Transcript Workshop on GBV for Health 11 - Ministry of Gender Labour and

The Role of Parliament Portfolio
Committees & other organs in
budgeting for GBV Prevention and
Responses.
Workshop to Discuss Advocacy Strategies for Financing Interventions to
Address Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Uganda for Health Sector:
Rider Hotel, Seeta. 11th, Nov, 09
By
Ashaba Hannington,
Senior Economist: Parliamentary Budget Office,
Parliament of Uganda.
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Definition of a Budget
• A budget - a financial plan for the coming period, setting
out goals with the allocation of resources needed for the
achievement of those goals.
• The Budget Act,2001 defines the Budget as “the process
by which Government sets levels to efficiently collect
revenue and allocate the spending of resources among all
sectors to meet national objectives”.
• The national budget allocates resources, distributes wealth
and income, and stabilizes the economy.
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Elements of Gender and Equity Issues
Budgets are core instruments of policy definition
&/or reflecting priorities,
The same policies and expenditures can have diff.
effects on men,women,PWDs,ethenic minorities,
youth, children, regions, religions, b’se of social
cultural, structural and other vulnerabilities,
therefore, policy and budgetary allocations can be
better designed to achieve outcomes which
equitably benefit all members of society
irrespective,
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Medium term Sectoral Budget shares
Sector
%age
share-
%age share-FY
%age
share-
%age
share-
FY 2006/07
2007/08
FY 2008/09
FY 2009/10
Security
9.19%
9.32%
8.18%
8.47%
Works & Transport
11.32%
13.16%
18.57%
19.53%
Agriculture
3.77%
4.26%
3.83%
4.04%
Education
17.55%
16.13%
15.42%
15.95%
Health
9.30%
9.01%
10.77%
10.80%
Water & Environment
2.95%
3.29%
2.58%
2.98%
Justice, Law& Order
4.97%
4.93%
4.81%
4.40%
Accountability
6.85%
7.07%
7.64%
6.81%
Energy& Minerals
8.32%
9.45%
7.91%
6.81%
Tourism, Trade& Industry
1.08%
0.88%
0.53%
0.54%
Lands, Housing & Urban Devt
0.42%
0.23%
0.20%
0.26%
Social Devt
0.36%
0.51%
0.44%
0.46%
Information & Communication
0.03%
0.14%
0.11%
0.11%
Public Sector Mgt
12.08%
10.22%
8.76%
9.64%
Public Administration
4.30%
3.67%
2.30%
2.59%
Legislature
1.33%
1.66%
1.46%
1.49%
Total (excl. interest)
93.82%
93.92%
93.50%
94.89%
interest Payments
6.18%
6.08%
6.50%
5.11%
Total (incl.interest )
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
100.00%
Tech
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Macro economy and the Budget
The components of the Economy
Real Sector
Households/
Firms
Exports
T.O.T
Imports
Loanable funds
Interest
repayment
Wages/prices
Foreign
Sector
Foreign-Exchange outflows (EX.Rate)
Financial Sector
(Monetary survey)
Foreign-Exchange inflows
Goods/Services
Repayment
Loans
Grants (Interest)
Repay
Govnt Borrow
Government
Fiscal Policy
Taxes and
Expenditure
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The Laws Regulating the Budget
process
– The 1995 constitution as Amended in
2006,
– Public
Finance
and
accountability
Act,2003,
– Audit Act,2008,
– Budget Act,2001,
– Others included:-AA,PPDAA,FA etc.
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Practical Techniques for Identifying Gender
& Equity Issues for Parliament
• Analyzing past gender and equity budgeting
experiences,
• Need for Gender disaggregated data:- identifying
gender/equity issues requires data disaggregated
by sex,age,class or region to assess:
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Inputs (budget or staff allocations required)
Activities (services planned and delivered)
Outputs ( utilization of activities, beneficiaries)
Outcomes (actual achievements such as increased health, literacy,
incomes)
• Logic of step by step procedure in identification
of a gender and equity issue,
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How to identify Gender and
equity issues for Parliament
• A good way to start is by identifying a key gender and
equity problem/issue:- e.g. high incidences of sickness for
females compared to males,
• Justifying why the problem/issue is a hindrance:-individual
impacts, hh impacts, economy wide impacts,
• How the problem/issue could be addressed:-address hh
budget and time constraints,
• Work on monitoring Indicators.
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Looking at things with a
Gender Lens
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Steps in identifying a gender and
equity issue for Committees of
Parliament
• Four step procedure;
1. Review and analyze existing data,
• Possible sources of info.
– Household survey data,
– Sector reports, Joint sector reviews
– Research/study reports,
– MPs,
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Examples of gender & equity issues Under Health
– High incidences of sickness for females compared to males (
women btn the ages of 18 & 64 were sick 32% more often than
men in the same age group,
– Inadequate staffing: ratio of Doctors to patients continues to
be very low at 1:500 and is even worse esp. in the rural areas.
– More females working as lower Nursing Assistants,
– Shortage of drugs and other medical supplies esp. In
government health units- affect the poor and vulnerable more.
– Gender issues at household level- women’s lack of control over
cash limits their consumption of health services.
– Hard to reach areas affected most.
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Steps contn.
2. Identify the causes of the problem-identify as many as
possible:-Basing on the incidences established in step 1: review
the area of concern to your sector,
-This will provide you with the basis for zeroing on the
gender and equity issues to present to MPS;
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Identified gaps- incentive problem for health practioners,
inadequate staffing, budget and time constraints at
household level.
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Steps contn.
3. Describe the consequences of the identified issue for
the sector outcomes,
e.g. lack of availability of qualified human resources and
medicine undermines the quality of care, High disease
incidence- increased death rates etc,
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Steps contn.
4. Suggest possible solns/interventions-also
determine who is responsible,
– Eliminate key gender and regional-related barriers in access to
Medicare.-financial & time constraints, address problems of
hard to reach areas,
– Gender awareness, demystifying the budget and building initial
budget and economic literacy of various cadres in the sector,
stakeholders.
– Increase activities aimed at reducing GBV esp. in rural areasnot just through films, but also thru expenditure on counseling
and outreach,
– Address poor representation of women in positions of decisionmaking in the health sector,
– Address accessibility to drugs- esp. for the poor and
vulnerable,
– Re-orient expenditure in the sector.
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Delivery mechanisms for Influencing Parliament
• Parliamentary Committees:- Gender, Lbr and Social Dvpt,
Budget, Social services,
• Use of parliamentary staff- researchers, Budget office,
legal department, clerks,
• Public hearings and field visits for MPs,
• Submission of reports, petitions, memoranda,
• Use of media e.g. talk shows, radios, TVs, newspapers,
internet etc,
• Public Seminars and workshops,
• Parliamentary foras- UWOPA,
• Use of influential Personalities in Parliament- eg the Deputy
Speaker& current chair: Commonwealth Women
Parliamentarians (CWP) Africa Region
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Key entry points in the Budget process
for the Health Sector
• The National Budget Framework workshopsaround mid-November,
• The Sector working Group (SWG) discussionsmeet up to end of December,
• CSO’s forum around mid-December,
• Three years macro economic plan and programs
and the preliminary estimates –not later than the
1st day of April,
• The MPs –by the 30th day of June.
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The Consultative Budget Process
May 15
April 1
Parliament
National Budget Workshop
Indicative Sector Ceilings
Budget & SWG Guidelines
Preparation of Sector
BFP and Revised
MTEF Allocations
within the Ceiling
Oct - Dec
Final Budget
Approval
Compilation of National BFP
And Updated MTEF
Inter-ministerial
Consultations
Line Ministries/
Spending Agencies/
SWGs/Donors
Budget
Speech
Cabinet Approval
of BFP/MTEF
Cabinet
MFPED
June 15
Submission of Indicative
Plan/MTEF
Finalisation of Budget
Allocations/MTEF
PER
Preparation of Detailed
Budget Estimates
Jan - Mar
Apr - June
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Functions of Committees
For this purpose, we shall deal with committees concerned with
the budget.
The Budget Committee deals with;
• Focusing on the preliminary estimates and the macroeconomic plan
and programs and submitting the recommendations to the speaker,
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Considering the National Budget and compiling amendments and
referring them to relevant committees,
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Carrying on such other functions relating to the Budget as may be
assigned to it by Parliament under the Budget Act or other laws.
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Functions of Committees (contd)
• Sessional Committees deal with:– Examine policy matters of their ministries or agencies
– Initiate or evaluate action programs of their ministries
or Agencies and make appropriate recommendations,
– Examine Gvt recurrent and capital Budgets prior to
consideration by the House,
– Monitor performance of Ministries and Departments,
– Ensure Government compliance with approved plans and
programs.
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The Role of Parliamentary Staff
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Simplify and summarise complex docs,
Identify and flag issues for consideration,
Prepare work plans for members and committees,
Introduce areas for members attention,
Draft appropriate reports for consideration for
members.
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Working with Parliamentary Budget Office
(PBO)
• PBO is mandated to provide Parliament and its Committees
with objective, independent and timely analysis of the
national budget and the economy,
• PBO consists of economists- each attached to a committee,
• Provide policy briefs on the performance of the budget and
the economy,
• Simplify budget information for Members of Parliament,
– Sectors could collaborate with this department on
matters of budgeting and follow up.
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Conclusion
• Prioritising Budgetary Resources for GBV can be very
complex, b’se of it’s multi sectoral nature,
• However working closely with other stakeholders esp.
Parliament can help mitigate most of the challenges,
• Also GBV requires a multi-sectoral response from the 3
sectors, perhaps we could also recommend joint
programming and budgeting?
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Thank U for listening to me
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