Ministry of Finance of Estonia,

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Partnership and financing
Katre Eljas-Taal Ministry of Finance
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National Development Plan 2004-2006

• More than 80 different partners were involved in
  the process of National Development Plan (NDP)
• Representatives of local governments and
  municipalities
• Professional associations
• NGOs and foundations

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Network of Partners
Ministry of Education
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State Budget Strategy 2007-2010
For the EU programming period 2007-2013 Estonia
merges two strategic documents
State Budget Strategy 2007-2010
National Development Plan
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State Budget Strategy 2007-2010

• Objective of the merging
• To organize annual budgetary process - merge
  planning and using of national and EU sources
• To make the budgetary process more clear and
  rational
• To simplify the budgetary process

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State Budget Strategy 2007-2010
ESTONIA
EUROPEAN UNION
STATE BUDGET STRATEGY 2007-2010
STRUCTURAL FUNDS Cohesion Policy
2007-2013
Operational Programme
ERDF
EU funds
National sources
Operational Programme
ESF
Operational Programme
CF
Rural Development Plan
EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
EUROPEAN FUND FOR FISHERIES
STATE BUDGET
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Partnership for 2007-2013
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State Budget Strategy 2007-2010 Network of
Partners
Government
European Commission
EX-ante team
Ministry of Finance
Partners
Environment Impact Assessment team
State Budget Strategy working group
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Agriculture
Ministry of Social Affairs
Ministry of Economy and Communic.
Ministry of Environment
Ministry of Internal Affairs
P a r t n e r s (Local governments, NGOs, other
organizations)
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State Budget Strategy 2007-2010 Timetable
2005
2006
Community Strategic Guidelines
State Budget Strategy 2007-2010 adopted by the
Government
State Budget Strategy 2007-2010 including
National Strategic Reference Framework
STATE BUDGET STRATEGY 2007-2010
National Strategic Reference Framework and
Operational Programmes adopted by European
Commission
Operational Programmes
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State Budget Strategy 2007-2010Consultation

• To make the consultation process more organized
  and to harmonize the quality of consultation
• the Ministry of Finance has worked out
• The Main Principles of Consultation

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State Budget Strategy 2007-2010 Main Principles
of Consultation

• The responsibility to involve partners to the
  process of State Budget Strategy 2007-2010 lies
  on ministries
• The Ministry of Finance and all line ministries
  have to update information on their homepages
  continuously
• Ministry of Finance provides twice a year
  information seminars
• Partners comments on working documents should be
  presented to the line ministry (during min 2
  weeks and max 8 weeks)

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