Increased Budgetary Fund Benefits in Preventive and Curative Health Protection for Citizens (MK0105)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Macedonia National Action Plan 2016-2018
Action Plan Cycle: 2016
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry of Health (MH)
Support Institution(s): Public health facilities, executors of the preventive and curative health protection programs; Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality (ESE) and Open Society Foundation - Macedonia
Policy Areas
Capacity Building, Health, Public Service DeliveryIRM Review
IRM Report: Macedonia End-of-Term Report 2016-2018, Macedonia Mid-Term Report 2016-2018
Early Results: Did Not Change
Design i
Verifiable: Yes
Relevant to OGP Values: No
Ambition (see definition): Low
Implementation i
Description
Status quo or problem addressed by the commitment: Spending budgetary funds of the Ministry of Health for services that are not delivered to the citizens. At the same time, differences have been noted between data presented in reports on the program realization in the Ministry of Health and those presented by various executors. Also, differences have been noted between reports and real implementation. Main objective: Building capacities in the Ministry of Health for application of the social accountability methodology with a technical assistance and support by a non-government organization authorized and trained for implementation of the methodology recognized and accepted in developed countries. Brief description of commitment: The social accountability methodologies provide measurement, monitoring, reporting and performance improvement in public institutions. They allow monitoring of the real implementation and benefits for the citizens provided with the implementation of the Ministry of Health’s programs. In order to build capacities for the social accountability methodology implementation, the Ministry of Health with technical assistance by a non-government organization authorized and trained for the methodology implementation, will select 10 people from the Ministry of Health and from public health institutions to attend the social accountability training. For piloting one of the social accountability methodologies selected by the MH, the Ministry of Health will select a preventive or curative program and engage the 10 people who have attended the social accountability training to design a plan for the selected methodology piloting and to implement the selected methodology in the selected program. OPG challenge addressed by the commitment: Inspection and evaluation of the budgetary funds spending. Reference to the global objectives of sustainable development: Reference to the Objective 3 “Good health and wellbeing” Target 3.8: Achievement of universal health protection including financial risk protection, access to necessary health services and access to secure, effective and quality and affordable basic medicines and vaccines for all and Objective 16 “Peace, justice and strong institutions” Target 16.6: Development of effective accountable and transparent institutions at all levels. The measures of this commitment contribute for transparency and accountability in spending funds and delivering services aimed for preventive and curative health programs. Relevance: Ensuring efficacy in budgetary funds spending by the Ministry of Health, that is spending budgetary funds for services that would be really delivered to citizens. Citizens’ involvement allowed by this methodology will advance transparency and accountability of the Ministry and other public health institutions, and will contribute for better health resources management. Ambition: Citizens can feel benefits of the budgetary fund spending for preventive and curative programs of the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Health can reduce spending on services that have not been delivered to citizens.
IRM End of Term Status Summary
For Commitment details, please see the IRM reports: Macedonia Mid-Term Report 2016-2018 and Macedonia End-of-Term Report 2016-2018