Similar EMIS Initiatives Elsewhere

TBS is paying very close attention to other integrated Budget Office projects in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, as well as a number of American state governments, for lessons learned and best practices.

Governments everywhere are trying to make improvements to the recording, monitoring and reporting of expenditures. Often the driving force behind such initiatives is the desire to create more accountability and openness in government. By browsing through the other government sites of initiatives similar to EMIS you will see that much is happening.

Australia

Structuring Outcomes and Outputs

France

Réforme budgétaire (available only in French)
Projet de loi et architecture (available only in French)
OECD Report on Public Expenditure Management in France (November 2004)

Ireland

The Expenditure Review Initiative (ERI)

New Zealand

Policy Advice: Financial and Public Sector Management Systems
Managing for Outcomes
Review of the Centre (PDF document)

New Zealand and Australia

Evaluating Public Expenditure Management Systems

Poland

OECD Reporton Public Expenditure Management in Poland (PDF document)

United Kingdom

Introduction to the Public Spending Framework
Spending Reviews
Public Expenditure Planning and Control in the UK - A Brief Introduction