1391 BUDGET PREPARATION TIMETABLE
| Budget Calendar | |
| 20 March | Finalize the 1391 budget calendar in consultation with the Budget Committee.
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| 1 Apr | Issue budget calendar to primary budget units, Cabinet and donors. |
| 1 Apr | Organize conference for donors to explain new approach to donor funding coordination |
| Budget circular No 1 | |
| April, 15 | Budget units to finalize their Results Frameworks in conjunction with ANDS department. |
| April, 10 | Issue Budget Circular 1, along with costing instructions in consultation with Ministry of Economy. |
| 17 Apr- 24 Apr | Workshop to explain 1391 budget preparation and BC1 budget submission requirements to budget units. Sector representatives of Ministry of Economy will participate in the workshop. |
| 20 Apr -25Apr | Provincial budget pilot ministries issue BC1 submission request to their provinces and organize workshop with provincial departments. |
| 17 Apr- 5 may | Ministry of Economy works with budget units to set the priorities based on their Results Framework |
| 24 Apr – 22 May | Under Mof's facilitation donors to work with budgetary units to ensure BC1 submissions contain enough details for them to be able to make decisions on funding commitments |
| 24Apr – 22 May | MoF sector managers assist budget units with preparation of BC1 submissions. |
| 25April | Civil society workshop on BC1 |
| 25 Apr- 5 May | Costing workshops for budget units. |
| 22 May | Deadline for BC1 budget submissions to Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy. Note: revisions will not be accepted after this deadline. |
| 23 may-1 June | Ministry of Economy in consultation with Ministry of Finance will review the submissions |
| 3 June | Ministry of Economy submits to Ministry of Finance prioritized list of projects. |
| Medium-Term Budget Framework (Pre-Budget Document) | |
| 1 June | Confirmation of existing donor commitments |
| 3 June - 9 June | MoF collates approved new priority proposals for Budget Committee review. |
| 12June | Budget Committee approves priorities. (MAX 3-5 PRIORITIES PER MINISTRY) |
| 17 June | Government priorities presented to donors (first Donor Financial Review/DFR) to obtain tentative donor commitments for 1391 budget funding. |
| 17 July | Donor consultation process finalized |
| 2- August | MoF prepares MTBF (Pre-budget report), containing MTFF & budget ceilings, and submits to Cabinet for approval. |
| 14 August | Publish MTBF, containing budget ceilings and approved new initiatives online. |
| Mid Year Review | |
| 20 Sept | MoF in consultation with MoEc conducts Mid Year Review and prepare MYR Document |
| 25 Sept | Submission of MYR to Cabinet |
| 10 Oct | Submission of MYR to Parliament |
| Budget Circular No 2 | |
| 15 August | Issue Budget Circular 2, containing budget ceilings approved by Cabinet, costing instructions and project development templates. |
| 22 Aug-23Aug | Workshop to explain BC2 budget submission requirements to budget units. |
| 24 Aug | Communicate to civil society start of BC2 process |
| 24 Aug-29 Aug | Provincial budget pilot ministries issue BC1 submission request to their provinces and organize workshop with provincial departments. |
| 15 Aug -12 Oct | Under Mof's facilitation donors to work with budgetary units to ensure projects developed as per their requirements and funding is committed |
| 15 Aug -12 Oct | MoF sector managers assist budget units with preparation of BC2 submissions. Submissions must be in accordance with budget ceilings, though supplementary requests can be made. |
| 15 Aug-12 OCt | Ministry of Economy assists budget units with completion of project documentation in accordance with forms supplied by MoF and MoEc. MoEc also assesses adequacy of project feasibility plans and costing. |
| 14 Oct | Deadline for BC2 budget submissions. |
| Budget Hearings | |
| 16 Oct -28 Oct | MoF reviews budget submissions. Only submissions in accordance with budget ceilings will be accepted (but supplementary requests will also be accepted). Failure to submit in accordance with budget ceilings will result in budgets being either cut or held at 1391 levels. |
| 6 Nov | Presentation of BC2 submissions summary to Budget Committee. |
| 7 Nov | Accepted BC2 submissions published online. |
| 10 Nov | Government priorities presented to donors (Donor consultations) to obtain confirmation of donor commitments for 1391 budget. |
| 20 Nov | Donor consultations finalized. |
| 20 Nov- 13 Dec | Budget hearings, focusing on allocation of budget resources by programs and not economic classification. The Ministry of Economy will provide sign off on the technical and costing elements of projects. Projects will be approved only where adequate preparation and costing work has taken place. |
| 20 Dec | Budget units revise program budgeting submissions in accordance with budget hearing decisions. |
| Budget Statement | |
| 18 Dec- 8 Jan | Finalize Budget Statement |
| 3 Jan | Submission of Budget Document to Budget Committee |
| 8 Jan | Submission of Budget Document to Cabinet |
| 18 Jan | Submission of Budget Statement to Parliament |