• Publish in a timely manner the Audit Report.1
• Increase the comprehensiveness of the Executive’s Budget Proposal by presenting more information on the classification of expenditures for future years and the classification of expenditures for prior years.

Improving Participation

Tunisia should prioritize the following actions to improve budget participation:

• Establish credible and effective mechanisms (i.e., public hearings, surveys, focus groups) for capturing a range of public perspectives on budget matters.
• Hold legislative hearings on the budgets of specific ministries, departments, and agencies as well as on audit reports at which testimony from the public is heard.
• Establish formal mechanisms for the public to assist the supreme audit institution to formulate its audit program and participate in audit investigations.

Improving Oversight

Tunisia should prioritize the following actions to strengthen budget oversight:

• Ensure the Executive’s Budget Proposal is provided to legislators at least three months before the start of the budget year.
• In both law and practice, ensure the legislature is consulted prior to the virement of funds in the Enacted Budget, the spending of any unanticipated revenue, and the spending of contingency funds that were not identified in the Enacted Budget.
• Require legislative or judicial approval to remove the head of the supreme audit institution.

Tunisia

by Marianne Klinker | Jan 29, 2018

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Transparency

39

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Public Participation

2

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Budget Oversight

35

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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]IBP considers countries that score above 60 on the Open Budget Index as providing sufficient budget information to enable the public to engage in budget discussions in an informed manner. IBP considers countries scoring above 60 on participation and oversight as providing adequate opportunities for the public to participate in the budget process and providing adequate oversight practices, respectively.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”white” border_width=”10″][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section el_id=”transparency”][vc_row equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_column_text]

Transparency (Open Budget Index)

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39

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Recommendations for Improving Transparency

Tunisia should prioritize the following actions to improve budget transparency:

• Publish an Audit Report online in a timely manner.
• Produce and publish a Pre-Budget Statement and a Mid-Year Review.
• Increase the information provided in the Executive’s Budget Proposal by providing more detail on expenditures, planned nonfinancial performance, and how the budget is linked to policy.

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Public Participation

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2

out of 100

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Recommendations for Improving Participation

Tunisia should prioritize the following actions to improve public participation in its budget process:

• Pilot mechanisms for members of the public and executive branch officials to exchange views on national budget matters during both the formulation of the national budget and the monitoring of its implementation. These mechanisms could build on innovations, such as participatory budgeting and social audits. For examples of such mechanisms, see fiscaltransparency.net/mechanisms.
• Hold legislative hearings on the formulation of the annual budget, during which any members of the public or civil society organizations can testify.
• Establish formal mechanisms for the public to assist the supreme audit institution in formulating its audit program and to participate in relevant audit investigations.

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Budget Oversight (by Legislature & Audit)

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35

out of 100

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The supreme audit institution provides weak budget oversight.

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Recommendations for Improving Oversight

Tunisia should prioritize the following actions to make budget oversight more effective:

• Ensure the legislature holds a debate on budget policy prior to the tabling of the Executive’s Budget Proposal and approves recommendations for the upcoming budget.
• Ensure a legislative committee examines and publishes reports on in-year budget implementation online.
• Require legislative or judicial approval to appoint and/or remove the head of the supreme audit institution.
• Consider setting up an independent fiscal institution.

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Learn More

The information on this page presents a partial country summary. For more detailed information, please download:

• Tunisia Open Budget Survey 2017 Country Summary – English
• Tunisia Open Budget Survey 2017 Country Summary – Arabic
• Tunisia Open Budget Survey 2017 Country Summary – French
• Tunisia Open Budget Survey 2017 Questionnaire

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