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According
to the Ministries, the
approval and
implementation of the law
to strengthen public
finances was key to
achieving the approval
from the OECD.
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courtesy photo.
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Costa Rica
obtains approval from the
OECD
Public Governance Committee
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By
the A.M.
Costa Rica staff
After an evaluation of key
areas of public
administration, the
Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development
(OECD), granted a formal
opinion on the entry of Costa
Rica into that organization.
Among the main achievements
recognized by the organization
are the advances in fiscal
matters and public employment.
The evaluation process led by
the Ministry of Planning and
Economic Policy (MIDEPLAN)
began in 2015 when this
Committee published a Study on
Public Governance in Costa
Rica.
That report, in addition to
making a diagnosis, provided a
series of recommendations in
different areas such as:
management capacity and
coordination of the government
center, monitoring and
evaluation, public budgets,
public employment, regional
development and integrity
policies in public
procurement.
"To achieve this result, it
was essential to demonstrate
the ability and willingness of
the country to implement legal
and administrative measures in
the areas of governance
center, budget governance, and
public employment," said the
Ministry of Planning in its
statement.
According to the Ministries,
the approval and
implementation of the law to
strengthen public finances was
key to achieving this goal,
particularly by providing
tools to improve the
efficiency of spending on
specific salaries and
destinations and establishing
a clear fiscal rule that
allows doing more with the
same resources.
"Costa Rica had an important
challenge: to approve a fiscal
reform that would give
sustainability to public
finances. Achieving this task
was not easy, it was a work of
several years, which managed
to unify the thinking of
different political forces
motivated by greater awareness
to meet the structural
challenges facing the
country," said Rocío Aguilar,
Minister of Finance. “Through
this law and its
implementation, a great step
is taken towards more
efficient fiscal and budgetary
governance oriented towards
the fulfillment of strategic
objectives."
With respect to the employment
of the public sector,
administrative measures were
implemented to contain
spending and regulations that
regulate the remuneration of
employees, which seek
standardization in the salary
system; additionally, it was
defined from the rectory of
public employment in the
Ministry of Planning, and the
creation of a performance
evaluation system.
"MIDEPLAN, as technical
coordinator of the access
process to the Public
Governance Committee, has made
important efforts to improve
the governance capacity of the
center of government over the
autonomous institutions;
through new monitoring
instruments in the framework
of the National Plan for
Development and Public
Investment, and a reinforced
evaluation agenda, in which,
from the use phase, public
policies are redesigned to
maximize their impacts," said
Pilar Garrido, Minister of
Planning. "We have also
proposed legal reforms to
contain institutional
fragmentation and to give
public policy greater
coherence."
The Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development
(OECD) has the mission of
promoting policies aimed at
improving the economic and
social well-being of people
around the world. It provides
a forum where governments
share experiences, elaborate
public policy and jointly seek
solutions to common and global
problems.
Costa Rica has been evaluated
by 22 technical committees of
the Organization, of which the
Public Governance Committee is
the thirteenth to be approved.
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What other
improvements should the
country make to be part of the
OECD? We would
like to know your thoughts on this
story. Send your comments to: news@amcostarica.com
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