About

This project is a continuation of the work of Al Bawsala which is based on the monitoring of the various institutions in charge of the management of the affairs of the State and the consecration of the principle of transparency and thus making available to the citizen, simplified and accessible information on the state budget, in an "open" format thus allowing access to the State's budgetary resources, to the expenditure of ministries, the Presidency of the Republic and the legislative power.

The idea behind this project, which began in January 2014, came in an economic context in crisis at the international level and the difficulties that this has brought about the internal economic situation. Especially since tackling these economic difficulties is considered by all actors as one of the main priorities for the post-election period.

And it is within this framework that the project team decided to make a contribution in this direction, by monitoring the state budget. Because of its technical nature, it represents a real obstacle to citizen participation and awareness of the demands of the current economic situation.

The main motivation behind this project was to provide and simplify budget information by monitoring and controlling the budget process, the budget law, its vote and its implementation. The goal was to gather all this information on a single channel and in a usable format, to facilitate access and understanding of the citizen. It should be noted that the elements contained in this site are partly available data previously published by the Administration.

Thus for the legislative assembly, the Presidency of the Republic and particularly for the ministries, a page has been dedicated to allow the citizen to know their budget, their human resources and their various programs (for ministries opting for the reform of "budget management by objectives"). The ministries were also classified according to the share that was allocated to them in the state budget. For example, the Ministry of Education is at the top of the ranking with 19.2% of the state budget (excluding debt and off-set) while the Ministry of Land Affairs and State Domains has for its part, 0.2% of the budget (excluding debt and offsetting). In addition, the team found it useful to extract the main figures and indicators for each ministry on the pages specifically dedicated to them.

In addition, a "Focus" page has been devoted to various issues related to public finances, in order to eliminate any confusion about these topics and to allow users to have accurate and complete information. As a result, the public debt and the Caisse Générale de Compensations have been discussed to simplify matters. Remember that the latter has 7.3% of the total budget of the state (without accounting for debt and compensation), which is equivalent to the entire budget of the Ministry of Equipment and 'Environment, which is ranked in 7th place according to the share of the total budget of the State.

And as part of the strengthening of the right of access strategy, the Marsad Budget team has submitted a unified request to all departments to access the organization charts and the names of the directors general, in based on Legislative Decree No. 2011-41 of 26 May 2011 on access to administrative documents of public bodies and Article 32 of the Constitution of 26 January 2014. Despite the relevance and usefulness of the information requested, the main objective was to evaluate the effective application of the access to information procedures, based on the following objective criteria: reception and orientation, respect of the procedures for filing applications, availability and quality of information and timeliness. As a result of this experience, we noted the differences between the different ministries, and on the basis of these criteria, the following ministries obtained the highest marks in view of the criteria previously stated: the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Agriculture. Youth and Sports. The Ministry of Human Rights and Transitional Justice and the Ministry of the Interior have the lowest scores.

The project team aims to ensure that Marsad Budget is a common benchmark for budget transparency.

It is also important to note that the Marsad Budget site represents a first version of our work that will be made available to citizens for use and evaluation.