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Global Financial Management Leaders Survey: Tools of Public Financial Management Accountability
Jason Levergood & Richard HudsonGrant Thornton LLP
International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management Winter Conference, Washington DCDecember 6, 2011 – International Monetary Fund
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Agenda
• About annual ICGFM and Grant Thornton surveys
• 2011 Global Financial Management Leaders survey report– making a splash
• 2012 Global Financial Management Leaders survey– Tools of Public Financial Management Accountability
• Survey questions with polling
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About ICGFM & Grant Thornton annual surveys
• Sponsored by ICGFM, conducted by Grant Thornton
• Survey methodology• Anonymity• Purpose: Support the ICGFM mission
and provide insight to PFM professionals for improving government financial management
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About ICGFM & Grant Thornton annual surveys
• 2005 Resisting Corruption in the Public Sector
• 2010 Progress in Public Financial Management Reform
• 2011 Public Financial Management Responses to an Economically Challenging World
• 2012 Tools on Public Financial Management Accountability
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2011 Global Financial Management Leaders Survey
• PFM Responses to an Economically Challenging World– AGA International
Governmental Financial Management Journal November 2011
– Financial Times November 17, 2011
– Federal Times 2011/2012
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2012 Global Financial Management Leaders Survey
• Tools of PFM Accountability– Importance and Barriers– Standards– Social Media– Media and Civil Society– Parliament and Citizenry– Public Auditors
• Thank you in advance for your participation!
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Importance and Barriers of PFM Accountability
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Importance of PFM Accountability
1. Accountability in PFM is more important for:
a. holding individual officials responsible for their actions
b. assuring program objectives are met
c. assuring financial resources are used for its intended purpose
d. other
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Barriers of PFM Accountability
2. What are the greatest barriers to accountability in your country?
a. lack of financial resources to acquire the human and technical resources necessary
b. lack of expertise to develop systems and processes that promote accountability
c. lack of commitment by senior officialsd. lack of access to technology by the citizens to
access available data and provide feedbacke. other
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International Standards
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International Standards
3. Do you seek to conform to your governments international standards?
a. yes
b. no
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International Standards
4. With regard to your country and the use of international standards in the PFM area, which of the following applies?
a. we adapted international standards to reflect a relevant local context
b. we adopted international standards without change
c. we have not adopted international standards in the PFM area
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International Standards
5. Have you adopted the following standards?
a. IAS (International Auditing Standards)b. IPSAS (International Public Sector Accounting
Standards)c. IMF GFS Chart of Accounts
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International Standards
6. The adoption of new international standards has the greatest relevance to which of the following:
a. transparencyb. performancec. accountability
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Social Media
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Social Media
9. Does your country use social media as a tool?
a. yesb. no
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Social Media
10. Social media is most effective as a tool for which of the following:
a. transparencyb. performancec. accountability
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Social Media
12. Do you use social media internally with government, externally with citizens, or both?
a. internallyb. externallyc. both internally and externally
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Social Media
13. Does your government use any of the following social media as tools?
a. blogb. a dedicated webpage on a social networking sitec. electronic mailing lists that citizens can opt to be a
part of
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Social Media
14. Do any of your government officials post a blog?
a. yesb. no
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Social Media
16. Social media is most effective to which of the following:
a. improve program performanceb. bring greater transparency to budget allocationsc. make budget allocations more responsive to
citizen prioritiesd. monitor individual transactions such as grants and
procurements
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Media and Civil Society
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Media and Civil Society
17. Is the media in your country independent and objective in its reporting of government activity?
a. yesb. no
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Media and Civil Society
18. Does the media seek to hold government officials and programs accountable for their commitments to citizens?
a. yesb. no
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Media and Civil Society
20. Is there an active civil society in your country?
a. yesb. no
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Media and Civil Society
21. Do civil society groups hold government officials and programs accountable for their commitments to the citizens?
a. yesb. no
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Parliament and Citizenry
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Parliament and Citizenry
23. Does the legislative branch in your country (Parliament) exercise independent oversight of government program performance?
a. yesb. no
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Parliament and Citizenry
25. Do you believe that the citizens in your country are truly informed about government programs and are actively engaged in holding government accountable?
a. yesb. no
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Parliament and Citizenry
26. If your citizens are not effective at holding government accountable, which of the following reasons is primary for this situation?
a. lack of information provided by government on program performance and actions taken by officials
b. information is available but is not easily accessible to citizens
c. citizens do not feel empowered and are not motivatedd. question does not apply as citizens are effective at
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Public Auditors
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Public Auditors
28. Are the public auditors in your country independent and objective?
a. yesb. no
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Public Auditors
29. Are the public auditors in your country effective in improving program performance?
a. yesb. no
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Public Auditors
30. Are the public auditors in your country effective in holding government officials accountable for their actions?
a. yesb. no
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Conclusion
All survey results from today will be used to contribute to the 2012 Global Financial Management Leaders Survey: Tools of Public Financial Management Accountability
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Thank you
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Contact
Jason LevergoodGrant Thornton LLPGlobal Public Sector333 John Carlyle Street, Suite 500Alexandria, VA 22314
P 703.637.3006E Jason.Levergood@us.gt.com
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