AROUND THE WORLD
Country Legislation
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Country
Category
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Montserrat
Legislated
The Government of Montserrat, through its Public Service Reform Program, has introduced the Performance Management System and began training some selected members of government departments regarding the transformation of the service into a performance-oriented one. In 2015, they have reinstated their increments system, to incentivize public sector workers to achieve higher levels of performance, but it will not be available to a few categories: those already at the top of their scale, those on special agreements or those on contracts. During the period of 2016-2017, Montserrat’s government will focus on prudent economic management, enhanced human development, sustainable environmental management and appropriate disaster management practices, good governance and look to increase its population size, as part of the Sustainable Development Plan 2008 – 2020. Source: http://goo.gl/2K1hhq / http://www.discovermni.com/2015/11/public-servants-to-get-increments/ http://finance.gov.ms/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Citizens-Guide-Montserrat-2016-2017.pdf
Montenegro
Legislated
In the following four fiscal year period of 2016 – 2020, Montenegro along with the World Bank Group will look to focus on the country’s employment situation, its fiscal balance and rural area sustainability, as these key areas are what need to put back on track in order to help with the state’s EU ascension. The topic of rural sustainability is one of particular importance, as this one has received attention from the WBG in previous years, through the MIDAS and IPARD projects, which tried to strengthen institutional capacity building in order to better manage public funds dedicated to agricultural support and offered grant schemes that supported investments in agriculture holdings & the promotion of agri-environmental measures. Approximately 660 farmers received IPARD-like grants and the two projects helped solidify the Montenegro’s Food Safety System, via developing a regulatory framework, a Border Inspection Post and upgrading national reference labs. Source: http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/montenegro/overview#2
Morocco
Plan
A Public Financial Management Performance Report (PFM-PR) assesses the current performance of financial management in Morocco’s public sector. The performance management framework applied for this review uses an assessment tool based on a set of high-level indicators that provide reliable information on the performance of PFM systems, processes and institutions. The purpose of using this tool is to measure performance for five PFM areas in Morocco as compared to international standards. In 2015, the Public Governance Review of the Open Government in Morocco, by the OECD, banks on the idea of implementing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to enhance governmental performance. ICTs would positively contribute to increased transparency, operational speed, efficiency and better connectivity between public, private and individual stakeholders, as communication between them would be more streamlined. Running alongside this project, the World Bank started a Country Partnership Strategy with Morocco, for the 2014-2017 period, and as 2016 came to a close, being at the mid period of this agreement, the WB’s report highlighted that Morocco’s development trends are still in accord to the plan’s original three areas for strategic results, namely promoting competitive and inclusive growth, building a green and resilient future and strengthening governance and institutions to better service delivery to citizens. Even more so, to ensure that the CPS stays relevant throughout its implementation period, for the Moroccan people, some of the plan’s initial points were scrapped and the focus was centered around country-specific issues, such as youth, gender, education, inequality and employment. Source: http://goo.gl/qH3PUu https://goo.gl/CvSuOf http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/morocco/overview#2
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