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This document was drafted by the Ministry of Finance.
The state programme, Managing Public Finances, was approved by Government Directive No. 293-r of March 4, 2013 and is aimed at improving the quality of public finance management and maintaining a balanced and sustainable budget system.
The plan lists the milestones for the state programme – the targets of high public and socio-economic importance for achieving the goals of the programme and its subprogrammes in 2013, and the planning period of 2014-2015.
The plan stipulates the officials and agencies responsible for each of these milestones (departments of the Finance Ministry, the Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, and the Federal Treasury head), the timeframe for these milestones and the government funding for the relevant subprogrammes stipulated by the Federal Law On the Federal Budget for 2013 and the Planning Period of 2014 and 2015.
The plan for the implementation of the Managing Public Finances state programme in 2013 and the planning period of 2014-2015 aims to achieve the following:
- a large part of the federal budget expenditure will go on programme-and-target planning, control and subsequent evaluation of how effectively the money was used;
- state and municipal finances will be brought up to modern global standards of accountability and transparency;
- greater transparency and accountability in the operation of government bodies and local authorities, and the formation of public control mechanisms to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of public law entities;
- conditions will be created for a more effective financial management of public law entities to ensure they perform state (municipal) functions, meet people’s needs for state (municipal) services and to ensure these services’ accessibility and quality;
- a high level of tax collection, and a lower tax arrears-tax collection ratio.