This presentation describes how the Government of the Republic of Timor-Leste employs the FreeBalance Transparency Portal and other mechanisms to create public financial management transparency to assist civil society, build infrastructure, set education goals, involve citizens, and improve government performance. The presentation describes how transparency was sequenced with other government reform.
4. How can Timor‐Leste afford
government transparency?
Timor‐Leste United States Comparison
Independence 2002 1776 3.4%
GDP Per Capita $2,600 $47,400 5.5%
GDP Growth 8% 2.7% 338%
Unemployment 20% 9.7% 206%
Below poverty line 42% 12% 350%
Life Expectancy 67.95 78.92 86%
Literacy 58.6% 99% 59%
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17. 3
Benefits of Transparency
AUSTRALIA
HIGH
2
Government Effectiveness and GDP*
Normalized Government Effectiveness Index
1
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
UGANDA
0
-1
Higher the government effectiveness
-2 = higher the country GDP Per Capita
LOW 209 Countries
-3
Source: The World Bank
GDP Per Capita (PPP, logs)
* At purchasing power parity
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HIGH
Benefits of Transparency
Voice and Accountability and GDP*
AUSTRALIA
2
Normalized Voice and Accountability Index
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
1
UGANDA
0
-1
Higher the government accountability
-2 = higher the country GDP Per Capita
LOW 207 Countries
.
-3 Source: The World Bank
GDP Per Capita (PPP, logs)
* At purchasing power parity
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Benefits of Transparency
AUSTRALIA
HIGH
2
Control of Corruption and GDP*
Normalized Control of Corruption Index
1
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
0
UGANDA
-1
Higher the control of corruption
= higher the country GDP Per
-2 Capita
204 Countries
LOW
-3 Source: The World Bank
GDP Per Capita (PPP, logs)
* At purchasing power parity
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Transparency and Accountability
The next generation of public financial
management technology will allow the public to
track the budget live, to see where every dollar is
being spent, and to gain renewed confidence in
the process
Democratic Republic of Timor‐Leste Vision
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31. Public Financial Management –
Foundation for Country Growth
Public Financial Management
Decentralization
Human
GoTL LAWS Resource
Autonomous FMIS Development
Agencies (software and
hardware)
Procurement Capacity
Ministries Commission Building
(Training)
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examines budget execution data
integration with
macro‐economic
data
integrated with back‐office
procurement & commitment
accounting within IFMIS
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43. 4. e‐Procurement
Portal
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government tenders published
vendor alerts
integrated with back‐office
procurement & commitment
accounting within IFMIS
tender results published
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54. Goodbye Conflict, Welcome
Development
Timor‐Leste will be the country that goes down in history
as the nation to put a stop to falling victim to large
companies and the resource curse
Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão
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56. Goodbye Conflict, Welcome
Development
When we in the developing world face these types of crisis,
which we do on a more regular basis than our colleagues in
more economically advanced nations — then we are
repeatedly told to increase our openness to the global
economy, to trust in the market but to regulate them well.
To be honest this approach has worked
Minister of Finance Emilia Pires
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57. 3.
Transparency
is not an
Option
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58. citizen
auditors
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
SMS
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61. Role of Civil Society
• NGO’s can help organise literacy groups and provide
materials. They can provide private education and
education for the blind. They can provide school
materials for students, and assist with school equipment
chairs and books
• NGO’s can help us organise and run technical training
courses in our villages
Timor‐Leste National Vision
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Public Financial Management –
Foundation for Country Growth
Improve
government
performance
Improve
transparency
&
accountability
Improve
budget
execution
Improve
government
capacity
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PFM Modernization
Alignment with Capacity Building
• Training beyond • Intuitive systems
software – Translation including
– IT capacity terminology
– Project management – Simple & goal‐oriented
– Government accounting interfaces
• Beyond training • Mentoring
– Adaptable help
– E‐Learning
– Knowledge management
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69. Transition to Open Environment:
Transparency
Domain Closed Transition Open
Transparency Access to Information Document Machine Readable
Do not Publish as
Data Availability Data for Sale Publish as Exception
Exception
Publish, Audited & Near Real‐Time
Mode Mixed
Vetted Publishing
What are they going to do Government as
ROI Reason Revenue Generation
with the data? Platform
Citizens
Target Business Community Civil Society & Press
70. Transition to Open Systems:
Technology
Domain Closed Transition Open
Proprietary within Support for Industry Service Oriented
Integration
Suite Standards Architecture
Proprietary = Proprietary/Open Tactical Open Standards =
Middleware
Customer Lock approach Customer Choice
Open Systems reduce Open Systems extend Open Systems =
Viewpoint
system performance value Extensibility
Need for vendor Low Cost Application
Extensibility High Costs
Ecosystem Assembly
71. 10. Leapfrog is possible
Timor‐Leste United States Comparison
GFS, IPSAS, EITI, IATI,
1. Standards ? Leaped
MTEF
2. Performance Various tools across
Manager’s Dashboards To leap
Management government
3. Document Manager Document Various Records &
Catching Up
Management Management Correspondence
4. e‐Procurement August 15 FedBizOpps To leap
Data.gov & others ‐ Leaping
5. Transparency Transparency Portal
underfunding
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73. How?
Timor‐Leste United States
1 Year Budgets, complex
Strategic Vision Holistic
election cycles
Government Structure Unitary Federal
Civil Society & Media Seen as Improving Results Seen as “Special Interests”
Government Intervention Seen as Good Seen Suspiciously
Ease to Move to International Long History of Entrenched
1. Standards
Standards National Standards
2. Performance Management
3. Document Management
Single system data source Multiple entrenched systems
4. e‐Procurement
5. Transparency
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74. Links
• Open Systems Enable Government Transparency
Leapfrog
http://www.freebalance.com/blog/?p=1559
• E‐Government Transparency in Developing Countries
http://www.cutter.com/offers/egovt.html
• Developing Countries can Leapfrog Developed
Countries in Government Transparency
http://tech.state.gov/profiles/blogs/how‐
developing‐countries‐are
• More: dhadden@freebalance.com
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