Updating the Budget Transparency Framework of the Republic of Moldova
Automatically translated summary. The full text is available in Romanian.
The Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup” argues that Moldova's legal framework on budget transparency is not a crucial obstacle to meeting good practice. Prepared under a project on monitoring budget transparency and promoting public oversight, the paper identifies weaknesses and recommends how the Ministry of Finance and oversight bodies can improve openness.
The main weakness concerns publishing documents before they go to the Government and after its approval, as the general rules are interpreted differently by different authorities. The paper recommends explicit provisions for publishing the full document package on the Ministry of Finance website, extending standard consultation periods for complex budget documents by 1-3 days, and making information available online in accessible, freely downloadable formats.
The Ministry of Finance should adopt a budget transparency policy. The parliamentary economy, budget and finance committee and the Court of Accounts should draw up their own documents on good practice and public involvement. An Independent Fiscal Institution is missing and would take time to set up. The authors also propose two public reports on implementing the Court of Accounts' recommendations, one by the Government and one by the Court, discussed in Parliament together with the annual budget execution report.
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