Transparency (Open Budget Index) 69/100
The Government of the Czech Republic provides the public with substantial budget information.
Public Participation 42/100
The Government of the Czech Republic provides the public with limited opportunities to engage in the budget process.
Budget Oversight
By legislature 82/100
Budget oversight by the legislature in the Czech Republic is adequate.
By auditor 83/100
Budget oversight by the supreme audit institution in the Czech Republic is adequate.
Recommendations
Improving Transparency
The Czech Republic should prioritize the following actions to improve budget transparency:
- Increase the comprehensiveness of the Executive’s Budget Proposal by presenting more information on policy narratives and performance information and include a sensitivity analysis on how alternative scenarios of different macroeconomic variables could affect the budget.
- Increase the comprehensiveness of the Year-End Report by presenting more information on planned versus actual macroeconomic forecasts and on planned versus actual performance.
Improving Participation
The Czech Republic 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 at which testimony from the public is heard.
- Establish formal mechanisms for the public to participate in audit investigations.